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Promising signs abound for 2024 housing market

Housing Wire

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and December is well under way, we can start looking ahead to the 2024 housing market. New listings and home sales remain low this week while available inventory of unsold homes is finally falling across the country after rising with mortgage rates late into November.

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New listings data falls for third week in a row 

Housing Wire

New listings data has been moving lower over the last few weeks. The moves haven’t been significant and our weekly pending contracts data picked up this week. But, we need to see more growth in new listings data just to grow from 2023 levels. We have a much more normal marketplace in 2023 and 2024.

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Here’s why home sales will climb in 2024

Housing Wire

You also know that new listings are up over last year, too. Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. Inventory hit 566,000 homes on the market, meaning there are 0.5% New listings volume is up, too. A few more sellers appear to be braving the market each week.

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Is this the beginning of the end of the housing market recession?

Housing Wire

held up in 2023, sales volume in the housing market cratered. The industry is in a deep housing recession this year. If we get lucky with mortgage rates, though, we might just be at the bottom of the housing market recession right now. To get the weekly picture of the housing market, watch the video above.

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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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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

There are more homes on the market now than anytime since August 2020. 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.

Inventory 511
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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. The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35

Contracts 445