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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

Housing Wire

Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. Still, we have some promising signs that we might have finally hit the inventory bottom for 2023. Again, I am a bit mindful here due to Easter.

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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

On Friday NAR reported that total housing inventory levels broke under 1 million in December, dropping to 970,00 units for a population of 330 million people. million in January down to about 4 million in December, We now have total inventory levels near all-time lows again. In one of the most historical years in the U.S.

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Buyers viewed just eight homes before making their purchase

Housing Wire

Right after the Great Recession, between 2009 and 2011, buyers viewed a median of 12 homes before purchasing, as inventory was plentiful. From 2004 to 2006, during the housing boom years, even though homes were moving at a rapid pace, buyers typically looked at nine homes. month’s supply of homes.

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Will mortgage rates keep heading lower? 

Housing Wire

If so, what will this do to inventory levels? Moving the needle doesn’t take much since we all know we have buyers ready to go and home sales are at record lows. Weekly housing inventory data The positive story for housing in 2024 has been the inventory growth we have seen year-over-year.

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Existing-home sales moved lower in August : NAR

Housing Wire

The housing market continues to cool amid high mortgage rates , affordability challenges and still-low inventory. “Fall could bring more declines in home prices as more buyers bow out.” Housing inventory remains tight heading into fall Meanwhile, total housing inventory at the end of August was 1.1 from July and 14.1%

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Have we found the bottom in existing home sales?

Housing Wire

In addition, this is the fourth straight month of inventory declining, while days on the market are growingl! Plus, available housing inventory remains near historic lows.” ” 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.

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What Home Buyers Should Expect in the Spring of 2023

Hank Miller Team

That message however, is often taken at face value and some home buyers expect a bargain basement spring. Best advice as to what home buyers should expect in the spring of 2023.understand understand that it's not the spring of 2011. Home buyers had a rough couple of years. Preparation is the key to success.

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