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New Listings Return to 2019 Levels

Appraisal Buzz

The sizzling seller’s market shows some signs of cooling, but, according to analysts, “only by a few degrees.” ” The post New Listings Return to 2019 Levels appeared first on DSNews. The post New Listings Return to 2019 Levels appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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The awesome power of high mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Bad for sellers Prospective home sellers may not notice incremental changes in mortgage rates. percentage points—sellers take notice. Facing these realities, many would-be sellers decide to stay put. This is clear in the chart below, which shows the year-over-year percent change in the four-week average of new listings.

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Are we seeing a mortgage rate lockdown?

Housing Wire

Typically we have a natural set of new listings each year; inventory rises in the spring and summer and then falls in the fall and winter. It wasn’t the rate move that caught my attention — it was the new listing data. As you can see below, that sharp move to 6.25% caused new listing data to stall at first.

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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. Redfin : Realtor.com : Altos Research : Clearly, we are seeing a slowdown in new listings as the data has been negative now for months. What does this mean?

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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

New Orleans, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville are among the locales that posted the slowest month-over-month price growth in March. Sold homes were listed for a week or less in 17 major metros. On the other hand, nearly 27% of homes sold for more than list price in February, compared to less than 19% in 2019.

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

Housing Wire

million, something that couldn’t happen from 2008-2019 because we didn’t have the demographic profile to get to that level until household formation grew. We saw this happen in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. New listing data is down 5% year to date, as you can imagine. Right on cue, 2020 came and we hit the 300 level.

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Number of price cuts drops as housing inventory rises

Housing Wire

So let’s hope for more home sellers in 2024. 6-13): Inventory rose from 471,349 to 473,406 The inventory bottom for 2022 was 240,194 The inventory peak for 2023 is 569,898 For context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 931,002 I don’t want to jinx this because active inventory rose last year at this time. 2022 21.7%

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