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The last time houses were this unaffordable was 2006

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housing was the least affordable ever back in July 2006 when it took 34.1% Adjustable-rate mortgages, which typically have lower interest rates than fixed-rate mortgages, have become an attractive option for borrowers in a challenging housing market. percentage points of the prior record,” Graboske added.

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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

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What I mean by a credit bust is that after the housing bubble burst in 2005 into 2006, we saw a massive increase in supply. Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. Only from 2006-2011 did we see this break due to forced sellers who couldn’t buy homes.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

Housing Wire

Can we now say that the housing market ‘s spring selling season is finally underway? Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. months shows how far we are from 2008 housing economics.

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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. We are not taking the unhealthy housing market theme off this marketplace.

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The housing market is hot, but not in a bubble

Housing Wire

Existing home sales came in at a whopping 6,850,000 , beating estimates with the highest print since 2006. Days on market fell from 36 days to 21 days on a year-over-year basis. Cash buyers remain at a historically high level of 19%, the same as last year, while sales grew 26.6% The housing market is hot.

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Buyers viewed just eight homes before making their purchase

Housing Wire

Right after the Great Recession, between 2009 and 2011, buyers viewed a median of 12 homes before purchasing, as inventory was plentiful. From 2004 to 2006, during the housing boom years, even though homes were moving at a rapid pace, buyers typically looked at nine homes.

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Why is the housing market thriving in a pandemic?

Housing Wire

The deadliest pandemic in more than a century has failed to derail the housing market because of the lowest mortgage rates ever recorded coupled with a shift in how people use their homes. The buyers are coming in because of the low interest rates – that’s the No. Sales of new houses probably will rise 17% to 800,000, Yun said.