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Just how bad was 2023 for the housing market?

Housing Wire

RIP 2023 — Whew, that was a year none of us would like to live through again. RealTrends has been tracking housing market data since 1979, including households, home sales, average mortgage rates , etc. The factor for 2023 was 3.58%. Another startling fact was that 2023 saw just over 4 million existing home sales.

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It was a weird housing market in 2023

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

On paper, it looked like home prices should have tanked in 2023 since we had some of the worst sales volume ever. Any […] The post It was a weird housing market in 2023 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Yet, prices didn’t dip that much. Today, let’s talk about what happened in a big recap.

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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. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. The number of new listings coming on the market this spring is lower than it has been in more than a decade.

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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. Mortgage interest rates The unrelenting Fed policies to combat inflation will eventually instigate an economic recession sometime in 2023.

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The 2023 Housing Market: A Look Ahead

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. Heading into 2023, it seems well within reason, given current trends, that a peak-to-trough decline in home prices of 10% is possible. .

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Positive signs abound for 2024 housing market: ICE

Housing Wire

in November, which at first glance suggests an accelerating housing market. million mortgages originated in 2023. Nearly 60% of that growth would come from loans originated in 2023, ICE projected. peak prior to the housing market downturn in 2006. “If trillion, in 2023. million to 3.8

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Housing inventory defied all predictions in 2023

Housing Wire

Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, home prices would crash, and we would see the housing market of 2008 all over again. We created this weekly tracker at the end of 2022 to give people a live weekly outlook on everything that drives the housing market and which factors to follow.

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