Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data — both active inventory and new listings — are prone to one-week moves that deviate from a trend, especially if people are going Easter egg hunting. So, the fact that active inventory and new listings data fell last week isn’t a big deal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2024

Housing inventory, new listing data and mortgage rates are all rising, but the price cut data percentages are falling. Weekly housing inventory data Here is a look at the first week of the year: Weekly inventory change (Jan. 12-19) : Inventory rose from 505,223 to 506,414 Same week last year (Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

Last week, housing inventory grew and the number of price cuts fell, which is expected at this time of the year. I hope the next thing we see is housing inventory grow at the level it typically does in January or February instead of being delayed until March or April. So let’s hope for more home sellers in 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

So far in 2024, fewer homes are taking price cuts than in 2023, and this trend is on the verge of breaking below the 2023 lows in price cuts percentages. While weekly inventory is still falling, we have year-over-year growth in total active listing and new listings data.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2024

Now that mortgage rates have fallen and as we start the brand new year, we need to focus on this data line more. I believe we should get more sellers in 2024 than in 2023, but that doesn’t necessarily mean home prices will fall. Here are the year-over-year price-cut percentages from the first week of the year: 2024 32.8%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

However, the recent drop in housing inventory has more to do with seasonality factors than lower mortgage rates. Higher mortgage rates did push inventory higher during the seasonal period when it would normally be declining. The question now is what will inventory look like in the spring if mortgage rates keep falling?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Total housing inventory growth has been slow in 2023, but with rising mortgage rates over the last few months, inventory has grown a bit faster than average. The question now is: Have we hit the seasonal peak in inventory for 2023? Last year, according to Altos Research , the seasonal peak for housing inventory was Oct.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2023

31, 2022, that mortgage rates would hit 8% in 2023, you would reasonably assume housing inventory would sky rocket higher, home prices would fall noticeably, and the number of price cuts would be higher year over year. Last year, the seasonal peak for inventory was Oct. Weekly inventory change (Oct. Weekly inventory change (Oct.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2024

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. 8% for spring 2024. What have 2022, 2023, and 2024 shown us? The growth isn’t just in active inventory but also new listings.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 26, 2024

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. The median U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Will mortgage rates break toward 8% again, making another 2024 data line that looks like a carbon copy of 2023? It’s not part of my 2024 forecast, but since the Federal Reserve likes playing with fire , let’s look at where we are with mortgage rates and their impact on weekly housing data. Serious mortgage rate talk!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. New data from the U.S. When inventory bounces back The extremes of the 2020s have dealt big blows to for-sale inventories.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2024

It’s spring 2024 and we have a Federal Reserve meeting this week. For 2024, the 10-year yield running between 3.80%-4.25% looks perfectly normal to me as long as the economic data is firm and the Fed hasn’t pivoted. This means we will show more than normal inventory growth until we get past tax day 2024.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. However, I knew the years 2020-2024 would see better demand from the bump in demographics.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“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. On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8% On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2024

If so, what will this do to inventory levels? In my 2024 forecast , I put the 10-year yield range between 3.21%-4.25% , with a critical line in the sand at 3.37%. Weekly housing inventory data The positive story for housing in 2024 has been the inventory growth we have seen year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Weekly housing inventory data We will start with the price cut data percentage because it deserves a detailed explanation. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data. Last year, according to Altos Research , the seasonal peak for housing inventory was Oct. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. However, that hasn’t been the case so far in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Mortgage rates almost fell below 7%, the 10-year yield is below 4.25% again, and people are seriously talking about Fed rate cuts in 2024. The call was that if mortgage rates rose above 7.25% , we would see more inventory growth — between 11,000-17,000 weekly. Now, we see the seasonal inventory decline. What a week!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Given inflation continues to decelerate and the Federal Reserve Board’s current expectations that they will lower the federal funds target rate next year, we likely will see a gradual thawing of the housing market in the new year,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said in a statement. One LO said he quoted an FHA borrower at 5.7%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s see how this looks in the critical time from the second week of January to the first week of May 2024. We would usually be in a seasonal decline by now, but inventory growth has recently picked up due to higher rates. Last year, according to Altos Research , the seasonal peak for housing inventory was Oct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal. The trade organization projects a 13% increase in existing home sales between 2023 and 2024 for an annualized pace of 4.62 increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 million units.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Weekly housing inventory data Weekly active listing data is declining now like it always does every year at this time due to seasonality. Higher mortgage rates resulted in higher inventory during part of the fall and forced the seasonal decline in inventory to start later this year. Weekly inventory change : (Dec.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, available inventory continues to dwindle as many homeowners stay put to keep their relatively low mortgage rates. 17, total active listings were at 806,701, down 16.2% However, new listings have stabilized, ticking up slightly since the beginning of September. . New listings are down 6.7%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Mortgage rates did fall, purchase application data rose and new listings data came back to trend. Weekly active listings rose by only 5,654 Mortgage rates went from 7.37% and ended the week at 7.08% Purchase apps rose 2 % week to week Mortgage rates and the bond market The 10-year yield and mortgage rates were wild last week.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Meanwhile, new home sales , which are also a measure of contract signings, reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000 in January, up 1.5% Overall active inventory improved 7.9% However, the timing and number of purchases will largely depend on the prevailing mortgage rates and inventory availability.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the previous expansion, one of my long-term calls was that the MBA purchase application data will never hit the volume level of 300 until the years 2020-2024. The years 2020-2024 were going to be the time when total home sales could finally reach 6.2 New listing data is down 5% year to date, as you can imagine.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In addition, this is the fourth straight month of inventory declining, while days on the market are growingl! “The principal factor was the rapid increase in mortgage rates, which hurt housing affordability and reduced incentives for homeowners to list their homes. . Plus, available housing inventory remains near historic lows.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

But with mortgage rates ascending past 7% according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center , those hopes have so far been dashed in 2024. This is clear in the chart below, which shows the year-over-year percent change in the four-week average of new listings. 31% in 2023-2024. in 2019-2020, 16.9-17.2%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here are some charts reviewing today’s report with a host of data lines from the NAR existing home sales report: [link] A few critical glaring points: active inventory is still historically low, and so is monthly supply data. This means 2024 is starting to look a lot like 2023 unless rates fall soon.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22 million Historically inventory levels range between 2 million and 2.5

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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. Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. Total Inventory data fell in this report from 1.31 million to 1.28

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Higher mortgage rates have forced available inventory to climb all year. Housing inventory There are now 526,000 single-family homes active unsold on the market. jump in unsold inventory in a week is very notable. As mortgage rates rise, inventory rises. Or, to put it another way: demand slows, inventory grows.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Last fall when people were still expecting mortgage rates to be falling this year, it was common to assume rates would be in the low 6s or 5s this year and people asked me if lower rates would bring a flood of inventory. The only way inventory would grow in 2024 is if mortgage rates climbed. But the evidence is the opposite.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and December is well under way, we can start looking ahead to the 2024 housing market. New listings and home sales remain low this week while available inventory of unsold homes is finally falling across the country after rising with mortgage rates late into November. Inventory is 1.2%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. Total available inventory is gradually climbing about 1% per week — last year it was still declining in April. As we roll into the second quarter, we should have accelerating inventory growth each week. All of these signals point to rising home sales in 2024.

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