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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

Here’s the new listings data for last week over the last several years: 2024: 68,843 2023: 61,911 2022: 73,107 Price-cut percentage In an average year, one-third of all homes take a price cut — this is standard housing activity. This is a significant shift, considering 2023 marked the lowest level ever recorded.

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

Housing Wire

Though mortgage rate lock-in continues to limit new listings, particularly in the New York City suburbs, listings have increased in upstate New York as people have continued to leave the area for warmer climates. Most expect their pipeline of contracts to keep construction busy through the year.

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Agents harness the power of social media to generate leads

Housing Wire

They have been really effective in the luxury market and new construction segments.”. Using LinkedIn has been a great way to connect with builders and developers, while Instagram caters itself well to sharing glossy photos of luxury listings, Rodriguez said. I want my clients to see me as a real person.

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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

After a slow start to the year, housing markets in upstate New York have also started to pick up, with bidding wars and multiple offers becoming more common. A key factor suppressing new listings is the prevalence of homeowners with historically low interest rates on their existing mortgages, reducing the incentive to sell and move.

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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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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. They will build as long as new home sales are growing. months, the builders will pause construction.

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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. To get more inventory you need more Americans to list their homes.

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