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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. NAR lists the current inventory at 1.22 million, with a peak in 2007 a tad over 4 million.

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. million, and in 2007, it peaked at 4 million.

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With mortgage rate volatility, buyers can save by shopping around

Housing Wire

The latest weekly survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 40 basis points to an average of 6.70% this week, the highest level since 2007. There is more inventory relative to demand, and deals can be found. A year ago at this time, rates averaged 3.01%. Not yet anyway.

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Even with falling rates, the housing market is shaping up to be bad in Q4

Housing Wire

That’s the largest year over year existing home sales decrease since 2007. More potential homebuyers were squeezed out from qualifying for a mortgage in October as mortgage rates climbed higher,” National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22

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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 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. Inventory is always seasonal. Today inventory levels are at 1.02

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Is the savagely unhealthy housing market back?

Housing Wire

If we had a massive credit boom-to-bust, inventory would have skyrocketed in 2022. In 2007, for context, we were a tad above 4 million. NAR Total Inventory Data going back to 1982. housing market inventory channels have changed due to how the U.S. This is why the days on the market are so low historically after 2020.

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

I go into real estate offices and Realtors have zero listings for the week,” said the LO, who requested anonymity to protect the business of her partners. “I Addressing a shortage of inventory is a serious concern, especially as fall and winter approaches when total inventory traditionally drops. million to 1.93 million. .

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