Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024? Also, when mortgage rates rise, the inventory peak happens later in the year. New listings were trending at the lowest levels ever in 2023, but that should not be the case in 2024. Is the seasonal bottom going to happen later than I want?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

I have a simple model with mortgage rates being above 7.25%: weekly inventory data should grow between 11,000-17,000 per week. This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book. The mortgage spread data got worse last week. 2022: 19.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

Last week ended with a wild ride for mortgage rates. We anticipated the two inflation reports could help mortgage rates, however, we had a bad bond auction last Thursday, and the 10-year yield rose sharply. This pushed yields higher Thursday and Friday to move mortgage rates to 7.19%. We saw an example of that last week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2023

Debt-ceiling drama pushed bond yields up last week, taking mortgage rates to a new 2023 high in the middle of the spring home-selling season. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory grew 8,914 week to week, even though new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: The 10-year yield had a Lord of Rings battle at a critical technical level, pushing mortgage rates lower at the end of the week with no real break in the bond market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2023

We didn’t see too much volatility in mortgage rates last week, but purchase apps declined in reaction to rates rising two weeks ago. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active listings rose by 8,546 , and new listing data showed some growth. Again, I am a bit mindful here due to Easter.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2023

The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week. The other focus should be where mortgage rates go; only a little happened last week. Also, the volume of active listings was higher in 2022 this week, even though we were working from a lower level.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

6-13): Inventory rose from 471,349 to 473,406 The inventory bottom for 2022 was 240,194 The inventory peak for 2023 is 569,898 For context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 931,002 I don’t want to jinx this because active inventory rose last year at this time. This 10-year yield range means mortgage rates between 5.75%-7.25%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Total housing inventory growth has been slow in 2023, but with rising mortgage rates over the last few months, inventory has grown a bit faster than average. But even with mortgage rates getting as high as 8%, we’ve yet to hit within that range. Last week, mortgage rates rose toward 7.56%. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2023

Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. We had a lot of drama over the week between Federal Reserve meetings and banking stress, and mortgage rates and purchase applications both fell.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

Mortgage rates were again in a small range, hanging near 7%. However, the real positive story here is that even with new listing data trending at an all-time low, we are getting the growth in active listings we traditionally see in the spring and summer. Purchase apps had a small week-to-week gain.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. Weekly housing inventory decreased by 6,801, while new listing data is still negative year-over-year. A traditional seller is a conventional buyer most of the time.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in October; All-cash sales accounted for 26%; Individual investors purchased 16%; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 21 days in October. We saw new listing data decline when rates got to 6.25% the first time.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2023

To give you an idea how different this year is from last year, last week in 2022, active listings grew 30,940 while this year they only grew 5,848. Mortgage rates rose last week after the better-than-anticipated jobless claims data but even with higher rates, we also had a third week of positive purchase application data.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week. Weekly inventory increased by 1,734.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

As the chart shows, a historically large segment of Millennials is inching toward 36, the median age of a first-time home buyer in the U.S. NAR’s Housing Affordability Index is a good measure of whether a household earns enough to qualify for a mortgage on a typical home. An index score of 100 means that a buyer with a median U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

This created an extreme scarcity of inventory and contributed to elevated prices, but it also led to a 22% decrease in the number of sales, leaving buyers eager. The decline can be attributed partly to buyers grappling with the affordability challenges posed by higher interest rates and continuously escalating prices.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 11, 2023

The number of new listings for all home types – single-family, townhomes and condos combined – in King (887) fell 47% from November and declined 36% from December 2021. As always, bring a buyer broker to represent you during each step of the way! The 1-acre estate includes 6-bedroom, 5.25-baths baths in 11,104 sq. and 164 ft.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Sellers accused NAR and other defendants of unlawfully inflating compensation paid to agents to bring financially qualified buyers to homes.Potential members of the class action can send objections or comments about the settlement to the court. With the settlement, a wave of new listings hit the market in the past several weeks.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

More buyers are making larger down payments. Buyers in the U.S. The boost in equity was helped most simply by saving more while in “pandemic hibernation” and from many homeowners refinancing mortgages amid generationally low interest rates. >> million new homes as of the start of this year. BY THE NUMBERS.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

This, coupled with a significant portion of homeowners standing pat with mortgages at or below 4% interest (and other factors) is causing the market to lose steam. Home shoppers often focus on the direction of mortgage interest rates, which have jumped more than two percentage points this year alone to a range of 5.75%-6.0%

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SPOTTING TRENDS Builders are hearing from prospective buyers: Developers are being asked to create stylish and functional homes with little compromise on size and at lower prices. Builders are partnering with mortgage lenders to deliver lower interest rates, either through temporary or permanent rate-busting promotions.

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