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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. At the time, I observed that even if mortgage rates stayed flat, the momentum seemed to be in the cards for broad, slow growth in the market. However, mortgage rates didn’t stay flat. If mortgage rates continue to rise to 7.5%

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A sub-7% mortgage rate brings holiday cheer

Housing Wire

The holidays have come early for the mortgage industry. Mortgage rates fell below the 7% threshold this week as markets prepared for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement on Wednesday. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.95% for the week ending Dec. on Thursday.

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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.

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. in 2025 to reach $405,200.

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Pending-home sales drop 13% from a year ago as rates stay high: Redfin

Housing Wire

Soaring mortgage rates and home prices are continuing to dampen affordability for homebuyers. 17, according to a new report from Redfin. Combined with elevated mortgage rates, monthly housing payments are at an all-time high. 17, total active listings were at 806,701, down 16.2% New listings are down 6.7%

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A soft landing for the real estate market. What’s next?

Housing Wire

In the fall of 2022 after mortgage rates jumped to 7.5%, I thought maybe we’d missed the soft landing call. By October 2022, it looked like 2023 would have rising inventory and falling home prices. Inventory has fallen all year. The peak of inventory for 2023 so far was the week of the New Year — that is insane.

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Eastside Residential Market Sees Big Gains in Sales, Prices

Will Springer Realtor

For housing and mortgage professionals, however, these apparent highlights are persistent nuisances. New listings (+17%), available homes at the start of April (+5.0%) and listings going under contract – also known as Pending sales – (+24%) were solidly higher when comparing month to month. Inventory stood at 1.3