Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With the home-price growth we had in 2020 and 2021, my five-year price-growth model that I set for 2020-2024 of 23% was already smashed in just two years. From NAR Research : “Total existing-home sales notched a minor contraction of 0.4% Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. All of these signals point to rising home sales in 2024. Pending sales Last week saw 69,000 new contracts for single-family home purchases across the country. That brings us to 367,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

So while we can see currently the prices of home sales holding up, the signals for the end of 2024 and into 2025 seem to suggest we’re heading for flat home prices. New listings Each week this spring we’ve been tracking the new listings volume. In total, new listings data is 14% more than last year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

The weekly volume of new listings is now higher than at anytime last year. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. housing market at the end of April 2024. orate further?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Based on the trends we can see after the start of the year, I’ll project 2024 will see about 15% home sales growth over 2023. These are very clear trends as we start the new year. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. So the sales rate is already growing for 2024.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

I’m always looking for something new = Shifting Tides in the Housing Market: A February 2024 Perspective By Kevin Hecht Excerpts: As we navigate through the early months of 2024, the U.S. A1: Back Half of 2024? – My wild guess is that rate cuts will be in the back half of 2024. Not in March. Not in June.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

On May 16, Altos Research is hosting its monthly webinar, where we dive deep on all of the local data trends, as well as the leading indicators for what should happen the rest of 2024. housing market as we roll into May 2024. New listings There were 71,000 new, unsold listings of single-family homes across the country this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

We’re rapidly approaching the peak of the market in terms of seller listings, and as inventory builds, the sales rate will peak by the end of June. But when you add a spike in mortgage rates that makes homebuying less affordable, that leads to fewer buyers and inventory grows. There are now 385,000 single-family homes under contract.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

The only way inventory would grow in 2024 is if mortgage rates climbed. New listings To watch whether supply and demand might get out of balance with higher mortgage rates, keep an eye on the new listings volume this spring, not just the total inventory. There were 59,000 new listings unsold this week.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

For several weeks, I’ve been reporting data that shows the housing market growing in 2024. Those metrics, specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts, slowed this week. Our immediate sales metric of homes that get offers within a couple days of listing also slowed. 50,000 new pendings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

With the Easter holiday last week, data for housing inventory , new listings and the pace of new contracts started all took a breather from their growth pace. Here’s how 2024 is shaping up: There are now more listings, more active inventory and more sales than a year ago. That’s down 8.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

As we started 2024, the signals in the U.S. Rates are off their recent peak of a couple weeks ago, but the latest economic news is still very strong, and the markets are growing less sanguine about interest rates easing significantly soon. Last year, the most common view was that mortgage rates would fall in 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

New listings Inventory growth is from a combination of fewer buyers as affordability worsens, but also gradually improving seller volume. There were 66,000 new listings unsold last week plus another 20,000 immediate sales for 86,000 total new listings. This concept is counter-intuitive.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

In the nearby metro area of Cape Coral-Fort Myers , active single-family inventory over the previous 90 days averaged 6,500 listings as of March 15, above its March 2020 level of 5,044 listings and approaching its March 2019 level of 7,243 listings. Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Listing Spark

MARCH 9, 2023

Closed sales in January were down 27% and new listings were up 16%. New listings climbed 63% month over month indicating that sellers are feeling more confident with the market. [00:08:59]-[00:09:04] 00:08:59]-[00:09:04] “New listings climbed 63% month over month.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At least, that’s what the data seems to suggest as inventory grows and new listings decline at a less aggressive rate than last year. New listings decline isn’t as steep as a year ago There were only 53,000 new listings (single-family homes) unsold this week, plus 10,000 more new listings that are already in contract.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Last year at this time, we were seeing surprising home buyer demand with rates having fallen to the low 6s. Each week, there are more new listings than a year ago, allowing inventory to build and eventually leading to more home sales this year than last. And sure enough the number of new contracts started this week dipped.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

