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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

The seasonal housing inventory bottom evaded us again last week as active listings fell and new listing inventory decreased. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory fell 5,383 last week, and new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023. The answer is no!

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

Housing Wire

Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. Weekly housing inventory The numbers this week are unfortunate: inventory should be growing like it does at this time every year.

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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

Serious buyers showed discernment as they know inventory is growing. As a result, sellers who are winning in this market spent time making sure their homes are in show-ready condition. These buyers understand that more inventory is coming to the market and that they will have options. With only 1.3

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Don’t expect a drastic housing market turnaround in 2023, Fitch Ratings says

Housing Wire

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. mortgage insurance market in 2023 to deteriorate. Fitch Ratings also expects the outlook for the U.S.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

The online reaction was immediate — housing must be about to crash. That’s not to say that the data points the Fed used are incorrect — in fact, we are in a savagely unhealthy housing market , but it’s not a bubble. First, because there is no speculative debt demand going on today, there can’t be a housing bubble.

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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

Both these laws paved the way for more responsible lending and a more responsible consumer. During the build-up to when the housing bubble burst, housing was getting noticeably weaker on many fronts. Currently, the housing market is in a recession: sales, production, jobs and incomes are all falling in the housing sector.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. I have documented the history of these housing price crash addicts for a decade now. Housing inventory issue with no booming demand.

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