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The mortgage rate lock-in didn’t start in 2022

Housing Wire

This is an excerpt of a HousingWire Research report titled: What Everyone Needs to Know about Mortgage Rate Lock-in, by Altos President Mike Simonsen. housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. million in January 2021 (when mortgage rates were 2.7%) fell to 3.9

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It was the largest monthly jump in pending home sales since 2020. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. Pending home sales rose 8.3%

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

Today the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell once again to 4.80 Even though this was a beat of estimates, the sales decline trend due to higher mortgage rates and home prices continues. Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling.

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Insatiable demand drives July pending home sales up 15% annually

Housing Wire

in July, the third consecutive month of gains, fueled by low mortgage rates and unprecedented demand from consumers. year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We million, a 1.1%

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Existing home sales ended the year with a whimper in 2022

Housing Wire

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Friday. With the exception of May 2020, when the pandemic had virtually shut down housing market activity, this is the lowest level of monthly home sales in 12 years.” In December, the seasonally adjusted sales pace for existing homes dropped 1.5%

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Don’t get too excited about the jump in existing home sales

Housing Wire

Existing home sales showed a jump in sales, which was anticipated by most as we had positive, forward-looking housing data due to mortgage rates falling from 8.03% to 6.63%. This is nothing dramatic, but similar to what we saw in 2023 when mortgage rates rose from 5.99% up to 7.25%. From NAR : Total existing-home elevated 3.1%

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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. However, I knew the years 2020-2024 would see better demand from the bump in demographics. months to 3.3

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