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Are home sellers finally coming back to the market?

Housing Wire

The defining characteristic of the 2023 housing market has been dramatically fewer home sellers than any recent year. In this week’s Altos Research video, I look at how home sellers and sales are up, but that doesn’t mean prices will climb in 2024. What will the housing market look like in 2024?

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Majority of recent homebuyers have regrets: survey

Housing Wire

The respondents included 420 people who bought a home in 2023 or 2024, and another 500 who plan to do so in 2024 or 2025. “We We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession.

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A sub-7% mortgage rate brings holiday cheer

Housing Wire

“Given inflation continues to decelerate and the Federal Reserve Board’s current expectations that they will lower the federal funds target rate next year, we likely will see a gradual thawing of the housing market in the new year,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said in a statement.

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6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)

Housing Wire

The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand. Buyers want to know that they will be able to get a low mortgage rate when they lock in a rate.

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What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

Housing Wire

The housing market cheered as the Federal Reserve signaled interest rate cuts next year after making a series of rapid rate hikes starting in 2022. in 2025, indicating four more 25 bps cuts. We don’t expect rates to fall that much in this period and it may not offset rising home prices in hot housing markets.

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How this week’s Fed meeting could impact inventory

Housing Wire

Although I don’t have any capacity to predict interest rates, I do know what happens to the housing market if rates rise or fall from here. Lower rates mean more buyer competition and less unsold inventory. New listings Last week, 59,000 new single-family listings came to market. right now is $435,000.

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Where are home prices headed this spring?

Housing Wire

Specifically, when housing inventory is 25% greater than a year ago, the supply/demand balance is obviously very different than it has been. So while we can see currently the prices of home sales holding up, the signals for the end of 2024 and into 2025 seem to suggest we’re heading for flat home prices. But the sales rate is climbing.