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How housing credit is shaping housing inventory

Housing Wire

After 2010, qualified mortgage laws were in place, meaning everyone getting a mortgage has to be able to repay the loan. Since most sellers are buyers, inventory should be stable if demand is stable. This is what happened post 2010: The millennials started to buy homes in 2013 and they finance 90% of those homes.

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Have we found the bottom in existing home sales?

Housing Wire

.” One of the housing economic realities that I have been trying to stress this year is that a traditional seller of a home is typically a buyer as well. This explains why total active listing inventory data has been stable over the decades, with the exception of 2006-2011, when those forced distressed credit home sellers couldn’t buy.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

Elevated mortgage rates and high home prices pushed sales of existing homes down again in October to the lowest monthly pace since August 2010. While circumstances for buyers remain tight, home sellers have done well as prices continue to rise year-over-year, including a new all-time high for the month of October,” Yun said. “In

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

Housing Wire

This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. But one positive reason for the low inventory is that homeowners have great financials and aren’t being forced to sell their homes out of stress. NAR: Total existing-home sales receded 4.3%

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

I don’t need to see total active listing get back to the historical range of 2-2.5 New listings are declining now. One of the issues with existing home inventory has been that, for the most part, a traditional seller is usually a buyer of a home. This is not encouraging news at all, in my view. From Redfin.

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King County Home Buyers and Sellers in ‘Re-Evaluation’ Mode

Will Springer Realtor

Sellers, too, are waiting for the easing of rates before looking for their next home, as estimates show 60% of today’s homeowners possess a mortgage with an interest rate of 4% or less. The single-family housing market is sluggish, as many prospective buyers and sellers have chosen to focus on enjoying the many weeks of beautiful weather.

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Connecticut 2023 Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

As interest rates strive to find equilibrium following their sharp decline in 2020, buyers and sellers have had to accept that the era of pandemic-induced low rates is over, ushering in a period of higher monthly mortgage payments. 2023 Sees the Lowest Number of Homes Listed in Thirteen Years In 2023, listings dropped 19.7%