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Housing Market Tracker: Mortgage rates and inventory fall together

Housing Wire

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Changing homebuyer expectations are slowing the housing market

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, the available inventory of unsold homes is growing. This week, inventory grew faster than it did last year at this time. This is alarming because this was the moment last year when the market turned south. Last year, inventory climbed dramatically for months. This is a trend worth watching. What’s happening?

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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. It is always good to know where we are with the real estate market, but it is essential to keep all data in historical perspective. . Historically 2.5

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New listings data falls for third week in a row 

Housing Wire

The moves haven’t been significant and our weekly pending contracts data picked up this week. Weekly housing inventory data For the third consecutive week, we haven’t quite reached my weekly target of inventory growth between 11,000 and 17,000 homes. When rates drop and demand improves, the percentage falls.

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023. Remember, with median sales prices and inventory, it’s very seasonal. However, remember, the dive in inventory is normal at this time of the year. Our tracker articles have a lot more details about the current weekly market and we publish those each Saturday.

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Mortgage rates hold steady at key level for now

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory data My favorite housing data line for 2024 has been seeing the increase in inventory year over year. I firmly believe that housing inventory can grow over time when mortgage rates increase and we see weakness in demand. The year-over-year price data has been stabilizing since Nov.

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