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The mortgage rate lock-in didn’t start in 2022

Housing Wire

This is an excerpt of a HousingWire Research report titled: What Everyone Needs to Know about Mortgage Rate Lock-in, by Altos President Mike Simonsen. housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. million in January 2021 (when mortgage rates were 2.7%) fell to 3.9

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It was the largest monthly jump in pending home sales since 2020. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. Pending home sales rose 8.3%

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

Housing Wire

There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. While DeRoussel’s experience sounds exactly like many of the stories that emerged from the pandemic-fueled homebuying frenzy of 2020 and 2021, this happened just a few weeks ago in early April 2024.

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

Today the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell once again to 4.80 Even though this was a beat of estimates, the sales decline trend due to higher mortgage rates and home prices continues. Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling.

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“It seems impossible:” Bergen County, NJ’s housing market is vexing agents and buyers

Housing Wire

70 towns, 90 new listings Local agents say the county’s tight inventory situation is largely to blame. “We We have been complaining about the lack of inventory for as long as I can remember, but then we at least had more listings,” Danny Yoon , an Edgewater, New Jersey-based Sotheby’s International Realty agent, said.

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Insatiable demand drives July pending home sales up 15% annually

Housing Wire

in July, the third consecutive month of gains, fueled by low mortgage rates and unprecedented demand from consumers. year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We million, a 1.1%

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Experts optimistic about home sales in 2021

Housing Wire

drop in November , according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. ” The overall drop in pending home sales over the final quarter of 2020 can be contributed to a lack of inventory, according to Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. million in 2020. pending home sales dipped to the tune of 0.3%

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