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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

Every state in the country has more homes on the market now than a year ago and, in many places, new construction is being completed and added to inventory, so it’s not just resale inventory that’s growing. New listings climbed during the past week and there are now 72,000 more single-family homes on the market.

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Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

Housing Wire

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

Not prequalifying is unprofessional and can waste your time and the sellers. All pricing scripts are best used at the listing table! Don’t lose the listing of a motivated, have-to-sell seller over price. If they have sell, you have to take the listing! Are homes selling on average for 105% of the list price?

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale. This is why the Altos Research numbers we cite are always smaller than the NAR numbers, which accounts for all home types and those in contract.

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Home sales dip, but prices are holding steady for now

Housing Wire

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. Supply of homes for sale is very low, and most of the year we’ve had more buyers than sellers. There are no signs of any surge in listings, and as a result we’ve seen a floor on home prices. housing market now.

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The homebuilders got lucky this time

Housing Wire

In an odd twist of fate, the delays due to COVID-19 are currently an infrastructure and jobs program for Americans in the construction industry. As you can see below, housing completions are slowly moving along; the homebuilders have more new homes under construction that they haven’t even started yet than active new homes for sale.

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How to make at least $100,000 in 100 days as a real estate agent

Housing Wire

Expired listings Expireds are near the top of the list because these sellers want to sell and many have to sell. These are the listings you’re looking for! There’s been a big increase in expireds recently since most agents still had too-short listing agreements in anticipation of the hot seller’s market continuing.