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Why home prices haven’t crashed even with high mortgage rates

Housing Wire

The most underreported housing story I’ve seen this year is that even with mortgage rates rising to 8%, the number of homes that took price cuts before they sold was 4% below 2022 levels. Weekly housing inventory data We will start with the price cut data percentage because it deserves a detailed explanation.

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Housing inventory is about to get better — here’s why

Housing Wire

With the July 4th weekend nearly upon us, it’s time to reflect all that we have been through in the past year and how, as a country, we have overcome so many daunting obstacles, including what we have been through in the housing market. The first thing that pops into my shriveled brain is how the housing market looked in February of 2020.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Stacy Esser

Housing Wire

Below, Esser answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? His articles are always my favorite. His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” Are we in a housing bubble?”

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Housing Market Tracker: Still no spring inventory lift

Housing Wire

Last week was relatively calm for the housing market after the fiasco of the banking crisis. Housing demand grew and inventory levels fell again while mortgage rates rose. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: The 10-year yield battle continues as bond yields rose early in the week only to close below 3.50% on Friday.

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Housing Market Tracker: Banking crisis is a new variable

Housing Wire

The housing market was crazy again last week. Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Weekly inventory increased by 1,734. The economic data was OK last week.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Chris Heller

Housing Wire

Below, Heller answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article? It’s a topic I always talk about at length with people in the brokerage space, and it’s never been more important than in 2022. HousingWire: What keeps you up at night and why? .

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

Are we headed to a housing bubble? The Dallas Fed on Thursday published an article titled: Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs Of a Brewing U.S. Housing Bubble. The online reaction was immediate — housing must be about to crash. For the housing bubble 2.0 I disagree with this conclusion. Let me explain.