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

Housing Wire

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. 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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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 Pending home sales rose 8.3%

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Pending home sales recede in January: NAR

Housing Wire

month over month in January, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). ” Lower mortgage rates buoyed buyer demand in early 2024, but rates started to inch back up toward 7% in February. Pending home sales dropped 4.9% NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) decreased to 74.3 in December.

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“Greetings from Missouri!” Millions are finding commission lawsuit postcards in the mail. Agents say it’s an opportunity

Housing Wire

The notifications were approved by Judge Stephen Bough, who is overseeing the Sitzer/Burnett suit, on January 11, 2024, and the usage of settlement fund to pay for the distribution of the notifications was approved on Feb. If recipients wish to opt out or object they must do so by April 13, 2024. she asked. “It

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

Housing Wire

The one thing that is positive this year which is different than last year is new listing data is rising year over year, nothing spectacular, but it’s a positive story for housing This means we have more sellers that will be buyers in 2024. However, that hasn’t been the case so far in 2024. million units, up 4.7%

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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

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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Mostly Positive Start to 2024 Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

And, despite the rise in new listings, the number of homes still on the market on Feb. The figures were promising from the single-family-home category as well, with new listings jumping 129% (1335) from December in King and up a negligible 0.5% in Q1 2024 (previous forecast: 7.0%) 6.2% in Q3 2024 (6.6%) 5.8%