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Buyers are getting cold feet as mortgage rates exceed 7%: Redfin

Housing Wire

Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin. Home prices not expected to fall Home prices are high due to competition among buyers for limited inventory in the market.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

Compared to October 2022, existing home sales slumped 14.6%, down from 4.44 Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. lower than October 2022 when inventory was at 1.22 months in October 2022.

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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

And existing home sales crashed in 2022 from a peak of around 6.5 The lack of sellers is also a demand problem and what we saw after June of 2022 is that sellers called it quits earlier and faster in the year than usual, resulting in total existing home sales totaling 5,030,000 to end 2022.

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Home loan demand increases despite higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Plenty of buyers, but not enough homes for sale,” California-based mortgage loan officer Dan Stone, who works with hundreds of mortgage lenders, told HousingWire. Prices are still expensive, forcing buyers to look at less expensive homes or areas not as preferred. The bottom for 2022 was 240,194.

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Housing Market Tracker: Mortgage rates and inventory fall together

Housing Wire

Active inventory fell 1,109, and new listing data made a lovely comeback week to week but was still noticeably down year over year. One piece of good news last week was that the new listing data, which saw a significant collapse two weeks ago, rebounded excellently to return to a usual trend.

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

From NAR Research : “Total existing-home sales notched a minor contraction of 0.4% Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. However, seasonality will kick in soon, and it doesn’t look that 2022 will get us there. million in January of 2022. million in August.”

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Did Housing Inventory in Atlanta Increase in the 1st Qtr of 2022?

Hank Miller Team

It's time to answer the nagging question…did housing inventory in Atlanta increase during the first quarter of 2022? Traditionally, the months of May and June see the most new listings as the school cycle hits – graduating families sell and rising families buy. Buyers have to embrace measured risk right now.