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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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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. . months nationally.

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New listings take a hit, possibly due to higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Did the recent move in higher mortgage rates impact the new listings data more than normal? I hope this isn’t the case, but we had a noticeable move lower in new listings last week. Weekly active listings rose by only 6,618. The Fed spoke at Jackson Hole last Friday but that didn’t move mortgage rates much.

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Sellers sitting out of the housing market & buyers getting concessions

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Sellers have been sitting out of the housing market, and it’s made a massive difference in 2023 so far. Today I want to show what’s happening with new listings and talk about concessions. I hope this is useful, whether you’re local or not. Scroll by topic or digest slowly.

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The mortgage rate lock-in didn’t start in 2022

Housing Wire

housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. million by October of 2023 (when rates crossed over 8%). We see the same pattern in the new listings rate each week.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory and purchase applications data fall together

Housing Wire

Despite mortgage rates briefly falling below the 6% threshold, both housing inventory and mortgage demand fell last week. Let’s dive into the trend lines of the housing market. The show-me part of the housing market starts with this bounce from an extreme bottom. Weekly inventory change (Jan.

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Housing Market Tracker: Housing inventory falls once more

Housing Wire

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data showed positive weekly growth again — and the bounce from the bottom is more noticeable now. Housing inventory decreased by 6,468 units, a more pronounced decline from the previous week. That inflation data didn’t move the market.

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