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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

Every state in the country has more homes on the market now than a year ago and, in many places, new construction is being completed and added to inventory, so it’s not just resale inventory that’s growing. New listings climbed during the past week and there are now 72,000 more single-family homes on the market.

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. The trade organization projects a 13% increase in existing home sales between 2023 and 2024 for an annualized pace of 4.62

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

Housing Wire

The benchmark rate was last changed in July 2023, when it was raised to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%. Still, contacts emphasized that the number of units for sale stayed far short of what they considered a balanced market, and that a dearth of inventories had contributed to faster house price growth from 2022 to 2023.

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023. Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale. We have a big difference in the data on single-family permits and 5-unit permits.

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Home sales dip, but prices are holding steady for now

Housing Wire

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. There are no signs of any surge in listings, and as a result we’ve seen a floor on home prices. New contracts dipped as affordability is out of reach for so many. housing market now. This week continues that trend.

Contracts 363
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Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

Housing Wire

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Homes listed for sale are increasingly seeing asking-price reductions, and both construction and home sales — both existing and new — are slowing.”. in 2022 but will drop to 4% in 2023. trillion 2023, down from $4.8 Supply chain disruptions and cost inflation moderated somewhat for new homes.