{"id":8835,"date":"2018-10-12T17:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/news\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=8835"},"modified":"2021-08-03T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T22:32:12","slug":"market-absorption-rate","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/glossary\/market-absorption-rate","title":{"rendered":"Market Absorption Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expressed&nbsp;as a percentage, the Market Absorption Rate (MAR) is calculated by taking the total number of sales at the end of a given time period (in this case, a calendar month) and dividing it by the total number of active listings available during the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>The higher the ratio, the more demand for the property and the more opportunity a seller will have to attract a higher price for their home for sale.<\/p>\n<p>A lower ratio indicates slower sales and the potential for falling house prices.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/glossary\/balanced-market\">balanced market<\/a> is when the supply of housing meets the demand from potential buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-8835","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/8835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}