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When will housing inventory recover?

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The relative pressure of supply vs. demand in the housing market is gauged by the level of active inventory. Like dropping barometric pressure, plunging inventory usually foretells stormy conditions: Faster price growth and faster sales. The post When will housing inventory recover? appeared first on HousingWire.

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Special report: Jacksonville’s brokerage competition visualized

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Those advantages, coupled with cheap land, made the city a favorite for homebuilders like DR Horton and Lennar that brought plenty of new inventory to market. Its listings in 2023 fell below its 2019 level, although the drop was less steep than that experienced outside of Florida and far less steep than other metros like San Diego.

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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

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These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers. Recovering inventory in these areas has helped to ease competition and bring price appreciation under control. Bidding wars are commonplace in these areas, exacerbated by a scarcity of options.

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Home sale prices reach record highs — again

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The effects of low housing inventory continue to cause significant ripples in the housing market, as a recent Redfin report shows home sale prices across the country have reached an average of $344,625 — an all-time high, and an 18% increase year over year. Average listing prices never approached $325,000 in 2019.

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Can lower mortgage rates stop the housing recession?

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We saw this in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. million to the lows of January 2019 at 4.98 They have to move as well, so a traditional seller is a buyer most of the time when it’s a primary resident owner. The downside of rates moving up so quickly is that some sellers pull the plug until rates are better. million to 5.12

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Home prices rapidly climbing toward $375,000

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But the fact remains, she said, that low inventory is going to keep prices high. “Until new construction takes off — over the course of years, not months — home prices will continue to increase. . The number of homes sold in April was up 34% from a year earlier, but only 8% from the same time in 2019.

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

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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. “We

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