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Median home prices, new listings move higher in Florida

Housing Wire

The housing market in the state of Florida saw higher median home prices, more real estate listings and a higher number of active listings during the month of January, according to data released Thursday by Florida Realtors , a state-based trade organization for real estate professionals. from the same time last year. .

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Mortgage rates poised to drop to 5.5% in 2024: Bloomberg

Housing Wire

Most economists forecast mortgage rates to decline in 2024, stoking optimism about the housing market. Most forecasts call for rates to bounce within the 6% to 7% range in 2024, marking the first annualized decline after three straight years of gains. million existing homes were sold, according to the National Association of Realtors.

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Indiana’s housing market is primed to bounce back in 2024

Housing Wire

Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” in mid-January 2024. as of February 29, 2024. Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market.

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

Housing Wire

After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. In July 2022, new listings volume per week dropped from 90,000 at the end of June to approximately 74,000 just after the July 4th holiday. We see the same pattern in the new listings rate each week.

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

Housing Wire

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. Prospective home buyers experienced another difficult month due to the persistent lack of housing inventory and the highest mortgage rates in a generation,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8%

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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. However, I knew the years 2020-2024 would see better demand from the bump in demographics.

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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