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Opinion: The end of seller speculation in US housing market

Housing Wire

A few months ago, the United States housing market failed Econ 101. metropolitan areas in February 2022, based on year-over-year growth in median listing price according to the residential real estate listing website, Realtor.com. The table also reports the year-over-year percent change in new listings for each market.

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First-time buyers need to earn $64,500 to afford a typical starter home

Housing Wire

In June, the typical starter home sold for a record $243,000, up 2.1% New listings of starter homes dropped 23% from a year earlier in June, the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic, the report found. Austin buyers must earn $92,000, down 3.3% Average mortgage rates hit 6.7% in June, up from 5.5%

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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

Competition in the housing market is heating up heading into May and June. 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.

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Even with falling rates, the housing market is shaping up to be bad in Q4

Housing Wire

“The impact is greater in expensive areas of the country and in markets that witnessed significant home price gains in recent years.”. Both a pullback in demand and limited supply remain vexing problems for the housing market. Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22 million units, which was down 0.8%

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. Freddie Mac projects that home-price growth will average 12.8%

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November 2023 South Florida Housing Report

Lamacchia Realty

november 2023 south florida housing report Broward County In November of 2023, Broward County single-family homes as well as c ondos/townhomes saw decreases in closed sales and pending sales, but increases in average price and new listings. What’s happening in the market? What does this mean for Buyers ?

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Real Estate Real Fast EP4 (solo-show with Aaron talking Fall/Winter 2022 Texas housing market)

Listing Spark

Is that the case for all major Texas housing markets? What should buyers and sellers be doing right now? What should they expect in this housing market? We’ll dive into the state of the Texas real estate market with Real Estate Real Fast host Aaron Jistel. Or are some doing better than others?