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New listings data falls for third week in a row 

Housing Wire

New listings data has been moving lower over the last few weeks. The moves haven’t been significant and our weekly pending contracts data picked up this week. But, we need to see more growth in new listings data just to grow from 2023 levels.

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Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Housing Wire

Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8% lower than October 2022 when inventory was at 1.22 Meanwhile, unsold inventory sat at a 3.6-month

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US home prices continued their rally in September

Housing Wire

In September, existing home sales fell, while pending home sales and new home sales rose compared to the previous month. Low levels of existing home inventory contributed to keeping home prices elevated. Simultaneously, new listing volume is up at the end of November, which might cool home prices down.

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New listings surge as the spring buying season approaches

Housing Wire

Inventory has been trending upward for the last two years despite persistently high mortgage rates, Mike Simonsen, president and founder of Altos Research , wrote on Monday. New listings ticked up by 21% in February compared to last year, according to Zillow ’s February report. metros experienced an increase in new listings.

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Altos: Housing inventory could grow 40% this year

Housing Wire

Last fall when people were still expecting mortgage rates to be falling this year, it was common to assume rates would be in the low 6s or 5s this year and people asked me if lower rates would bring a flood of inventory. The only way inventory would grow in 2024 is if mortgage rates climbed. But the evidence is the opposite.

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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

Secret #2 Sometimes, especially in a low-inventory market, your potential seller client may know about comparable sales you didn’t capture. If you’re showing your new listing versus its competition, do you look priced right , overpriced or priced so well you’d be dying to write an offer and snap it up?

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Peak homebuying season is clouded by mixed signals

Housing Wire

Inventory continues to build at the national level, something that’s happening most rapidly in the South. Housing inventory There are now 568,000 unsold single-family homes on the market. It’s not a massive gain, but inventory is growing and will continue to grow over the next few months. As the U.S. That’s up 1.5%