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Recent movement underfoot in the Tulsa metro isn’t due solely to the rising number of earthquakes.

It also represents a shift in how the housing market views the area, said Anne Pollard James, president of the Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors.

“For a long time, there was like a ‘buying-selling’ season,” said James, alluding in part to how consumers with school-age children shop. “That doesn’t exist in the same way that it has in the past.

“It has changed dramatically. Oklahoma — Tulsa in particular — is a changed market. Tulsa’s on the radar these days in the way that it hasn’t been in a real long time. We’re seeing that people, when they find what they want, aren’t waiting for a ‘season.’ They are saying, ‘It’s time.’”

James referred to data released this week by the GTAR that shows that average days on the market for homes in July 2016 fell from 43.74 days to 38.3 days over the same month a year ago, a drop of 12.45 percent. Since 2014, that decrease for July is 20.79 percent.

James also cited the low inventory reflected in the report. Inventory for July slipped 0.14 percent and has fallen 12.43 percent over the past two years.