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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Housing inventory is at its highest point all year

Housing Wire

Buyers in this real estate market notice these affordability changes, and so we can see in the data fewer home purchase offers, slightly climbing unsold inventory, and slightly more price reductions for the homes that are on the market. Rising rates make more inventory. So how much inventory will we add this fall?

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Video: Mortgage rates continue to climb, deterring potential homebuyers

Housing Wire

Inventory continues to grow faster than last year at this time. Higher rates equal more inventory, and lower rates equal less inventory. If mortgage rates were to fall between now and January, expect to see inventory decline again next year like it did for most of this year. That’s up a fraction from last week.

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Will existing home sales climb at all this year?

Housing Wire

Pending Sales There are now 378,000 single-family homes in contract. There were 68,000 new contracts for single-family homes this week. In the chart below, the light portion of each bar represents the new contracts each week. But, there were another 15,000 condos and townhomes that went into contract this week.

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How much will home prices climb over the next year?

Housing Wire

The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. As the summer progresses, each subsequent week of new listings gets priced at a slight discount to the previous weeks. The median price of the homes in contract is $385,000. There are now 376,000 single-family homes in contract.

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A soft landing for the real estate market. What’s next?

Housing Wire

By October 2022, it looked like 2023 would have rising inventory and falling home prices. Inventory has fallen all year. The peak of inventory for 2023 so far was the week of the New Year — that is insane. We could see inventory from distressed sellers emerge in 2025. I grew pretty bearish again. is $450,000.

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Did Housing Inventory in Atlanta Increase in the 1st Qtr of 2022?

Hank Miller Team

It's time to answer the nagging question…did housing inventory in Atlanta increase during the first quarter of 2022? Traditionally, the months of May and June see the most new listings as the school cycle hits – graduating families sell and rising families buy. The difference now is rising rates and even less inventory.