Spring housing market gets more inventory
Housing Wire
APRIL 27, 2024
This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book.
This site uses cookies to improve your experience. By viewing our content, you are accepting the use of cookies. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country we will assume you are from the United States. View our privacy policy and terms of use.
Housing Wire
APRIL 27, 2024
This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book.
Housing Wire
APRIL 5, 2024
The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Millennials comprised 75% of this demographic, with older millennials and Generation X (ages 44 to 58) accounting for 44% and 24% of first-time buyers.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Appraisal Buzz
JULY 9, 2021
Analyzing market data from July, an economist says “buyers who threw in the towel may want to look again, because the market is tilting in their favor.” ” The post New Listings Suggest Shift in Housing Market appeared first on theMReport.com.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
MAY 2, 2023
Sellers have been sitting out of the housing market, and it’s made a massive difference in 2023 so far. Today I want to show what’s happening with new listings and talk about concessions. I hope this is useful, whether you’re local or not. Scroll by topic or digest slowly.
Housing Wire
MAY 4, 2023
On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. Sales and new pending contracts are below pre-pandemic levels. Buyer disappointment.
Housing Wire
APRIL 23, 2023
Can we now say that the housing market ‘s spring selling season is finally underway? Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. Again, I am a bit mindful here due to Easter.
Housing Wire
APRIL 30, 2023
The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active listing rose 8,260 week to week, down a bit from last week’s gain, but I’m not complaining — anything on the plus side is positive.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. A traditional seller is a conventional buyer most of the time.
Housing Wire
MAY 7, 2023
Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. However, one thing is for sure, housing is not going to crash due to large-scale panic-selling — a scare tactic of late 2021 that didn’t work then or now.
Housing Wire
MARCH 26, 2023
The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Even prior to the pandemic , housing inventory had hit record lows, and the problem has only gotten worse as demand continues to rise. Total home sales are outpacing new listings by a wide margin every month, and real estate tech company Homesnap foresees the shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the market.
Housing Wire
JULY 2, 2023
We have often discussed that the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov. The other big story with housing inventory is that new listing data has been trending negative year over year since the end of June 2022. We had new listings growth from 2021 to 2022, but that’s not the case this year.
Housing Wire
JULY 29, 2022
A few months ago, the United States housing market failed Econ 101. metropolitan areas in February 2022, based on year-over-year growth in median listing price according to the residential real estate listing website, Realtor.com. The table also reports the year-over-year percent change in new listings for each market.
Housing Wire
JUNE 25, 2023
I would feel much better about the inventory situation if we added an additional 3,000-8,000 houses to the weekly data line from current levels. However, the real positive story here is that even with new listing data trending at an all-time low, we are getting the growth in active listings we traditionally see in the spring and summer.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 9, 2023
The housing market saw inventory fall 4% last week from the week before. Traditionally, we do see housing inventory fall in the month of December, however, we clearly saw in the second half of 2022 that higher rates created more days on the market and inventory was lingering longer. That’s a big one-week change.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Despite mortgage rates briefly falling below the 6% threshold, both housing inventory and mortgage demand fell last week. Let’s dive into the trend lines of the housing market. The show-me part of the housing market starts with this bounce from an extreme bottom. Weekly inventory change (Jan.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin. A lot of sellers are also willing to let buyers slip away because they don’t want to concede to repair requests,” Morre said.
Housing Wire
MAY 21, 2021
Nearly 50% of homes sold for more than their list price during the four weeks ending May 16, but there are signs that housing market demand may be reaching its peak, according to a recent study from Redfin. Regional numbers also reflect the enormous difference in housing market demand from April 2020.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 7, 2022
million, the equilibrium balance between a buyer and seller marketplace that has been here for four decades. One issue that has created a waterfall dive in purchase application data and sales is that new listing data is declining faster than usual. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2023
The weekly data shows some good news for the housing market ! With mortgage rates also falling, I am hopeful that more people will list their homes and buy another, so we can get back to a more functional housing market. This is good news for the housing market. The week ahead.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 28, 2022
This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. months nationally.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
There is so much talk about buyers sitting on the sidelines right now, but let’s talk about sellers who are also sitting. This is a local trend, but it’s something showing up in many markets across the country also.
Housing Wire
MARCH 19, 2023
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. I am hoping it’s just a one-week event.
