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Insatiable demand drives July pending home sales up 15% annually

Housing Wire

The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5% Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”. gain compared with 2019. pending home sales rose 5.9% That would bring the full-year total to 5.4

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There’s no sign of the typical fall slowdown in home buying

Housing Wire

One-third of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, a new report from Redfin found. In addition, the number of homes that went under contract within two weeks of listing rose to 46% from 42% during the same period in 2020. points from a month earlier.

Contracts 397
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The 2023 housing market is at odds with itself

Housing Wire

The number of new listings coming on the market this spring is lower than it has been in more than a decade. Sales and new pending contracts are below pre-pandemic levels. Bright MLS’ recent survey showed that sellers in the Mid-Atlantic received an average of 3.4 Selective sellers. Who is selling right now?

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

From NAR Research : “Total existing-home sales notched a minor contraction of 0.4% 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. that are at 2019 levels, and they are off the savagely unhealthy housing market list.

Inventory 448
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Spring forecast: More inventory and rising home sales

Housing Wire

At the same time, seller volume dried up. But now sellers are coming back into the market. New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. Pending sales Last week saw 69,000 new contracts for single-family home purchases across the country. More sellers means more sales in 2024.

Inventory 457
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Did Housing Inventory in Atlanta Increase in the 1st Qtr of 2022?

Hank Miller Team

Traditionally, the months of May and June see the most new listings as the school cycle hits – graduating families sell and rising families buy. The charts below focus on key indicators; number of listings, number of sales, days on market and sale to list ratio. We see the slight bounce and then the glide down.

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Home price signals point to flat growth

Housing Wire

But it’ll take several more years of elevated mortgage rates before inventory builds back to pre-pandemic levels of 2019 or earlier. New listings There were 71,000 new, unsold listings of single-family homes across the country this week. More home sellers are coming back to the market each week.

Inventory 423