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Why fewer homes are taking a price cut, even while inventory rises

Housing Wire

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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The 2021 housing market recap by Logan Mohtashami

Housing Wire

economy continue to recover from the lows of April of 2020, but the 2021 economic data shows it has been one of the hottest years in many decades. After failing from 2012-2019, they went all in during 2020 due to COVID-19, only to move the goalpost to 2021 due to forbearance. We started the year with many pundits saying that the U.S.

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Logan Mohtashami: The 2022 housing forecast

Housing Wire

For this scenario, Japan and Germany yields need to rise, which would push our 10-year yield toward 2.42% and get mortgage rates over 4%. Yes, but if the markets do overreact for any reason, typically bond yields would fall back. Economic growth peaked in 2021 and some of the hotter inflation data has the potential to fall next year.

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2024 Texas Real Estate Housing Report

Listing Spark

On the heels of the largest run up in home values in recorded history, we saw an abrupt and heavy shift that’s been challenging to grapple with for sellers and buyers. In this article, we will recap what exactly happened to the real estate market in Texas last year and discuss some predictions for the rest of this year.

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Seattle/King County Activity, Prices Show a Monthly Jump

Will Springer Realtor

Home sales figures were little changed in the county as a whole year-on-year (YoY) but varied widely by city, while home prices reached double digits amid growing demand. About two-thirds of all King County listings sold last month at the list price or above, signaling a competitive environment and extending this long-running sellers’ market.

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