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Low inventory creates challenging conditions in North Carolina’s housing market

Housing Wire

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We

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Housing market inventory is starting to recover

Housing Wire

That’s up 37% from a year ago, but it’s important to take into account that the COVID-19 virus first took hold of the housing market in March 2020, said Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae. Suburban multifamily housing construction is also benefitting from this trend.” from February.

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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. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said.

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

Housing Wire

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” In mid-June 2023, the statewide 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score hit a high for year of 53.99, before sliding down to a trough of 40.03 in mid-January 2024.

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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

It’s the end of May and unsold inventory on the market is increasing across the U.S. 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.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2024 housing market and rate forecast

Housing Wire

The 2023 housing market faced one of the same roadblocks we saw in 2022: mortgage rates were too high for home sales growth. Now that we’re in 2024, the Federal Reserve ‘s rate hike cycle is over, so let’s look at what that means for housing demand and home prices. They will manage their supply slowly.

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Here’s how to fix the housing market inventory crisis

Housing Wire

housing market is in the midst of an inventory crisis. is hovering near record lows , caused by a pandemic-induced housing inventory death-spiral. At the same time, home sales have soared close to record highs , suggesting the housing market suffers exclusively from a supply (and not demand) problem.

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