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Is housing inventory growth really slowing down?

Housing Wire

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Redfin : Realtor.com : Altos Research : Clearly, we are seeing a slowdown in new listings as the data has been negative now for months. What does this mean?

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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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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory grows

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory Since new listing data was trending at all-time lows in 2023, some feared we wouldn’t see the typical spring inventory increase. After the last few weeks , we can put that fear aside: we are finally getting the seasonal increase in active listing. This link explains the difference and is worth a read.

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Shrinking Number of New Listings Slows Seattle/King County Housing Activity

Will Springer Realtor

The chart (below) puts it in sharp focus: Except for the pandemic year of 2020 when there were 2559 new listings that April, last month was the slowest April since at least 2008 when easy access to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data became available. Where are all the sellers? There are 1.7 months in Seattle and 1.2

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Housing Market Tracker: Banking crisis is a new variable

Housing Wire

New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week. Now the bad news: new listing data fell so much this week that I am putting an asterisk on this week’s data until we see if this is a trend or just a one-off in the weekly data that can occur from time to time.

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Housing Market Tracker: Higher rates crush purchase apps 

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory decreased by 6,801, while new listing data is still negative year-over-year. 11-18): Fell from 247,385 to 243, 916 Another storyline with inventory is taking hold now, and new listing growth once again is negative year over year. A traditional seller is a conventional buyer most of the time.

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August 2021 South Florida Housing Report

Lamacchia Realty

It also looks at other metrics like New Listings and New Pending Sales as they are often the best indicators for predicting future trends in the market. A slight increase in listings for both single families and condos/townhomes is a positive sign for buyers as this may help with selection. . April 4, 2016.