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The 2023 housing market is at odds with itself

Housing Wire

On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. The number of new listings coming on the market this spring is lower than it has been in more than a decade. Sales and new pending contracts are below pre-pandemic levels.

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. The trade organization projects a 13% increase in existing home sales between 2023 and 2024 for an annualized pace of 4.62

Contracts 449
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US home prices continued their rally in September

Housing Wire

home prices continued their rally in September 2023,” Craig Lazzara, managing director at S&P DJI , said in a statement.“Our in September, marking eight consecutive monthly gains since prices bottomed in January 2023. Simultaneously, new listing volume is up at the end of November, which might cool home prices down.

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

Housing Wire

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. At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines. All four U.S.

Inventory 393
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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

Outside of that time period, everything else from 1982 to 2023 was normal. From NAR : “December was another difficult month for buyers, who continue to face limited inventory and high mortgage rates ,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. During that period, we saw new listing data decline.

Inventory 539
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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. Meanwhile, the peak for 2023 so far is 472,680.

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