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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 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. It’s simple: When money is very cheap, we want to own real estate. This was a supply-constrained market.

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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. Redfin defined luxury homes as those estimated to be in the top 5% of their metro area based on market value, while non-luxury homes are those with estimated values in the 35th to 65th percentile.

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The spring housing market is waking up & random stats

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on Zoom here) 02/01/24 Gateway Event (private) 2/09/24 PCAR WCR Event […] The post The spring housing market is waking up & random stats first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

To that I say, timing is everything in real estate. In Denver in particular, new listings increased 29.12% month-over-month and 22.63% year-over-year. million available homes on the market as of late December, representing a low supply, buyers are still facing limited options, driving up prices. With only 1.3

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. However, that hasn’t been the case so far in 2024. NAR: Total housing inventory registered at the end of March was 1.11 This is never a good thing for housing.

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

Housing Wire

At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines. Together, the two may suggest that there really is nowhere to go but up in 2024,” she said. “In

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