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The 2022 housing market: A tale of two halves

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Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. ” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!) But the housing market in the second half of 2022? over asking price.

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Positive signs abound for 2024 housing market: ICE

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in November, which at first glance suggests an accelerating housing market. Under such a scenario, more than half would be homeowners who financed in 2023, with less than 10% coming from 2022-vintage loans. That figure is down $243, or nearly 10%, from a record in October, but up $831 (58%) from the start of 2022.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory shocks lower

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This is truly a savagely unhealthy housing market as we have too many people chasing too few homes. As we can see in the chart below, it’s been so slow that year-over-year inventory is now negative versus 2022. As we can see below, there is a big difference between 2023 data for this week versus 2022 data.

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Is the savagely unhealthy housing market back?

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Just when I thought days on market were returning to normal, that number for existing homes fell back down to 22 days. If the days on the market are at a teenager level or even lower, it’s never a good sign for the housing market. If we had a massive credit boom-to-bust, inventory would have skyrocketed in 2022.

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Here are 4 macro trends impacting the 2022 housing market

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This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Thanks to a boom in the housing market and a historic refinance market, the past two years have been a favorable period for the mortgage market.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

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Purchase application data was up 8% weekly, and the year-over-year decline was the lowest since September 2022. Weekly housing inventory Looking at the Altos Research data from last week, the big question is: Have we seen the seasonal bottom in Inventory? This is one reason housing inventory has taken so long to bottom out.

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Is the spring housing market about to rebound?

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While it’s not as clear how long-lasting the rebound will be, it does still provide some much-needed good news for the spring and summer housing market. April was the third month with a year-over-year decline in national home prices , and home prices in March were down 9% from the peak in June 2022. million in April.