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How housing credit is shaping housing inventory

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Housing credit channels directly impact housing inventory channels. Home prices escalated out of control after 2020 and when we look at why that happened, we can see that housing credit mattered more to inventory data than most people realize. This matters because inventory was already heading toward all-time lows before COVID-19.

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“It seems impossible:” Bergen County, NJ’s housing market is vexing agents and buyers

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Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Altos considers any score above 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Fewer housing permits equate to further inventory, affordability challenges

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Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2013 to 2023. This has the potential to add even more economic pressure for prospective buyers looking for homes in these parts of the country, the analysis stated. The impact is likely to be most felt in the nation’s largest metro areas.

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Buyers are overpaying, but are there signs of a bubble?

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Home prices have skyrocketed in the past year, and data from Redfin backs up what buyers, sellers, and agents have known for months. year-over-year to $336,200 in February – the largest increase since July 2013, according to the latest report from Redfin. The post Buyers are overpaying, but are there signs of a bubble?

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Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?

Housing Wire

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? As you can see below, the inventory keeps falling from 2014 levels, and even with the weakness in demand this year, we are nowhere close to 2013 levels, let alone 2018 levels. housing market.

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Overblown rumors of demise? NAR has lost only 45K members since December

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Details of the latest membership count comes as the trade group works to implement a series of major rule changes stipulated by the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit settlement agreement, as well as fewer market opportunities for members due to historically low levels of existing-home sales inventory. Membership dipped just below 1.5

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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

These were forced credit sellers, which means these sellers don’t sell to buy a home like a traditional seller does. Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22