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Is housing inventory growth really slowing down?

Housing Wire

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. One thing that I have stressed is that higher mortgage rates can create a slowdown in demand and thus allow more inventory to accumulate through a weakness in demand. million to 1.93

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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. NAR lists the current inventory at 1.22 This is not a positive for the housing market.

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Existing-home sales make a comeback in January: NAR

Housing Wire

from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million in January, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). 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.

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How Andrew Marquis plans to close more loans in a low-inventory market  

Housing Wire

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. The inventory put a cap on how much business Marquis’ team can do, which is one of the reasons why Marquis is now licensed in 22 states. In our market here in Boston, we have incredibly low inventory.

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Bidding wars – the scourge of buyers – slowed in August

Housing Wire

The bidding wars that put smiles on the faces of sellers and simultaneously drove buyers to rip their hair out weren’t as frequent in August, according to the latest report from brokerage Redfin. The report attributes this decrease to the normal seasonal slowdown, causing the shortage of inventory to slow as well. million and 1.92

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Share of Black first-time homebuyers falls to 3%

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a report on Friday that found 88% of all first-time homebuyers in the U.S. Lautz said she is not surprised by the record -ow number of first-time buyers, attributing the reasons to housing affordability, high home prices, rising interest rates and lack of home inventory.

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Redfin: Bidding wars drop slightly in June

Housing Wire

Two of my buyers just had their offers accepted because the sellers’ first buyers backed out. In 2018-2019, total housing inventory was in the range between 1.52 million, and that level of inventory helped to drive real home-price growth in 2019 into negative territory briefly. million and 1.92 million to 5.61

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