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The savagely unhealthy housing market is now a nightmare

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales for April came in at 5.41 from the previous month and 8.6% Now that mortgage rates have risen, demand is getting hit, while we are still showing 14.8% Whenever rates rise, we see it impact demand, and mortgage rates are at 6% and no longer at 3%.

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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After two years of runaway home prices, the Federal Reserve stepped in to reverse engineer rampant inflation, and it has been utilizing the housing market as one of the main economic engines to achieve its objective. They eased below 6.5% in September 2022.

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Will we start 2022 with all-time lows in housing inventory?

Housing Wire

My biggest concern for housing in the years 2020-2024 was that if the demographic push in demand picks up and total home sales get over 6. While the rate of growth of home prices is cooling off (the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index typically lags), it’s still at a very unhealthy level for me.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

Home prices are overheating, mortgage rates are inching up from the start of the year and the supply of homes is in an unseasonable valley – far from its Mt. history, continues its march into prime home-buying years at a rate of more than 4.5 But rates are trending higher, now around 3.125% from about 2.75% on Jan.