New listings rise New listings continue to show us that more sellers are interested in this market this year. With just under 50,000 new listings unsold coming to the market this week, that’s now 16% more than the same week a year ago. It can be hard to communicate all this with buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today, we need context for the growth we’ll see in existing home sales in 2024. Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale. This is a positive for housing in 2024 as most sellers are buyers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The point of the editorial seemed to be to scaremonger over government programs to help home buyers and student loan borrowers. So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. Supply of homes for sale is very low, and most of the year we’ve had more buyers than sellers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If rates stay at 8% or higher, expect to see inventory rise in 2024. Fewer sellers see the upside of listing now New listings volume each week remains very low, and there are very few sellers who want or need to sell into this market. This inventory build is from a dearth of buyers, not from a surge of sellers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. The more authentic, the better. Think of your social media audience as like the waiting room for your owned audience.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. 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. by December 2024.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even as mortgage rates rose, and affordability was pushed out of reach for many potential homebuyers, there are still sufficient buyers who can afford these prices and these rates. The number of buyers has been surprising. The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. Maybe we’ll pass it in 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It’s not unusual for a little jump in new listings in September. Buyers early in 2023 had slightly lower rates than now and were optimistic that mortgage rates would go lower still. This change in buyer expectations is adding to the slowness right now. There are 345,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As we enter into 2024, we are stepping out of one of the most turbulent years for real estate in Texas in some time. On the heels of the largest run up in home values in recorded history, we saw an abrupt and heavy shift that’s been challenging to grapple with for sellers and buyers. trillion compared to $2.75 trillion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

Pending Sales There are now 378,000 single-family homes in contract. There were 68,000 new contracts for single-family homes this week. In the chart below, the light portion of each bar represents the new contracts each week. But, there were another 15,000 condos and townhomes that went into contract this week.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

2023 was a notable year in real estate history, but if we had to put our finger on what stood out, it was how the number of homes listed was the lowest in over two decades. It kept inventory down, which propped up prices, but sales are down nearly 22%, and buyers are hungry. Average prices for closed sales increased by 3.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The market is now in the process of thawing after a lengthy cool down, as buyers begin anew to seek change in their home dynamics. There is plenty of pent-up demand from prospective buyers who have watched for months from the sidelines as financing costs remained untenable. That’s a whopping 134% more than December and a solid 7.0%

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

reduction in sales, leaving prospective buyers eager to make a move. As interest rates sought to stabilize following their sharp decline in 2020, both buyers and sellers had to acknowledge the end of the era of historically low pandemic-induced rates, and the beginning of higher monthly mortgage payments. Sales Decline by 23.2%

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

The real estate landscape witnessed significant developments in 2023, as the New Hampshire market saw a historic low in listings. Despite this decline, motivated buyers were out there trying to secure a home while also trying to navigate lower affordability and low inventory. Sales in New Hampshire declined by 18.9%

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 30, 2024

If we were to pinpoint the standout factor, it would be the remarkably low number of homes listed, the lowest in over two decades. This scarcity in inventory had the effect of keeping prices high, but there was a substantial decrease in sales, approximately 19%, leaving prospective buyers eager. Maine Sales Decreased by 18.9%

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 1, 2024

According to the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing’s February 2024 report¹, the single-family luxury home segment is showing promising signs of growth. Both inventory levels and new listings increased significantly in recent months, leading to an 18 percent increase in sales and a 1.6 Top list of luxury home markets in 2024.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

This created an extreme scarcity of inventory and contributed to elevated prices, but it also led to a 22% decrease in the number of sales, leaving buyers eager. This report analyzes sales, average prices, the number of active listings, and listings under contract for 2023 compared to 2022. Average Prices Increase by 7.1%

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

Ah, for the good old days of 2019 – when we could stomach home prices closer to the mid-million-dollar mark and housing options were somewhat plentiful amid a mildly competitive buyer environment. King County new listings fell 13% from June to July (2158), led by a 20% slide in Seattle (690). on the Eastside. The county saw a 4.9%

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