Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

One reason that home prices have stayed elevated is that inventory nationally is still restricted. But if current trends continue, the inventory shortage will be effectively gone by next spring. In fact, while home prices are higher than a year ago, inventory has increased at the rate price appreciation has decreased.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What will the housing market look like in 2025? We already see many signals for what to expect, including last week’s data on inventory , new listings and price reductions, which I analyze below. For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 23, 2025

has experienced two decades of slow but steady housing market growth, paired with inventory growth that has suffered through both the Great Recession and the pandemic. In 2023, total inventory hit 144 million housing units, a 16.7% Americas Boomtowns: Which Cities Grew Housing Inventories the Fastest?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Rising housing inventory levels in 2024 may not be the positive sign of market health that they appear to be. High inventory levels contribute to another problem as active listings are remaining unsold for longer periods. The report focuses on homes that were on the market for at least 60 days at end of the month.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? We know inventory has been climbing all year. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed. Inventory is growing Lets start with supply.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

“Despite higher mortgage rates in November and persistent affordability challengers, buyers took advantage of more inventory as pending home sales reached the highest level in nearly two years. Buyers appear to be done waiting for rates to fall, prompting them to enter the market to take advantage of higher inventory levels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its hard to imagine something more disruptive to a housing market than a hurricane. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Unsold inventory of homes on the market has been rising for years and is already at the highest level since 2019 nationally. A new variable this spring is that there are also more sellers coming to market each week than there have been in five years. If you need to understand or communicate about this housing market, join us.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Fluctuating interest rates have been a feature of the housing market over the last three years. As mortgage rates rose, homebuyer demand slowed and inventory grew. Our 2025 housing market predictions are based on the assumption that lower mortgage rates will spur demand and boost the number of homes sales transactions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic turned a number of nontraditional cities into housing market hotspots. While some of those markets have since seen a reversal of fortunes, 2025 may bring a few more surprises. Locked-in mortgages have been widely credited with cutting off housing inventory.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. HW: What housing trends do you think will continue in 2025 and why? JL: Housing inventory has been climbing in recent months.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

housing market is anything but stable right now and residents are feeling it. housing market using weekly data from Altos, which includes more than 60 different data points on every metro area in the country, to see how employment is changing the housing market. ’s job market. housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Housing inventory, which saw an excellent pickup a few weeks ago, has been slowing down and last week we saw a slight decline. Has seasonality finally kicked in or did back-to-back hurricanes slow things enough to influence inventory data? Since then, inventory growth has been slowing down and even declined last week.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

If youre thinking about buying or selling a house and wondering about the housing market, youre not the only one. The real estate market has seen a lot of unusual trends in the past couple of years, so it makes sense that youd want the latest market update before you make any major decisions!

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Realtor.com has revealed its Top Housing Markets for 2025 , highlighting the areas ready for growth in the year ahead. Inventory on the Rise While the nations housing inventory remains a challenge, a recovery is underway, with the number of homes for sale in November notching the highest mark since December 2019.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

With the notable exception of parts of Texas and Florida, this is keeping inventory tight and prices relatively firm, effectively killing the refinancing space. As painful as this might be to read, the long term solution for affordability and inventory constraints could simply be, drum roll please, Time. Time for real (i.e.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. There’s just so many people here that are still looking for houses, Bradford said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Florida was one of the hottest destinations during the pandemic, but the states housing market might be coming down to earth. According to a report from Redfin, for-sale inventory at the end of January in Florida was up 22.7% Redfin attributes the rise in inventory to several factors. year over year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

