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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. As mortgage rates rose more and more, the October to January data was going to show big negative prints.

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Have we already reached peak home sales for the year?

Housing Wire

Unless mortgage rates go lower, that’s what we should expect, because that’s what happened last year. When mortgage rates headed lower at the end of 2022 into 2023, we had 12 weeks of positive weekly purchase application data. The purchase application data has weakened as mortgage rates headed higher earlier in the year.

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Mortgage rates hold steady at 2.87%

Housing Wire

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage held steady at 2.87% for the week ending in August 26, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The week prior, mortgage rates declined slightly to 2.86%. This week’s near constant mortgage rates may not yet reflect a rise in U.S.

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. million, and in 2007, it peaked at 4 million.

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates in the 6% range have frozen the housing market, forcing loan officers to find business outside their wheelhouses. With mortgage rates nearly doubling from the start of 2022, the LO, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, says it’s painful to see deals simply disappear. higher than last year.

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With mortgage rate volatility, buyers can save by shopping around

Housing Wire

The latest weekly survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 40 basis points to an average of 6.70% this week, the highest level since 2007. The uncertainty and volatility in financial markets is heavily impacting mortgage rates,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Pressure on demand.

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Existing home sales will drop to 4.78 million in 2023, NAR predicts

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors predicts there will be 4.78 Although the housing market slowdown and drop in prices has meant that more and more borrowers are underwater on their mortgage , Yun anticipates that foreclosure rates will remain at historically low levels in 2023, remaining less than 1% of all mortgages next year.

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