Home sales set new records⦠again Rick Bowmer/AP FILE - This April 13, 2019, file photo, shows homes in suburban Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) and last updated 2021-04-02 23:18:27-04 Fifty-nine percent of homes on the market are in contract within two weeks, setting a record, according to data released Friday by Redfin. Home prices are also listing at record levels: $353,000. Why? Scarcity. Redfin said that active listings are down 42% from this time a year ago. That has caused house prices to jump 17% in the last year. The data from late March also showed that 47% of homes listed are in contract within a week.