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

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million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines. Together, the two may suggest that there really is nowhere to go but up in 2024,” she said. “In

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

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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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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

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month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 Pending home sales rose 8.3%

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Pending home sales recede in January: NAR

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month over month in January, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). ” Lower mortgage rates buoyed buyer demand in early 2024, but rates started to inch back up toward 7% in February. Pending home sales dropped 4.9% NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) decreased to 74.3 in December.

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

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“In down markets, the best agents and the best brokerages gain market share,” Reffkin, the CEO of Compass, told investors and analysts during his firms first-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening. “We Year over year , Compass gained 26 basis points of market share, bringing its total share of home sales in Q1 2024 to 4.76%.

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“Greetings from Missouri!” Millions are finding commission lawsuit postcards in the mail. Agents say it’s an opportunity

Housing Wire

The notifications were approved by Judge Stephen Bough, who is overseeing the Sitzer/Burnett suit, on January 11, 2024, and the usage of settlement fund to pay for the distribution of the notifications was approved on Feb. If recipients wish to opt out or object they must do so by April 13, 2024. she asked. “It

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

The one thing that is positive this year which is different than last year is new listing data is rising year over year, nothing spectacular, but it’s a positive story for housing This means we have more sellers that will be buyers in 2024. However, that hasn’t been the case so far in 2024. million units, up 4.7%

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