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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory data Last week was another week that missed my inventory growth model with higher rates. I am always looking for weekly inventory growth between 11,000 and 17,000 when rates are over 7.25%. Rates have fallen recently and inventory growth was higher last week than the previous week.

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Transform your real estate career overnight in 8 easy steps

Housing Wire

Always know the following: Is inventory increasing or decreasing in your market? List to sell price ratio? Who are the developers and what are they developing? • Is there new construction in your market? Tour new construction models and get a feel for pricing on each product for each builder.

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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. New York – The residential sales market has been strong across the District.

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

Housing Wire

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

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Indiana’s housing market is primed to bounce back in 2024

Housing Wire

We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” From a seller’s standpoint it may make a bit more sense to sell now, so we are creating some more inventory and buyer are taking advantage of lower rates and more stable home prices.” According to Altos Research, as of Feb.

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

Housing Wire

New home sales From Census : Sales of new single-family houses in January 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 670,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, this isn’t how inventory grows in America.

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New home sales grow, even with higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Builders are taking advantage of the housing market inventory issues , which is why new home sales are growing yearly, even with higher mortgage rates. I often use the term efficient home sellers to describe the home builders in this low inventory environment. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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