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New home sales plunge 18.2%, but demand stays strong

Housing Wire

to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 775,000 in February — the sharpest month-over-month decline since 2013, according to estimates by the U.S. While some economists pointed to harsh weather as a likely deterrent of February home sales, others noted the plague of rising home prices, limited inventory and the uptick in mortgage rates.

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Luxury housing market inspires ‘total frenzy’ in vacation boom towns

Housing Wire

In the third quarter, luxury home sales jumped 41.5% , the biggest year-over-year shift since 2013, according to Redfin. Contracts during this time also skyrocketed 62%. Grubb, the president of Grubb Company Realtors , said that even though people are moving into his communities, people are moving out, too. Very, very unique.”.

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The new home sales recession continues

Housing Wire

The housing market is in a recession, something that the homebuilders and the National Association of Realtors now agree with me on, as this recent CNBC clip shows. The builders are in a better position to manage their inventory glut than when they were working from a credit boom in 2005 that took new home sales up to 1.4

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2023 Maine Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

This scarcity in inventory had the effect of keeping prices high, but there was a substantial decrease in sales, approximately 19%, leaving prospective buyers eager. This resilience is more attributable to the reduction in inventory rather than a decline in sales. Maine Sales Decreased by 18.9%

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Housing Statistics for Beginners, Part 3

Birmingham Appraisal

Understanding these metrics enables agents to adjust pricing strategies based on inventory levels and buyer demand, optimizing the chances of selling a property quickly and at the best possible price. In the second post of my series , we covered average and median sold prices, average days on the market, and months of inventory.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

Parking stalls in the Puget Sound region increased by 13% from 2013 to 2018, while the population increased by 9% and housing rose by only 6%, according to local data sources. This year’s buying and selling campaign will be marked by increasing inventory (good!), overall, where housing inventory rose 2.4% months in King, 1.0