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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. One issue that has created a waterfall dive in purchase application data and sales is that new listing data is declining faster than usual. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

This looks a lot like the housing boom that we saw prior to the 2007–09 financial crisis.” That percentage was last seen in September 2007 – yes, at the start of the housing crisis (as the chart shows). ” The increased number of listings and slight slow-down of the market have helped boost inventory numbers.

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Will Springer Realtor

They have also been spending oodles of money to shape their residences to meet new living needs – modern and spacious, when possible – as households live in their homes for longer. years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007.

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IS THE HOUSING MARKET HEADED FOR A CRASH?

Will Springer Realtor

There are at least five factors that make this housing environment far different – and more stable – than roughly a decade ago: Low inventory and lack of supply – There were some 4 million homes on the market nationally in July 2007 compared with about 1.1 The average King County single-family listing sold in May 9.5%

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

Waller went on to say this adjustment is in no way like the horrific housing/financial crises of 2007-2010. Counties in and near Chicago and New York City were seen as the most vulnerable to today’s economic headwinds. The number of new listings in the previous month and remaining on the market as of Oct. bath , 4550 sq.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. And many of the new projects are larger than in years past. That’s the most since 2007. Active listings as of Sept. Yes, more homes are coming to a neighborhood near you.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

The excess of inventory that occurred in 2007, 2008 and ’09, was an anomaly,” said Marci Rossell, former chief economist for CNBC. The county saw new listings and end-month Active listings rise but Pending sales slip, suggesting buyers are no longer snatching every listing on the Northwest MLS as they become available.