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Real estate’s strong 2023 housing market finish: Altos

Housing Wire

real estate market is in and it may surprise you, but pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are pointing for growth now. Inventory is slowly but steadily increasing over last year, which means slightly more options for buyers this spring. Each week sellers are easing back into the market a little more than last year.

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Altos: Sellers are coming back to the housing market, can buyers keep up?

Housing Wire

Each week — for several months now — inventory levels of unsold homes on the market has been expanding compared to last year. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. Any time inventory rises, you start to see housing crash hyperbole on social media. They essentially bypass the active market.

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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Austin, Texas might be the hottest housing market in the country. 1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. And all of those prospective homeowners flocking to the city are fighting for the same small pool of houses.

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The 2023 housing market is at odds with itself

Housing Wire

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. Buyer disappointment.

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Dave Stevens on understanding this housing market

Housing Wire

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Buyers have a bit more power in today’s housing market

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Are buyers finally gaining more power? The truth is the market is still ultra-competitive, but there is a slightly better chance buyers can get into contract these days and maybe not pay as much above the asking price (maybe).

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Changing homebuyer expectations are slowing the housing market

Housing Wire

This is alarming because this was the moment last year when the market turned south. Buyers early in 2023 had slightly lower rates than now and were optimistic that mortgage rates would go lower still. This “higher for longer” conventional wisdom is working its way through the housing market. It’s a pretty abrupt change.