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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

Home prices are surging in major U.S. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers.

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NAR: Home prices stifled existing home sales in August

Housing Wire

Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR, noted in a statement that existing home sales slipped because of rising prices nationwide. “Although there was a decline in home purchases, potential buyers are out and about searching, but much more measured about their financial limits, and simply waiting for more inventory,” Yun said.

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Fed’s Beige Book predicts further uncertainty for the housing market  

Housing Wire

“Higher interest rates further dented home sales, which declined at a moderate pace overall but fell steeply in some Districts,” the report states, noting that “residential construction slid further at a modest pace” and “home prices grew less rapidly or declined outright amid weak demand.”.

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Market Still Strong as Low Inventory Persists- February Newsletter

DW Slater Company

The demand for housing decreased with the higher mortgage rates as it decreased buyer power. The biggest answer is inventory. The inventory is still at very low levels. No longer are homes selling above list price (see Percent of Orignal Price chart below ) In fact they are selling at a more reasonable 5% below list price.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Several leading housing-market economists also are projecting the deceleration in home prices will continue in near the future as homebuyer demand ebbs — with one economist even predicting that prices will decline in some particularly hot markets across the nation. So, home sales have really gotten completely hammered,” Zandi said.

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New home sales fell again in February

Housing Wire

At the end of February, an estimated 407,000 new homes were still for sale, which at the current sales rate represents a 6.3 Buyers are facing a housing market that looks to be as competitive as ever,” Handy said in a statement. Year over year, all regions saw decreases in new home sales, except for the Northeast which recorded a 7.5%

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Stacy Esser

Housing Wire

His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” takes a deep dive into what the heck is going on with purchase applications, housing demand and inventory levels. This article, for example, asks why, if purchase applications are down to 2009 levels, are inventory levels still so freaking low?

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