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New listings data unfazed by 8% mortgage rates

Housing Wire

New listing data appears unafraid of the mortgage rate ghost story over the last few months. Unlike last year, when new listings data had a noticeable move lower once mortgage rates reached 6%, 8% mortgage rates haven’t had any noticeable impact on the latest new listings data.

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Redfin: New Listings Continue to Increase, Bringing Some Buyers Back to Market

Appraisal Buzz

As of March 17, there were roughly 795,645 active listings. There were roughly 88,902 new listings added during that same four weeks – and increase of 15% and the biggest increase since June 2021. The surge in listings is bringing some buyers back to the market, the firm says. The total number of U.S.

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Even with low inventory, expect a strong 2021 housing market

Housing Wire

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. The divide between supply and demand is striking: compared to last year, total new listings increased.22%,

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New Listings Prop up Inventory In June

Appraisal Buzz

RE/MAX has released new data through its National Housing Report covering the month of June which found that halfway through the peak summer buying season inventory is up, yet still below levels seen in 2021, but more signs are starting to appear signaling a more balanced market may soon be a reality.

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Housing inventory defied all predictions in 2023

Housing Wire

Since I believe most home sellers are also homebuyers, once new listings created a new low level after mortgage rates reached over 6% in 2022, it added another layer of home demand falling off a cliff. What we want to see in 2024 is new listing data growing in the spring season. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Why home prices haven’t crashed even with high mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Here is the price cut percentage data for the same week in other years: 2023 38% 2022 42% 2021 27% As you can see, affordability is an issue, and the price cut percentage is higher now than in any period from 2015-2021, but still below 2022 levels. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Fewer homes will take a price cut in spring 2024

Housing Wire

While the percentage of price cuts is still much higher than 2021 levels, this explains why prices were stable in the second half of 2023 versus the second half of 2022. Now that mortgage rates have fallen and as we start the brand new year, we need to focus on this data line more. I talked about this on CNBC a few months ago.

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