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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

On Friday NAR reported that total housing inventory levels broke under 1 million in December, dropping to 970,00 units for a population of 330 million people. million in January down to about 4 million in December, We now have total inventory levels near all-time lows again. In one of the most historical years in the U.S.

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Are new home sales flagging a recession?

Housing Wire

I know some people don’t agree with me on this, but the price gains in both the existing home and new home sales sector show that homebuilders and sellers had too much pricing power and needed to be checked. As you can see, sales levels were never elevated like what we saw from 2002-2005. The only way this happens is by higher rates.

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The new home sales recession continues

Housing Wire

can’t have a credit sales boom like we saw from 2002-2005. This means we won’t be working from record-breaking demand of high sales like we did at the peak of 2005. The builders are in a better position to manage their inventory glut than when they were working from a credit boom in 2005 that took new home sales up to 1.4

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The homebuilders got lucky this time

Housing Wire

Last year we had monthly existing home sales collapse back to 2007 levels, except this time around, NAR has total inventory at 970,000 and not over 4 million. If the homebuilders and homebuyers knew rates would hit 7% in 2022, many would not have taken those contracts they’re canceling now. months and above.

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Massachusetts 2023 Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

It kept inventory down, which propped up prices, but sales are down nearly 22%, and buyers are hungry. A year later, still no crash, which had more to do with the decrease in inventory than the decrease in sales. The number of homes placed under contract (pending), decreased by 17.7% A lot of it had to do with anemic inventory.

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Price Adjustments in Florida Rise Rapidly

Lamacchia Realty

As you can see in the chart below, Florida has the highest shift in rising inventory over the past twelve months. Source Condo inventory has been rising more than single families as sales have been decreasing since 2023. Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying.

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2021 Massachusetts Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

The 2021 Massachusetts Year in Review Housing Report breaks down average prices, sales, inventory, new active listings, and pending sales for 2021 compared to 2020 and illustrates what that means for the current market. Below is a graph that illustrates home sales per year since 2005. Inventory of Homes for Sale. That’s a 37.4%