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Employment gains could help housing inventory

Housing Wire

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. For housing, March gained 110,000 jobs in construction – a positive sign in an industry struggling with supply constraints. Labor Department.

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Low housing inventory a win for homebuilders

Housing Wire

If there’s one sector of the economy that benefits from the very low levels of total housing inventory , it’s the homebuilders , but for a reason you might not think. If national housing inventory were back to normal, we would have 2 to 2.5 The builders will pull back on construction when the supply is 6.5

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

This month, she is lucky to have $2 million in her pipeline thanks to closing deals on a construction loan, a condo and a vacant lot. Addressing a shortage of inventory is a serious concern, especially as fall and winter approaches when total inventory traditionally drops. And it’s going to get worse. million to 1.93

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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. How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? As you can see below, the inventory keeps falling from 2014 levels, and even with the weakness in demand this year, we are nowhere close to 2013 levels, let alone 2018 levels. What is going on here?

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Comparing this housing market recession to 2008

Housing Wire

Key thing to remember: A traditional seller is also usually a buyer. This now goes into a subject matter that is a striking difference between 2022 versus 2008: Inventory and Credit. Housing inventory. Total housing inventory today — using the NAR data — stands at 1.14

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New home sales defy recession calls

Housing Wire

In 2007, we had more than 4 million total active listings, which was too much supply for the builders to compete effectively. Some people prefer something other than the current active existing inventory. For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply: The seasonally‐adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of May was 428,000.

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Homebuilders still need lower mortgage rates

Housing Wire

The builders don’t like to see supply of existing homes growing for fear that their buyers might cancel on them. The growth of supply means demand is getting weaker, which will require builders to give more incentives to buyers. 291,000 homes are still under construction: 5.7 months of supply. This represents a supply of 9.0

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