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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

Since November 2023, when mortgage rates started to fall, we have had 12 positive prints versus nine negative prints and two flat prints week-to-week. This is a significant shift, considering 2023 marked the lowest level ever recorded. Also, purchase application data can be a funky data line to sometimes track the percentage.

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

Housing Wire

The benchmark rate was last changed in July 2023, when it was raised to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%. Still, contacts emphasized that the number of units for sale stayed far short of what they considered a balanced market, and that a dearth of inventories had contributed to faster house price growth from 2022 to 2023.

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Indiana’s housing market is primed to bounce back in 2024

Housing Wire

Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” With existing inventory down, Schuler said new construction has taken on a larger role in his market.

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

Housing Wire

They still have a lot of work to do here, so we shouldn’t expect anything good to come from the housing permits side of the economy in 2023. New home sales From Census : Sales of new single-family houses in January 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 670,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S.

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New home sales grow, even with higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Builders are taking advantage of the housing market inventory issues , which is why new home sales are growing yearly, even with higher mortgage rates. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. They will build as long as new home sales are growing. months, the builders will pause construction.

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Texas Real Estate Trends: Q3 2023 Comprehensive Review

Listing Spark

Fewer New Listings The number of new listings hitting the markets has continued to fall, mainly because a substantial segment of the market that was both buying and selling has essentially disappeared. The Rise of New Construction Homes New construction is stepping up to fill the void in the market.

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Real Estate Market Trends for 2023 – Real Estate Real Fast EP11

Listing Spark

In this episode of Real Estate Real Fast, Aaron Jistel discussed the market trends of 2022 and 2023. Sales were down 25% in Austin, Texas compared to 2021, and values are likely to continue decreasing in 2023. 2022 Market Trends: Decrease in sales, values, and new listings in Austin, TX; median home value up 9.9%