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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Can first-time homebuyers afford homes today?

Housing Wire

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index is an essential measure of what real estate professionals are seeing in their local markets and how the market is evolving on a monthly basis. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, a time of turbulence in the real estate market.

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5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash

Empire Appraisal Group

5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun draws the distinctions between today’s real estate market and that of more than a decade ago. It’s a valid question,” Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®, said Tuesday at NAR’s Real Estate Forecast Summit.

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5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash

Empire Appraisal Group

5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash Source: 5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash (nar.realtor) By: Melissa Dittmann Tracey NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun draws the distinctions between today’s real estate market and that of more than a decade ago. Underbuilding and inventory shortages.

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023. Remember, with median sales prices and inventory, it’s very seasonal. However, remember, the dive in inventory is normal at this time of the year. Below are charts with today’s report and the trend. I call it an alligator chart opening its mouth, see below.

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What’s Happening With the Nation’s Housing Inventory?

McKissock

The housing market has cooled since the intensity of the post-pandemic real estate rush, but the seller’s market we experienced has left us with plenty of discussion about what the nation’s housing inventory looks like. Housing Inventory So Low? In 2008, many people lost their homes when the housing bubble burst. Why Is U.S.