Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The housing market experienced more volatility last week, with housing inventory dropping as mortgage rates moved higher. Weekly housing inventory continues to decline, as we saw a decrease of 13,238 units, double the amount we had this time last year. From 2014 to 2016, housing inventory bottomed out in January.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. The number of homes “held off market” – second homes, vacation homes and others that are neither for-sale, for-rent or occupied – shrank.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

Last week, housing inventory grew and the number of price cuts fell, which is expected at this time of the year. I hope the next thing we see is housing inventory grow at the level it typically does in January or February instead of being delayed until March or April. So let’s hope for more home sellers in 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Another week down in 2023 and we’re seeing crazier action in the housing market as purchase application data fell, mortgage rates rose again, and weekly inventory took another dive with a noticeable move lower in new listing data. Things are different post-2020, and inventory is bottoming out later in the year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Once that happens, I can finally take the savagely unhealthy housing market theme off my talking points. What does this mean? million to 1.93

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It’s official – housing inventory in America is at a crisis level. During the four week period ending November 28, the number of active listings was a 23% decrease compared to the same time period in 2020 and a 42% drop compared to 2019. This marks a 14% year-over-year increase and a 31% increase from 2019.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Even prior to the pandemic , housing inventory had hit record lows, and the problem has only gotten worse as demand continues to rise. 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.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Despite the population growth, Dallas has still had to contend with the realities of high mortgage rates and tight housing inventory — factors that have mortgage lenders , brokerages and other real estate professionals fighting for their share of shrinking pies. 1 brokerage by listing count from 2019 through 2023.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. The housing market is heading toward an inflection point — a rebalancing that will mean the end of the record-high price appreciation we’ve seen over the past year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. It’s also what keeps Andrew Marquis, regional vice president at CrossCountry Mortgage and Scotsman Guide ’s seventh top LO, up at night, especially as he sees more buyers entering the market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

Fast-rising home prices and interest rates coupled with a slipping economy helped to cool the nation’s housing market in June leading to a nearly 2% increase in the number of homes on the market. That marks the first month since July 2019 (pre-pandemic) that housing inventory increased year over year. year over year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. Weekly inventory change (Feb. Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data had a solid week-to-week gain of 25%. Housing inventory decreased by 566 units, which is not a significant decline. Mortgage rates fell, but the bond market didn’t break what I see as a critical level, so for now, stabilization is more important.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 million , we could be at risk of housing inventory falling to such low levels that I would have to categorize this housing market as unhealthy. This type of sales growth — which couldn’t happen from 2008-2019, as I have often stated — is coming with a hefty price tag. 2020 and 2021 easily each have over 6.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Additionally, home price appreciation and insufficient for-sale inventory are holding back purchase activity. . According to Kan, as higher rates reduce the incentive to refinance, application volume dropped to its lowest level since the spring of 2019. Meanwhile, the seasonally adjusted purchase index decreased 3.4%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

This mixed bag of results reflects the typical variability in the data that occurs when not too much has been happening in housing except that monthly supply has been rising for the new home sales market. The previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019 had the weakest housing recovery ever following the bust. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Despite several indicators of a slowing housing market, prospective home buyers should not get too excited – inventory remains limited and changes are in line with the traditional seasonal slowdown, according to RE/MAX ’s August national housing report. Low inventory is another indication of a still-scorching housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Competition heats up In 2019, Watson Realty Corp.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2023

Just when I thought days on market were returning to normal, that number for existing homes fell back down to 22 days. If the days on the market are at a teenager level or even lower, it’s never a good sign for the housing market. If we had a massive credit boom-to-bust, inventory would have skyrocketed in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

HousingWire: Let’s start with a bang Logan, will the inventory crisis end this year? The goal for inventory is to get back to 1.52-1.93 The goal for inventory is to get back to 1.52-1.93 Inventory is about to increase as it always does during this year. Back to the inventory crisis. housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Now that we are almost in July, we can safely say the premise that once mortgage rates hit 4%, the mass panic selling of American homeowners who need to get out at all costs, driving total inventory up in the millions, hasn’t happened. Inventory skyrocketing back toward historical norms of 2 million to 2.5 Unsold inventory sits at a 2.6-month

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the fourth consecutive month , homebuilder confidence sank in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders /Wells Fargo Housing Market Index published last week. Confidence rose in the Northeast to 53, signaling that builders there are slightly optimistic about market conditions. 2019 level.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

During the previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019, the housing market was subject to the constant refrain of build more homes. The previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019 was the weakest housing recovery ever. Because that period followed a housing boom and bust when inventory was overbuilt. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fact, by the end of January, for-sale housing inventory was at 1.01 While inventory is less depleted, it remains well below the pre-pandemic level of January 2019. There were 1 million existing homes on the market at the end of January, compared to an inventory of 1.59 million in January 2019.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. On the other hand, inventory is still low, and homes are still selling fast, often with multiple offers. Buyer disappointment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again. housing market; the 10-year is above 1.94%, something that didn’t happen in 2020 or 2021. million in January 2019. million and 6.16

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. The housing market can’t replicate the type of massive credit expansion we saw from 2002-2005, so the price-growth story has more to do with inventory collapsing to all-time lows. from 2012-2019, I knew the demographic muscle patch would come in 2020-2024.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. Inventory is always seasonal. Today inventory levels are at 1.02

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Days on market fell from 36 days to 21 days on a year-over-year basis. The housing market is hot. You may be told that future moderation indicates “cracks in the housing market, but don’t buy into it. Second, if the next existing home sales report misses expectations, you may be told that this is due to a lack of inventory.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. economy has remained resilient, backed by a very strong labor market, sky-high job openings and low unemployment. Inventory What does that mean for housing?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

Price impacts could strengthen again if 30-year rates continue to climb, as they have through late February, although tight inventory will put a floor on how much prices will ease, the report noted. 25, purchase lock counts were 21% below the same week in 2019, and 30% below the levels during the same week in 2018.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I started thinking about this when I saw the news coming from the National Association of Realtors about how far the current real estate market is out of balance. months less than what it was in 2019. Why inventory levels matter to appraisers. Inventory levels have an impact on property valuation, at least in the short term.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Competition in the housing market is heating up heading into May and June. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

Nearly 50% of homes sold for more than their list price during the four weeks ending May 16, but there are signs that housing market demand may be reaching its peak, according to a recent study from Redfin. 2019 is being used as a reference point since 2020 data is skewed by the pandemic.). . from a year ago.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

HousingWire: How are existing home sales trends and inventory affecting the housing market right now? Logan Mohtashami: Existing home sales look about right to me this year; this was the pre 5% housing market. million in January of 2019. Rates went lower in 2019, and sales rebounded toward the end of the year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

I am going to do my best to try to make sense of what is happening with the housing market right now, since the years 2020-2024 have been a talking point of mine for years and my biggest concern since the fall of 2020 has been prices overheating — not having a deflationary collapse. . Total inventory grew this year, and sales were negative.

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