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Even with low inventory, expect a strong 2021 housing market

Housing Wire

Total home sales are outpacing new listings by a wide margin every month, and real estate tech company Homesnap foresees the shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the market. The divide between supply and demand is striking: compared to last year, total new listings increased.22%,

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

Housing Wire

We saw this happen in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. NAR total inventory data 1,250,000 One thing about purchase application data and demand is that a traditional seller is typically a buyer of a home. New listing data is down 5% year to date, as you can imagine. This means less demand for housing.

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Redfin: Bidding wars drop slightly in June

Housing Wire

But recently, we’ve started to see buyers get cold feet. Two of my buyers just had their offers accepted because the sellers’ first buyers backed out. The market is still competitive, but buyers are more trepidatious than they were at the start of 2021, and less willing to pull out every stop in order to win.”

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Borrowers opt for permanent rate buydowns amid affordability challenges

Housing Wire

Prior to the pandemic, buyers paid closer to 0.5 points on average, with a corresponding cost of about $1,500, in 2018 through 2020. “On While buyers seem to be returning to the market early in 2023, purchase loans locked in January are still off by 13% compared to the 2018 and 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

Inventory 383
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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in October; All-cash sales accounted for 26%; Individual investors purchased 16%; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 21 days in October. We saw new listing data decline when rates got to 6.25% the first time.

Inventory 469
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Home prices increase for the first time in eight months: Black Knight

Housing Wire

Declining mortgage rates could have improved affordability for buyers in the housing market in February, but instead spurred a demand that, combined with a persistent lack of inventory across the U.S., In February, the number of homes available for sale fell for the fifth consecutive month, and new listings ran 27% below pre-pandemic levels.

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DataDigest: Where for-sale inventory went and when it’s coming back

Housing Wire

This was likely a reflection of the prolonged decline in vacant homes for sale, which made it difficult for would-be buyers to find a home to purchase. Mortgage rates followed suit, walloping buyers’ purchasing power. since the fourth quarter of 2018. percentage points, the fastest pace of hikes in four decades.

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