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

Housing Wire

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. From NAR : The median existing home price for all housing types in March was $393,500, an increase of 4.8% All four U.S.

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The savagely unhealthy housing market is now a nightmare

Housing Wire

The housing nightmare continues. But, the savagely unhealthy data line was that home prices are up 14.8%. Now that mortgage rates have risen, demand is getting hit, while we are still showing 14.8% NAR Research : The median existing-home price for all housing types in May was $407,600, up 14.8% million , down 3.4%

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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

On a positive note, however, the days on the market are no longer a teenager anymore: that metric grew from 18 days to 21 days. On a positive note, however, the days on the market are no longer a teenager anymore: that metric grew from 18 days to 21 days. This is happening, and in the long run, this is a plus for the housing market.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

Are we headed to a housing bubble? The Dallas Fed on Thursday published an article titled: Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs Of a Brewing U.S. Housing Bubble. The online reaction was immediate — housing must be about to crash. For the housing bubble 2.0 I disagree with this conclusion. Let me explain.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

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The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. So where does all that drama leave us for 2023?

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Have we already reached peak home sales for the year?

Housing Wire

This is why we created the housing market tracker articles to keep everyone versed in forward-looking demand and the forward-looking demand was getting better as mortgage rates fell from 8% to below 7%. Today’s existing home sales report was a massive beat , similar to what happened last year in this month. million in February.

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What would it take to crash the housing market?

Housing Wire

Home prices are skyrocketing, housing inventory is at all-time lows and homebuyers have to contend with multiple bids. In time, markets always find balance and balance is a good thing. But, that doesn’t mean housing is going to crash. However, a cool-down in prices is not the same thing as a housing crash.