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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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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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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

Serious buyers showed discernment as they know inventory is growing. These buyers understand that more inventory is coming to the market and that they will have options. This scarcity in inventory acts as a safeguard against an imminent market crash, providing stability and support for continued price growth. With only 1.3

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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. Total inventory in America grew from 2000 to 2005 while demand grew. However, total inventory levels today are below 2019, 2014, 2007, 2005, and 2000 levels because homeowners are in a good place financially. Today, we are at 1.25

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

Housing Wire

Especially in a year when inventory has crashed to all-time lows and demand for those houses is still so high. This got smashed in two years, and inventory levels broke to all-time lows this year. The speculative debt boom we saw from 2002-to 2005 can’t be repeated with the current lending standards in place.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Reina Ramos

Housing Wire

She joined CNBF after more than a decade with Seacoast Bank , where she served as senior vice president, residential lending production manager. We know refinance volumes will dry up due to rising rates, borrowers not exiting their homes due to the reduced inventories. All of this means compressed affordability and inventory.

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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. Housing inventory issue with no booming demand. Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. million listings.

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