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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

New listings climbed during the past week and there are now 72,000 more single-family homes on the market. It appeared that new listings might be on the decline already, but the pace picked up a tad this week, which is encouraging. No one wants a scenario in which there’s a flood of sellers but no buyers.

Inventory 511
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Get more real estate buyer leads in 2024

Housing Wire

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. But beyond first-timers, we’ll show you how to attract real estate buyers of all kinds through a multi-tiered marketing approach that boosts both your visibility and credibility with potential buyers.

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

Housing Wire

Looking ahead, price growth will cool down in the second half of 2024 because of increased inventory and more homes taking a price cut before selling. The chart below shows that the inventory growth rate picked up more in 2024 after March. I love that new listings data is growing yearly, but it’s been too light for me.

Inventory 449
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Spring forecast: More inventory and rising home sales

Housing Wire

New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. All of these signals point to rising home sales in 2024. Pending sales Last week saw 69,000 new contracts for single-family home purchases across the country. That brings us to 367,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage.

Inventory 457
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The strong spring real estate market will surprise you: Altos

Housing Wire

Based on the trends we can see after the start of the year, I’ll project 2024 will see about 15% home sales growth over 2023. These are very clear trends as we start the new year. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. So the sales rate is already growing for 2024.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines. All four U.S.

Inventory 377
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Peak homebuying season is clouded by mixed signals

Housing Wire

Pacific time, Altos Research holds its monthly webinar, where we dive deep on all of the local data trends and the leading indicators for what will happen in the remainder of 2024. If you need to communicate about the real estate market with buyers and sellers, you should join us. real estate market as of mid-May 2024.