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Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?

Housing Wire

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. That’s not the case now because we have’t had a credit boom post-2010 as we did from 2002 to 2005. How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? I don’t believe housing inventory below 1.52 What is going on here? housing market.

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New home sales are at risk with rising mortgage rates ?

Housing Wire

Second, because of the downtrend in inventory since 2014 and the demand pick-up we will see in the years 2020-2024, we had a risk of home prices accelerating too much. Compared to the existing home sales marketplace, it doesn’t have a high cash buyer or investor buyer profile. First, total home sales should be 6.2 percent (±11.9

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Are new home sales flagging a recession?

Housing Wire

As you can see, sales levels were never elevated like what we saw from 2002-2005. This housing cycle is and will always be based on real demand, versus the credit boom we saw from 2002 to 2005. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. However, this is much different than what we saw from 2002-to 2005.

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Logan Mohtashami: The 2022 housing forecast

Housing Wire

Also, the market we have today doesn’t look like the credit boom we saw from 2002-2005. I have never believed in the housing construction boom premise as mature economies don’t have construction booms with slowing population growth. In fact, a few months ago I talked about inventory falling again should be the concern going out.

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. We are now seeing “7s” in front of some rates to new mortgage consumers – a figure not seen since April 2002 – causing applications for new loans to hit a 25-year low this month. (