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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. No one wants a scenario in which there’s a flood of sellers but no buyers. There just aren’t enough sellers yet.

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1 in 3 Sellers Granting Buyer Concessions

Empire Appraisal Group

1 in 3 Sellers Granting Buyer Concessions By Kerry Smith Two Fla. SEATTLE – Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 35% of U.S. home sales during the third quarter (3Q) of 2023, according to a report from Redfin – about the same as one year earlier (35.9%) but up from 27.6% in 2023, down from 40.0% a year earlier.

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Buyers are being picky — here’s how you can navigate it as a real estate agent

Housing Wire

With the coming together of interest rate drops, the persistent, continued low inventory levels and 2023 being recorded as the slowest year for U.S. Well into January, we are already seeing properties go under contract in the first weekend with multiple offers. The second avenue for expanding inventory is new construction.

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Fed’s Beige Book predicts further uncertainty for the housing market  

Housing Wire

“Higher interest rates further dented home sales, which declined at a moderate pace overall but fell steeply in some Districts,” the report states, noting that “residential construction slid further at a modest pace” and “home prices grew less rapidly or declined outright amid weak demand.”. million in 2023 from 5.67 trillion from $2.34

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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. Supply of homes for sale is very low, and most of the year we’ve had more buyers than sellers. New contracts dipped as affordability is out of reach for so many. Let’s look at the signals for the week of September 11, 2023.

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Why investors believe CoStar holds a big advantage post-NAR settlement

Housing Wire

However, the company still makes the vast majority of its revenue – 75% in 2023 – from the services it provides brokers and agents in the for-sale residential market. “We do not have long-term contracts with many of our real estate partners,” the materials read.

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Go Mortgage sues former capital markets director for ‘corporate sabotage’

Housing Wire

Go Mortgage sued its former director of capital markets for “corporate sabotage,” alleging computer fraud, violation of trade secrets, breach of contract and tortious interference with a business relationship. The lender hired more than 160 employees from the now-shuttered Finance of America (FoA) in January 2023.

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