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

Housing Wire

The one thing that is positive this year which is different than last year is new listing data is rising year over year, nothing spectacular, but it’s a positive story for housing This means we have more sellers that will be buyers in 2024. million, and in 2007, it peaked at 4 million.

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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. Seasonal impacts are the norm with housing, and new listing data is negative 6% year to date.

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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. Existing home sales last month declined 5.9%

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Appraiser Salaries

Appraisal Today

The sellers custom built the home between 2007 and 2009, using high-end materials and finishes, including a wall of windows and 26-foot-high ceilings in the great room. In Bakersfield, for example, Golden Empire MLS participants can submit a form to post new listings, open houses and price changes.

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IS THE HOUSING MARKET HEADED FOR A CRASH?

Will Springer Realtor

There are at least five factors that make this housing environment far different – and more stable – than roughly a decade ago: Low inventory and lack of supply – There were some 4 million homes on the market nationally in July 2007 compared with about 1.1 Among other revised national forecasts from NAR: New-home sales will rise 20%.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

This looks a lot like the housing boom that we saw prior to the 2007–09 financial crisis.” That percentage was last seen in September 2007 – yes, at the start of the housing crisis (as the chart shows). ” The increased number of listings and slight slow-down of the market have helped boost inventory numbers.

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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. That’s according to a survey of 1,002 Hispanic Americans by The National Association of Realtors®. >> Counties in and near Chicago and New York City were seen as the most vulnerable to today’s economic headwinds.