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Expectations for 2024 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Here are some of the big questions to ponder in 2024.

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Mostly Positive Start to 2024 Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

And, despite the rise in new listings, the number of homes still on the market on Feb. The figures were promising from the single-family-home category as well, with new listings jumping 129% (1335) from December in King and up a negligible 0.5% in Q1 2024 (previous forecast: 7.0%) 6.2% in Q3 2024 (6.6%) 5.8%

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2024 Texas Real Estate Housing Report

Listing Spark

As we enter into 2024, we are stepping out of one of the most turbulent years for real estate in Texas in some time. Buyers had lost confidence in the direction of the market and wanted to wait and see how things would shake out with the FED’s potential rate cuts in 2024. trillion compared to $2.75 trillion in 2021.

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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% Two data points stood out from the latest report by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service: The aforementioned new listings for all homes in the county – 2684 – is at a low not seen for an August since records were shared with brokers (like me) dating back to the mid-1990s.

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ROOTING HARD FOR LOWER MORTGAGE RATES

Will Springer Realtor

The Federal Reserve recently updated its forecast, hinting at a potential decrease of about 75 basis points (0.75%) in its short-term lending rate by the year’s end – promising news for borrowers in 2024. I went into greater detail on this topic in a recent blog post.)In A blog post will be published on Jan.

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Seattle/King County Activity, Prices Show a Monthly Jump

Will Springer Realtor

The picture was somewhat similar for single-family homes as a stand-alone category, with new listings up 38% (1845) and sales 41% (1064) stronger month-to-month, but the YoY numbers were more telling, up 31% and down 4.2%, respectively. Because new home construction hasn’t kept up. What does this mean?

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King County Home Buyers and Sellers in ‘Re-Evaluation’ Mode

Will Springer Realtor

The season has been shaped by slumping new listings, a slowly climbing number of homes sitting on the market from previous months, fewer closed sales compared to last year and prices moving plus/minus five percentage points year-on-year (YoY). monthly decline in available Seattle listings (793). by the end of 2024.

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