Housing Wire
MAY 20, 2022
Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. The market is just insane,” she said. “I
Housing Wire
JULY 28, 2023
New listings of starter homes dropped 23% from a year earlier in June, the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic, the report found. Meanwhile, the total number of starter homes on the market is down 15%, also the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic. Austin buyers must earn $92,000, down 3.3%
Housing Wire
APRIL 19, 2024
High-end buyers tend to be more immune to mortgage rate fluctuations and flock to the luxury housing market. A surge in new listings of luxury homes was not enough to curb the price growth associated with rising demand. New listings of luxury homes soared 18.5% Buyers are looking for that again.
Housing Wire
APRIL 15, 2024
Competition in the housing market is heating up heading into May and June. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
“The impact is greater in expensive areas of the country and in markets that witnessed significant home price gains in recent years.”. Both a pullback in demand and limited supply remain vexing problems for the housing market. Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22 million units, which was down 0.8%
Housing Wire
MAY 3, 2024
As the spring selling season kicks off, many educated sellers know that buyers are experiencing spring fever and are tired of sitting on the fence watching home prices increase. In Denver in particular, new listings increased 29.12% month-over-month and 22.63% year-over-year. With only 1.3
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The housing market is heating up as the spring buying season approaches. Well-priced homes are selling fast, often within 29 days, and that time frame is bound to shorten as the shopping season opens, according to Zillow ’s January market report. Total inventory was up more than 3% from January 2023. year over year.
Housing Wire
JULY 16, 2021
Homes sold for their highest prices and at their fastest pace on record, but measures for market speed and competition seem to be at or near peak levels for this year, said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chief economist. “In June we entered a new phase of the housing market,” Fairweather said.
Housing Wire
APRIL 18, 2024
This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article. This is never a good thing for housing.
Housing Wire
MAY 28, 2021
Diving deeper, for the two week period ending May 9, 2021, 57% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market. But until then, the housing market will remain red-hot.” ” How real estate agents can alleviate consumer pain points in a tight market.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. The city’s housing dynamics point to strong buyer demand, which fueled a 16.8% Combined with interest rates that began around 2.5%
Housing Wire
MARCH 6, 2023
The three-pronged challenge of inventory shortages, unaffordable housing and rising interest rates kept home prices more moderate, as supply can’t match demand, the report said. in recent months due to a combination of falling demand and a weakening inflow of new listings. Months of supply stagnated at about 3.1
Housing Wire
MARCH 2, 2024
Let’s take a look at the inventory data this year to test this premise, since for many months it has been a working theory of mine that new listings data behavior last year marked a bottom and even going into 2024 we should see more sellers. You can see our debate on this topic here.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 26, 2024
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. Job additions and income growth will further help with housing affordability, but increased supply will be essential to satisfying all potential demand.”
Housing Wire
MARCH 6, 2024
Armed with data from HousingWire sister company Altos Research , we can see in minute detail how the housing market responded to the recent 7%-and-higher rate environment and what the market may see again soon. In times when mortgage rates shoot up, the share of withdrawn listings grows; the reverse is also true.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Plus, available housing inventory remains near historic lows.” ” One of the housing economic realities that I have been trying to stress this year is that a traditional seller of a home is typically a buyer as well. This is the biggest story in housing. . economic history. . As we can see below, the U.S.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
On the demand side, buyers are wary of purchasing a condo since it has become less affordable. In Jacksonville, the median condo price declined roughly 7% year over year in January, sales declined 27% and new listings increased 32%. It’s causing buyers to rethink their plans.”
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Combined with elevated mortgage rates, monthly housing payments are at an all-time high. This is pushing many prospective homebuyers to the sidelines until the market becomes healthier. Adding to buyers’ affordability pain, median home prices rose 3.4% 17, total active listings were at 806,701, down 16.2%
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 14, 2023
“Given inflation continues to decelerate and the Federal Reserve Board’s current expectations that they will lower the federal funds target rate next year, we likely will see a gradual thawing of the housing market in the new year,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said in a statement.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 20, 2023
housing market , we just experienced an event that most people never thought could happen. From NAR : “December was another difficult month for buyers, who continue to face limited inventory and high mortgage rates ,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. During that period, we saw new listing data decline.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Typically we have a natural set of new listings each year; inventory rises in the spring and summer and then falls in the fall and winter. However, we have entered a tricky period in housing economics where we might have to take this premise more seriously since mortgage rates recently got as low as 2.5% The parts of the U.S.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
We have resent the email to
Are you sure you want to cancel your subscriptions?
Let's personalize your content