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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

There are more homes on the market now than anytime since August 2020. This number will probably peak at about 700,000 this summer, crossing over 2020 levels at that point. New listings climbed during the past week and there are now 72,000 more single-family homes on the market. immediate sales).

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Altos: Sellers are coming back to the housing market, can buyers keep up?

Housing Wire

New listings each week, which were record few last year, are growing now. There are still notably not a lot of sellers. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. There were 66,000 new listings this week, of which 14,000 are already in contract. It’s not a ton of sellers.

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Where are home prices headed this spring?

Housing Wire

I like to point out that consumers are more sensitive to changes in mortgage rates than to the absolute levels, and since rates are now basically unchanged for the month, just easing down from the early March peak of 7.2%, sellers and buyers are tip-toeing back into the market. Inventory will cross over 2020 levels by July.

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Home price signals point to flat growth

Housing Wire

By the end of the summer, it looks like inventory will finally be back above 2020 levels. In the video above, you can see in the inventory chart how this year’s trajectory is climbing and looks like it’ll cross the 2020 levels by July. More home sellers are coming back to the market each week.

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How this week’s Fed meeting could impact inventory

Housing Wire

While inventory is growing across the country, some markets are way more impacted and already have more homes on the market than in 2019 or 2020 just before the pandemic. New listings Last week, 59,000 new single-family listings came to market. The median price of all the homes in contract right now is $389,000.

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How inventory inches up with higher interest rates

Housing Wire

It’s no secret that sellers are absent in this market. It was at this point in 2022 when new listings started plummeting each week. In September, even though new sellers were few, buyers were even fewer, so inventory rose. In September, even though new sellers were few, buyers were even fewer, so inventory rose.

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

Housing Wire

In the nearby metro area of Cape Coral-Fort Myers , active single-family inventory over the previous 90 days averaged 6,500 listings as of March 15, above its March 2020 level of 5,044 listings and approaching its March 2019 level of 7,243 listings. Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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