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Nearly 1,000 new single-family listings hit the market in June in Greater Hartford, on par with pre-pandemic patterns, and slightly exceeded May’s tally, but the region is still seeing a very tight market, according to new data from the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors.

The number of new listings that came to market (948) was down slightly from June 2019’s tally of 1,009 and June 2020’s tally of 954, GHAR reported. However, the inventory of homes for sale continues to sit far below pre-COVID levels, with June’s total sitting at 1,367 compared to 2,042 in June of 2020 and 2,754 in June 2019.

Homes continued to move at a rapid clip, with the average Hartford-area home selling in 24 days, down from 25 in May and 37 in June, a new low. The figure is nearly half of June 2019’s average of 45 days.

Year-to-date, only 4,411 homes have come on the market in 2021, compared to 5,357 by this time in 2019 and only a hair above the 4,370 that had come online in June 2020, when so many Connecticut residents were still wary of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Condominium inventory decreased 28.7 percent from 471 to 336 compared to June 2020, GHAR reported. The average number of days a condo listing spent on market decreased 44.9 percent from 49 to 27 days and the number of new listings increased 16.3 percent (from 202 to 235), versus a year ago.

“Our hot housing market doesn’t seem to be slowing any time soon,” GHAR CEO Holly Callanan said in a statement. “First time homebuyers should seek the advice of a knowledgeable Realtor early in the process to navigate this challenging market,” she said.