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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. New York – The residential sales market has been strong across the District.

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

Housing Wire

The spring homebuying season, which got underway a bit earlier than usual, was off to a good start in districts like New York and Dallas. Boston: Residential Realtors expressed growing optimism as both property listings and pending home sales increased. Most expect their pipeline of contracts to keep construction busy through the year.

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Indiana’s housing market is primed to bounce back in 2024

Housing Wire

We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” Both buyers and sellers are coming back to the market,” Fischer said. With existing inventory down, Schuler said new construction has taken on a larger role in his market.

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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

This can be partly due to a higher percentage of cash buyers in the sales mix that purchase applicatoins won’t account for. I want to see what the apartment completion data looks like because labor is at risk once those apartments under construction are completed. I will talk about this on the HousingWire Daily podcast on Monday.

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Housing starts see steep drop in January

Housing Wire

New construction starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.331 million units, down 14.8% Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Housing inventory remained low in January and new homes still accounted for about 30% of all homes available for sale. Census Bureau and the U.S. on an annual basis.

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New home sales grow, even with higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Builders are taking advantage of the housing market inventory issues , which is why new home sales are growing yearly, even with higher mortgage rates. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. While existing home sales are still negative year over year, new home sales are growing year over year.

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

Housing Wire

They don’t ever have to have the conversation about how low their total payment is in the new home they’re buying, unlike some of their buyers (which explains higher cancellation rates). Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. To get more inventory you need more Americans to list their homes.

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