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How much will home prices climb over the next year?

Housing Wire

The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. As the summer progresses, each subsequent week of new listings gets priced at a slight discount to the previous weeks. The median price of the homes in contract is $385,000. There are now 376,000 single-family homes in contract.

Inventory 370
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The homebuilders got lucky this time

Housing Wire

However, the glaring difference today versus the recession of 2008, is that in 2007 the builders had to deal with over 4 million active listings as competition for their pricey new homes. If the homebuilders and homebuyers knew rates would hit 7% in 2022, many would not have taken those contracts they’re canceling now.

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Shrinking Number of New Listings Slows Seattle/King County Housing Activity

Will Springer Realtor

Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices. April’s figure was 37% lower than a year ago and, for context, the five-year average of new listings for the month just before the pandemic began was 4021. The inventory may not be there, but the demand sure is.

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King County Home Sales Cool as Interest Rates Inch Toward 8%

Will Springer Realtor

First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day. That increased new listings by 7.5% (2884) and available homes on the market by 12% (3602) between Sept. Seattle alone saw a 29% (1213) monthly increase in new listings. Single-family inventory is 1.8

Buyers 64
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Home Prices Rising Toward Record Highs – Again

Will Springer Realtor

The county saw the combined number of single-family, townhome and condo listings increase in June by 4.4% While that percentage may appear strong, it’s nothing compared to the April-to-May rise of 18%, signaling a probable cooling of new listings in the future. New single-family-home listings rose 3.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices.

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

Waller went on to say this adjustment is in no way like the horrific housing/financial crises of 2007-2010. Counties in and near Chicago and New York City were seen as the most vulnerable to today’s economic headwinds. The number of new listings in the previous month and remaining on the market as of Oct. last month.