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NAR: Almost 50% of homes sold for more than list price

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors Confidence Index Survey for April reveals how hot the housing market is. Per the report, homes that sold had five offers on average , and nearly 50% of homes sold for more than their list price during the four weeks ending May 16. The pandemic continues to impact how people live and work.”

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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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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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Insatiable demand drives July pending home sales up 15% annually

Housing Wire

year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”.

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

Today the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell once again to 4.80 Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. I am a big fan of inventory to 2019 levels. From NAR Research : “Total existing-home sales notched a minor contraction of 0.4%

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Why is the El Paso housing market so hot right now?

Housing Wire

“Property managers are renting places that would usually be $800 a month for $1,200, so people figured if they’re paying that much, they might as well own their home,” said Tom Torres, an El Paso-based real estate agent and former president of the El Paso Association of Realtors. year-over-year gain in listing prices during the week of Nov.

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Buyers are struggling to compete in the white-hot Cincinnati market

Housing Wire

“I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. Buyers are really struggling.” We couldn’t even see it.

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