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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

The seasonal housing inventory bottom evaded us again last week as active listings fell and new listing inventory decreased. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory fell 5,383 last week, and new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023.

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RISING INFLATION, RATES TRIP UP HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

The screeching you heard in June was the sound of brakes being applied to the housing market across the U.S. The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011. How much will it affect housing prices?

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TRACKING THE SINGLE HOUSEHOLD AND OTHER LIFESTYLE CHOICES

Will Springer Realtor

Designers are helping builders broaden options to create homes that consumers can afford – no easy task. >> King County’s net new housing need is 308,677 units between 2019 and 2044, according to county planning policy experts.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

The pandemic has made attaining ownership more difficult, particularly in housing-starved Seattle (pictured) and across King County where the number of homes on the market (Active listings) has trended lower for most of the past decade-plus. Snohomish County’s Active listings more than doubled – to 1182 – from 500 from a year ago.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

“The share of first-time buyers has dropped to a 41-year low [26%], the racial divide in homeownership has grown to the widest point in a decade and the share of single women entering [the market] has declined.” New York City saw the most development over the past decade, with 98% of its 242K permits comprised of multi-family units.

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Signs of Inflation Expand Well Beyond Housing Prices

Will Springer Realtor

Rossell sees this as a case of extreme demand pushing prices into inflationary zones for items ranging from hotel rooms, tickets to theme parks, flights and “all kinds of little weird, funky markets we haven’t even thought of at this point.”. housing markets. The screws are tightening on an already tight housing market.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

One of the hottest search phrases on Google today is, “When is the housing market going to crash?”. Not “ Will the housing market crash?” We shared in a previous newsletter the many factors driving our buoyant housing market – and there is no end in sight to home appreciation. Active listings as of Sept. but “When.”.