…Despite the continued trend of declining supply, the Queens housing market experienced an increase in sales resulting in the fastest pace seen in 5 years. Listing inventory fell 28.9% to 6,225 from the prior year quarter, the lowest quarterly inventory recorded in the 8 years of this report series. The number of sales expanded 8.1% to 2,493 sales from the prior year quarter. The combination of falling supply and rising demand resulted in an 6-year record low absorption rate or market pace of 7.5 months, measured by the number of months it took to sell all inventory at the current rate of sales. The lack of supply is beginning to reveal upward price pressure in the market…