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Redfin: New Listings Continue to Increase, Bringing Some Buyers Back to Market

Appraisal Buzz

As of March 17, there were roughly 795,645 active listings. There were roughly 88,902 new listings added during that same four weeks – and increase of 15% and the biggest increase since June 2021. The surge in listings is bringing some buyers back to the market, the firm says. The total number of U.S.

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How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024?

Housing Wire

How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024? It’s not what I wanted to see in 2024, but I have to be realistic since we are already in February. Weekly housing inventory data One substantial positive story for 2024 is that we have more housing inventory year over year. But at least it’s positive!

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Get more real estate buyer leads in 2024

Housing Wire

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. But beyond first-timers, we’ll show you how to attract real estate buyers of all kinds through a multi-tiered marketing approach that boosts both your visibility and credibility with potential buyers.

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The challenge of pulling comps in 2024

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Pulling comps in 2024 is tough. I also have some market recap visuals to unpack what’s been happening in 2024 so far. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 2/19/24 Matt the Mortgage Guy YouTube […] The post The challenge of pulling comps in 2024 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Think about it this way.

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Prices for luxury homes soared in the first quarter 

Housing Wire

year over year in the first quarter of 2024, with the median price hitting a record $1.225 million, according to data from Redfin. High-end buyers tend to be more immune to mortgage rate fluctuations and flock to the luxury housing market. New listings of luxury homes soared 18.5% Buyers are looking for that again.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

Prospective home buyers experienced another difficult month due to the persistent lack of housing inventory and the highest mortgage rates in a generation,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. Together, the two may suggest that there really is nowhere to go but up in 2024,” she said. “In from October 2022’s $378,800.

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Why is housing inventory growing with higher mortgage rates?

Housing Wire

Let’s take a look at the inventory data this year to test this premise, since for many months it has been a working theory of mine that new listings data behavior last year marked a bottom and even going into 2024 we should see more sellers. Here is a look at inventory last week: Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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