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Luxury home sales rise 41.5%, making biggest jump since 2013

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In the largest increase since 2013, luxury home sales rose 41.5% Notably, the only market with increased inventory was luxury. The post Luxury home sales rise 41.5%, making biggest jump since 2013 appeared first on HousingWire. in the third quarter, according to a new report from Redfin. year over year, Redfin said.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

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Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. Still, we have some promising signs that we might have finally hit the inventory bottom for 2023. Again, I am a bit mindful here due to Easter.

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Buyers viewed just eight homes before making their purchase

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Right after the Great Recession, between 2009 and 2011, buyers viewed a median of 12 homes before purchasing, as inventory was plentiful. According to NAR , low inventory is partly to blame for the homebuyers looking at fewer homes than before. month’s supply of homes. month’s supply of homes.

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Are home prices about to fall?

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2012: What they said: Shadow inventory will cause prices to fall. The reality: Inventory broke down in 2012, and the monthly supply data got below 6.0 The “shadow inventory” was not an issue as it took years to get rid of the distressed supply from the housing bubble years. million of inventory is normal.

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Why higher rates aren’t crashing home prices

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history, and because of that, not even low inventory could prevent home prices from declining month to month in the second half of 2022. Now we can talk about the final stage: inventory in the U.S. Housing inventory The No. How would new listing data trending at all-time lows impact the active inventory in 2023?

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Existing home sales are still savagely unhealthy

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But, there is one bright spot — inventory is rising. This has been a concern of mine after the summer of 2020 as inventory levels were breaking all-time lows, facilitating unhealthy home price growth during a more prominent demographic patch in U.S. The one positive: Inventory is rising. Once total inventory levels reach 1.52-1.93

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The savagely unhealthy housing market is now a nightmare

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Now that we are almost in July, we can safely say the premise that once mortgage rates hit 4%, the mass panic selling of American homeowners who need to get out at all costs, driving total inventory up in the millions, hasn’t happened. Inventory skyrocketing back toward historical norms of 2 million to 2.5 Unsold inventory sits at a 2.6-month