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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

However, this year, even though the spreads are still historically bad, they’ve improved over last year, which is a plus for the housing market. The fact that this data line is now positive is a very promising sign for the housing market. Right now, the difference between them is 2.60%.

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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.” With existing inventory down, Schuler said new construction has taken on a larger role in his market. Very few new construction homes are going up in our area,” Diamond said.

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A look at Knoxville’s hot housing market

Housing Wire

Many are eyeing scenic East Tennessee, where Knoxville and its surrounding suburbs have formed one the country’s hottest housing markets. Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. It’s like a horse race.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. The market is going to go into correction,” he said. “I

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

Housing Wire

Still, contacts emphasized that the number of units for sale stayed far short of what they considered a balanced market, and that a dearth of inventories had contributed to faster house price growth from 2022 to 2023. New York: Housing markets strengthened as the spring selling season got underway a bit earlier than normal.

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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

A New York City-area contact reports that the sales market in and around New York City has picked up strongly in recent weeks after a brief pause in early April, which was due to uncertainty in the banking sector. Chicago – Residential construction activity has been down modestly in this District.

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

Housing Wire

New home sales From Census : Sales of new single-family houses in January 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 670,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. months, this is an OK builder market.

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