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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. million active listings, but at just 1.28 I talk about 2019 inventory levels a lot because in 2019 real home prices briefly went negative, showing that you don’t need to have six months plus of inventory to have pricing cool down.

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Buyers are struggling to compete in the white-hot Cincinnati market

Housing Wire

“I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. Buyers are really struggling.” We couldn’t even see it.

Buyers 374
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Altos: Housing inventory could grow 40% this year

Housing Wire

The suspicion was that there were a bunch of sellers who were waiting to sell: Once rates fell these sellers would come rushing back to this real estate market and we’d finally see inventory grow. Second, because people think of home sellers as being locked-in by high interest rates. That’s 15% growth over the pace of 2023.

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Spring forecast: More inventory and rising home sales

Housing Wire

At the same time, seller volume dried up. But now sellers are coming back into the market. New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. NAR reported 33% all cash buyers, which is the most since 2014 when buyers were still cleaning up distressed properties. More sellers means more sales in 2024.

Inventory 457
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Expect the growth rate of existing home prices to cool down this year

Housing Wire

Looking at the chart above, inventory started growing late this year, but it seems normal compared to 2017-2019. The other data line that is small but steady year-over-year is the new listings data, and if most sellers are buyers, that gives us more demand than in 2023, when new listings were trending at the lowest levels ever.

Inventory 449
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Altos: Are higher mortgage already rates deterring homebuyers?

Housing Wire

This is not a recipe to keep the home buyer momentum we saw building in December. Remember that the way to more selection for home buyers is with higher mortgage rates. Spring buyers’ market It’s the spring buyers market and inventory is falling each week. There are more buyers than sellers.

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Housing inventory up nearly 55% in December

Housing Wire

compared to December 2019 and 38.2% compared to the December 2017-2019 average. “In In December, we saw both buyers and sellers pulling back as they continue to adjust to a challenging market,” Danielle Hale, Realtor.com’s chief economist, said in a statement. below its pre-pandemic 2019 level.

Inventory 518