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Spring housing market gets more inventory

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory data We’ve now had back-to-back weeks of healthy housing inventory growth and spring 2024 is much healthier than spring 2023. This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book. 2022: 19.2%

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Fewer homes will take a price cut in spring 2024

Housing Wire

I believe we should get more sellers in 2024 than in 2023, but that doesn’t necessarily mean home prices will fall. This is why following the housing market tracker tied to the 10-year yield, mortgage rates, and purchase application data will be as critical as last year to tell you what’s going on in the housing market.

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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.

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Are sellers finally starting to thaw out?

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

That pretty much describes sellers. But in 2024 there’s a flicker of hope as sellers have thawed out just a bit. I’ll explain what I mean below, and I suspect many markets around the country are experiencing a similar trend. Any thoughts?

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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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Mortgage rates helped by the Fed’s moderate stance

Housing Wire

As rates were hitting year-to-date highs, the fear was that the Fed would go hawkish in their March meeting, which could push mortgage rates toward 8% and tank 2024 demand. Let’s look at the tracker data to see how mortgage rates are impacting the housing data as we settle into spring. 8% for spring 2024.

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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

What I mean by a credit bust is that after the housing bubble burst in 2005 into 2006, we saw a massive increase in supply. These were forced credit sellers, which means these sellers don’t sell to buy a home like a traditional seller does. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22