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Is housing inventory growth really slowing down?

Housing Wire

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Redfin : Realtor.com : Altos Research : Clearly, we are seeing a slowdown in new listings as the data has been negative now for months. What does this mean?

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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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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory grows

Housing Wire

The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week. The fear of not having an increase in inventory this spring should be put to rest. After the last few weeks , we can put that fear aside: we are finally getting the seasonal increase in active listing.

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Housing Market Tracker: Higher rates crush purchase apps 

Housing Wire

The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. Weekly housing inventory decreased by 6,801, while new listing data is still negative year-over-year. Weekly inventory change (Feb. Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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Housing Market Tracker: Banking crisis is a new variable

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Weekly inventory increased by 1,734. New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week.

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Housing Market Tracker: Mortgage rates drop almost 1%

Housing Wire

The 10-year yield finally broke below a critical technical level it had difficulty breaking for many months and we had a very small increase in inventory. Active inventory rose by 823 single-family homes and new listing data is trending at all-time lows.

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Housing Market Tracker: Active listings barely budge

Housing Wire

The rise of active listings in this spring housing market reminds me of a zombie slowly rising from its grave. Yes, we found the seasonal bottom for housing inventory on April 14, but this year’s rise in active listings has been tepid at best. This doesn’t appear to be the case for 2023. million.