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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 in November.

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Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?

Housing Wire

“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. trillion in 2025, according to forecasts from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). economy remains hot.

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Mat Ishbia talks the ‘loser mentality,’ the controversial ‘ultimatum’ and the years ahead

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. What does Ishbia think about surging mortgage rates , lack of housing inventory and monetary and policy pressures ? And 2024, 2025 and 2026, they’ll be the three best mortgage years in history because everybody that’s doing 6.5% Rates lowering frees up inventory.

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Eastside Residential Market Sees Big Gains in Sales, Prices

Will Springer Realtor

It was particularly true on the Eastside, where sales surged 52% from February to March and 9% year-on-year (YoY) and inventory narrowed to under a month (29 days) before all homes for sale would theoretically be under contract if no others hit the market. months (20 days) of available inventory. Inventory stood at 1.3

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How this week’s Fed meeting could impact inventory

Housing Wire

real estate market were for inventory growth, sales growth and home-price growth across the U.S. Of my initial expectations this year — rising inventory, rising sales rates, rising prices — only rising inventory remains clear at this moment as we finish Q1 with rising interest rates. As we started 2024, the signals in the U.S.

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

Will Springer Realtor

Total inventory remains low, however, keeping prices higher on an annual basis. We know buyers are eager to purchase properties, as 39% more homes went under contract in January (1719 units) compared with the previous – admittedly quiet – month. months’ inventory, up from 1.4 months’ inventory (2.0 in Q1 2025 (6.3%) 5.6%

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Where are home prices headed this spring?

Housing Wire

Specifically, when housing inventory is 25% greater than a year ago, the supply/demand balance is obviously very different than it has been. So while we can see currently the prices of home sales holding up, the signals for the end of 2024 and into 2025 seem to suggest we’re heading for flat home prices. Now it’s on the rise.