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Existing home sales dip downwards for fourth month

Housing Wire

“Lack of inventory continues to be the overwhelming factor holding back home sales, but falling affordability is simply squeezing some first-time buyers out of the market,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. Total housing inventory at the end of May grew to 1.23 Unsold inventory sits at a 2.5-month

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Building material prices take their toll on new home sales

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In order to account for uncertain prices and availability of materials, homebuilders are holding off on making homes available until they are further along in the construction process. lower than the revised March rate, according to a joint analysis from the U.S.

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Why the Fed’s housing reset risks a global recession

Housing Wire

This isn’t true (just look at his next statement, below) — he really wants the bidding wars to end, and for total inventory to grow and regain balance. As you can see below on the NAR total inventory chart, we didn’t have a seasonal push in inventory in 2020, which left us vulnerable to price growth that was above the historical norm.

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Low inventory creates challenging conditions in North Carolina’s housing market

Housing Wire

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We being outbound.

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Phoenix building restrictions squeeze construction firms and agents

Housing Wire

In certain parts of the Phoenix AMA that do not have a designated water provider, builders and developers need a certificate of AWS to obtain a building permit. Kamps added that he anticipates the prices of the 80,000 lots that already have AWS will also increase if developers chose to sell them, since there currently is a finite supply.

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates? The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 This additional inventory is sorely needed. What if it doesn’t?).

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Homebuilders are taking advantage of low existing inventory

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Demand for newly built homes has been strong amidst the historically low inventory of existing homes for sale ,” Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist at Bright MLS , said in a statement. In April, the sales pace of new homes rose 4.1%

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