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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers. New Orleans, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville are among the locales that posted the slowest month-over-month price growth in March. ” Competition is stiff for attractive listings.

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The housing market is losing steam

Housing Wire

This has dampened new home sales and quickened home-price growth.” ” Mark Palim, deputy chief economist at Fannie Mae , said anecdotal reports of builders delaying or turning down orders to clear a growing construction backlog appears to be borne out by the recent housing starts data. percent,” Palim said Tuesday.

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Homebuyers increasingly seek ARMs as mortgage rates soar 

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates were 7.22% for conforming and 6.15% for jumbos at Mortgage News Daily on Wednesday, a spread of 107 bps. Buyers, builders and sellers take a step back as inflation persists . Sellers are responding to the shift in the market and pulling back on listing activity, resulting in a 9.8% ARMs pick up steam.

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

Housing Wire

They don’t ever have to have the conversation about how low their total payment is in the new home they’re buying, unlike some of their buyers (which explains higher cancellation rates). months of the supply is active listings, 68K 5 months of the supply is still under construction, 280K 1.6 When supply is 4.3

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King County Home Buyers and Sellers in ‘Re-Evaluation’ Mode

Will Springer Realtor

Ah, for the good old days of 2019 – when we could stomach home prices closer to the mid-million-dollar mark and housing options were somewhat plentiful amid a mildly competitive buyer environment. King County new listings fell 13% from June to July (2158), led by a 20% slide in Seattle (690). on the Eastside.

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Homebuilders struggle with supply-side bottlenecks

Housing Wire

Total, MBA estimated that there were 65,000 new home sales in February 2021, down from 69,000 new home sales in January. As has been the case for roughly a full calendar year, sky-high prices of building materials and, in turn, pricier new homes are keeping some buyers at bay.

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Can lower mortgage rates stop the housing recession?

Housing Wire

We saw this in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. million to the lows of January 2019 at 4.98 They have to move as well, so a traditional seller is a buyer most of the time when it’s a primary resident owner. We see some of this in the active listing data as new listings are declining. Higher rates and sales data.

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