Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

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. million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article. All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

Mortgage rates were again in a small range, hanging near 7%. However, the real positive story here is that even with new listing data trending at an all-time low, we are getting the growth in active listings we traditionally see in the spring and summer. Purchase apps had a small week-to-week gain.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As mortgage rates rose more and more, the October to January data was going to show big negative prints. Seasonal impacts are the norm with housing, and new listing data is negative 6% year to date. We saw new listing data decline when rates got to 6.25% the first time. NAR lists the current inventory at 1.22

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mortgage rates fell along with bond yields, showing that mortgage rates peaked on Oct. The weekly data shows some good news for the housing market ! With mortgage rates also falling, I am hopeful that more people will list their homes and buy another, so we can get back to a more functional housing market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

I don’t need to see total active listing get back to the historical range of 2-2.5 New listings are declining now. One of the issues with existing home inventory has been that, for the most part, a traditional seller is usually a buyer of a home. This is not encouraging news at all, in my view. From Redfin.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2023

The housing market welcomed the news of lower mortgage rates last week after four reports showed that the labor market isn’t as tight as it seems and that the fear of 1970s-entrenched inflation was a lousy narrative. Active inventory rose by 823 single-family homes and new listing data is trending at all-time lows.

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Listing Spark

JUNE 16, 2023

.” [00:04:36] Austin real estate sales volume and velocity in April 2023 Austin’s housing market in April saw a decline in new listings and sales volume, but the market remains a seller’s market. However, a decrease in new listings is helping to stave off even higher inventory.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The truth is that if mortgage rates fell below 5.875% and kept going lower, everyone’s housing predictions would need to be revised this year because the builders can sell their homes with lower mortgage rates. economy isn’t in recession today, and mortgage rates have risen almost 1% from the recent lows.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices. It’s a dynamic not often seen in our area and it – along with stubbornly high mortgage interest rates – has generated a rollercoaster ride of data that would make Six Flags jealous. Where are all the sellers?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

If we are trending below 4 million — a possibility with new listing data trending at all-time lows — then we have much weaker demand than people think. million before we saw the massive stress spike in supply from 2005 to 2007. We have a workable range for 2023 sales in the existing home sales market between 4 million and 4.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even as mortgage rates rose, and affordability was pushed out of reach for many potential homebuyers, there are still sufficient buyers who can afford these prices and these rates. After the mortgage rate spike in September 2022, we got significantly more bearish on home prices for 2023. If mortgage rates increase to the 7.5%

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 25, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, MLS hacked, appraisers and real estate agents, Humor, unusual homes, mortgage origination == Massive Missouri Lake Winnebago House for $12.6M The seller wanted that to be a part of the home, and he didn’t want it down in a cellar.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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. 1 and Oct. than 7.0%. “The

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

NAR total inventory since 1982: I prefer the Altos Research weekly single-family data to the NAR data because it gives us a fresh look at not only active listing data but new listing data. The Altos Research new listing data is essential in tracking the supply aspect of housing, which is why I include it as part of the Tracker.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 11, 2023

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

MAY 9, 2022

“This looks a lot like the housing boom that we saw prior to the 2007–09 financial crisis.” That’s where buyers are paying about 42% more in their monthly mortgage payments for the same house today than they did a year ago. home prices, up 14% year over year (YoY) by one measure, and escalating mortgage rates, which have risen about 2.1

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. And many of the new projects are larger than in years past. That’s the most since 2007. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. SMILE FOR THE CAMERA.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Home prices are overheating, mortgage rates are inching up from the start of the year and the supply of homes is in an unseasonable valley – far from its Mt. Today, 37% of all buyers are Millennials and they comprise about 54% of all mortgage applications. of mortgages underwater); Multnomah County (Portland), Ore. points at 34.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Adjustable-rate mortgages were cheap and easy to acquire, home prices were artificially inflated and supply plentiful. The Federal Reserve is supporting the purchase of mortgage-backed securities as well as helping to sustain low interest rates for mortgages. Then the housing bubble burst. million for sale today.

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