Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). in events to garner business. were from the Northeast 16.3%

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2023

The slow zombie crawl of housing inventory went lower last week as inventory was negative week to week. In addition, mortgage rates rose to a yearly high as labor data stayed firm and purchase apps had their first negative week after three straight weeks of positive growth. bond market doesn’t see a job-loss recession happening soon.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The housing market experienced more volatility last week, with housing inventory dropping as mortgage rates moved higher. The start of 2023 has been good, considering mortgage rates have stayed above 6% most of the time. However, we are working from a higher level in 2023. Since Nov.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2023

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. This is why the days on the market are so low historically after 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Anywhere Real Estat e felt the brunt of slow home sales during the fourth quarter of 2023 as the company reported a loss of $107 million during the three-month period. The company produced these results amid “an incredibly difficult year for the housing market,” Schneider said during an earnings call on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2023

Can we now say that the housing market ‘s spring selling season is finally underway? Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. months shows how far we are from 2008 housing economics.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

In Texas and Florida , however, key market signals show diverging trends. Major markets such as Tampa, Orlando and Dallas also posted supply growth of 20% to 30% during this period. year over year in March, although growth in listings is expected to subside due to the lock-in effect of higher mortgage rates. from 2018 to 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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. The red-hot housing market of the past 2 ½ years was characterized by sub-three percent mortgage rates, fast-paced bidding wars and record-low inventory.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Going more in-depth than a Fed meeting, our virtual Housing Market Update event provides you with the strategy-building insights needed to operate in 2024. It’s a savagely unhealthy housing market out there, and these economists unpack what that means for you. Register for the virtual event on Dec.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. In addition, the credit rating agency expects mortgage rates to move even higher in 2023 and home prices to decline by up to 5%. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2023

Purchase application data rose again, with more positive than negative data in 2023. Mortgage rates didn’t move much last week, but the 10-year yield rose even though inflation data was tamer than expected, and we had a weaker retail sales report number. This is one reason housing inventory has taken so long to bottom out.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2023

The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week. The other focus should be where mortgage rates go; only a little happened last week. The fear of not having an increase in inventory this spring should be put to rest.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

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. in April 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That mild correction has played out, with an emphasis on mild.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

The housing market saw inventory fall 4% last week from the week before. Does that mean we are heading back to all-time lows in inventory again for 2023? So, is this the traditional seasonal decline we see during every December/January, or have falling mortgage rates (since mid November) contributed to this?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mortgage rates fell along with bond yields, showing that mortgage rates peaked on Oct. The weekly data shows some good news for the housing market ! With mortgage rates also falling, I am hopeful that more people will list their homes and buy another, so we can get back to a more functional housing market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2023

Mortgage rates rose last week after the better-than-anticipated jobless claims data but even with higher rates, we also had a third week of positive purchase application data. We have often discussed that the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov. However, I need to put some context into what happened in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2023

We had a lot of drama over the week between Federal Reserve meetings and banking stress, and mortgage rates and purchase applications both fell. Mortgage rates fell last week as we started the week at 6.73%, got as low as 6.43% to end the week at 6.5%. However, that growth has taken longer in 2023 than any other year in U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

The housing market faced some serious obstacles last week as the 10-year yield broke over 4%, mortgage rates rose to over 7%, purchase apps fell again and we are still trying to find the elusive seasonal bottom for housing inventory. million in 2023. 1 song of the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data had a solid week-to-week gain of 25%. Housing inventory decreased by 566 units, which is not a significant decline. Mortgage rates fell, but the bond market didn’t break what I see as a critical level, so for now, stabilization is more important.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” ” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!)

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2023

It was a wild ride for the housing market last week! The 10-year yield rose noticeably, sending mortgage rates near 7% right in the heart of the spring selling season. And purchase apps had a weekly negative print, continuing the 2023 theme of higher rates impacting the data. Purchase application data fell 4.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Against that backdrop, Zillow identified prime markets for first-time homebuyers , and half of them were nestled in the Midwest.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2024

The 10-year yield is at the same critical point as last year before the Fed went hawkish and sent mortgage rates to 8% and the 10-year yield to 5%. A serious 10-year yield and mortgage rate talk My work on housing moves around the 10-year yield and the economics that move that. Could this happen again?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2023

And, the recent uptick in mortgage rates to almost 7% slowed purchase application data again. Mortgage rates stayed in a small range between 6.89% – 6.94% Purchase application data had its fourth straight week of negative data as rates near 7% slowed down demand. First, it took the longest time in U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

After experiencing a temporary hiccup between July 2022 to January 2023, the U.S. housing market is back on track , stronger than ever, with a total estimated value of $52 trillion, according to a new analysis by Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow Group. housing market has surged by more than $2.6

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The housing market will continue to slow down in 2023 , even though mortgage rates have declined recently. That’s the takeaway from a group of economists at Fannie Mae , who slashed their forecast for 2023 this week. . in 2023, a slight improvement from the previous forecast, which predicted a 0.6%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Another week down in 2023 and we’re seeing crazier action in the housing market as purchase application data fell, mortgage rates rose again, and weekly inventory took another dive with a noticeable move lower in new listing data. Mortgage rates hit 6.80%, marking the high point for 2023 so far.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Last week was relatively calm for the housing market after the fiasco of the banking crisis. Housing demand grew and inventory levels fell again while mortgage rates rose. Mortgage rates rose to 6.57%. The 10-year yield and mortgage rates Last week was interesting for the 10-year yield and mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2024

Mortgage rates and the bond market have fallen a bit recently and the spreads between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rate have improved over last year’s levels. In the past two years, demand has always picked up whenever mortgage rates have moved lower with some duration. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Seniors largely want to remain in their own homes as they get older, and that preference could be remaking the housing market in the city of Chicago, according to a new report. of Chicago homes amid a housing shortage,” the company said in an email about the report according to the Sun-Times. Boomers own 35.6%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, and it’s hurt first-time homebuyers the most. To conduct this analysis, Redfin compared median monthly mortgage payments for homebuyers in August 2023 and August 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Mortgage rates declined for the third consecutive week, sparking hope for a good homebuyers’ spring season. But while rates have dropped, the housing market has continued to be challenged by low inventory levels. Despite the week-over-week decline, mortgage rates started to tick up again over the last few days.

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