And while the slower sales pace may not be great news for real estate professionals, it has resulted in an uptick in inventory , which is good news for homebuyers. For-sale inventory at the end of September was 1.39 month supply of unsold inventory, up from 4.2 million, up 1.5% from August and up 23% from one year ago.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As Baby Boomers age out of their homes, will it help create enough inventory to boost the housing market? As per a recent report from Zillow , it all depends on the specific housing market. So, as a result, the increase in inventory from a silver tsunami might not help that much. Among the 50 largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Zillow also reported that, after a tumultuous five years, many measures of the housing market are trending closer to historic norms. Notably, while the flow of new listings to the market is still nearly 14% lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, its much improved to compared to the deficit of 25% in March 2024.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Zillow is predicting a more active housing market in 2025 , but those hoping to buy — or even refinance — should buckle up for a bumpy ride and be ready to move when conditions are right. More inventory should shake loose in 2025, giving buyers a bit more room to breathe.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. More inventory should shake loose in 2025, giving buyers a bit more room to breathe.” According to Zillow’s market heat index, 13 major metro regions are buyers markets right now, with the majority of them in the Southeast.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. Home sales in 2024 have been well below historic norms. Real estate investors tend to be more insulated from these dynamics, particularly from mortgage rates, as they are more likely to buy properties with cash.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

Here is the weekly data for 2025: 9 positive readings 6 negative readings 3 flat prints 15 straight weeks of positive year-over-year data Total pending sales The latest weekly data on total pending sales from Altos provides valuable insights into current trends in housing demand.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

But there may be some improvement on the horizon as newly listed home inventory grew 37.5% more homes were actively listed for sale on a given day in January, following a 15-month trend of higher annualized inventory levels. In total, inventory levels were 10.8% Only 14 metro areas surpassed pre-pandemic inventory levels.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2025

Let’s dig into the latest Housing Market Tracker data to see what last week brought us. Weekly housing inventory data The most encouraging development in the housing market for 2024 and 2025 is the increase in inventory. Historically, mortgage spreads should range between 1.60%-1.80%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

In an exclusive HousingWire virtual event , HousingWire President Diego Sanchez led a powerhouse discussion with three of the most respected voices in housing: Ivy Zelman, Logan Mohtashami, and Dale Wettlaufer. Ivy Zelman added that due to margins, builder availability to by down rates may start to fade.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

While the current focus is rightfully on containing the blazes and protecting residents, its worth taking stock of where housing markets stand in the affected parts of the Los Angeles metro area. Data from Altos Research shows an area with expensive housing, rising inventory and conditions that lean favorable to sellers.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Redfin cited a number of reasons for this increase in the nations housing inventory, including: The mortgage rate lock-in effect is fading: A number of homeowners who scored low mortgage rates during the pandemic have been staying put because moving would mean taking on a higher rate. month-over-month, and 4.7% year-over-year.

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APRIL 3, 2025

As more properties came ontothe market and overall inventory increased for the 17th consecutive month, the U.S. housing market showed signs of a sustained recovery this spring, according to Realtor.com s March Housing Trends Report. and the overall number of homes currently for sale jumping 28.5%

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APRIL 2, 2025

In its 2025 Industry Survey , Redfin dug deeper into how real estate agents view their careers, the housing market, and other hot-button industry issues. The ongoing lack of inventory (42.8%) and declining commissions (42%) are also significant challenges. rating it as a major concern.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

housing market particularly its levels of affordability, available inventory and accessibility for those with mobility or cognitive challenges presents a unique challenge for older Americans on fixed incomes. The state of the U.S. This has led to a failure to properly serve the senior cohort.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

I founded Altos nearly 20 years ago to bring a new level of analytics and data to the housing market. Ill still play an advisory role and will continue to contribute to HousingWire with a monthly column on the market. Its a pivotal time in the housing market. Connecticut finally has inventory growth over 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Existing home sales ended the year on a positive note , which aligns with our weekly Housing Market Tracker data, but something surprising is that home prices firmed up late in the year as well. However, housing demand surged when mortgage rates fell in the early 1980s during a recession. A few key notes on the charts below 1.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The housing market in Washington D.C. Sweeping cuts by Elon Musks DOGE agency have sent many government employees packing, while other staff need to find housing in the area to comply with return-to-work mandates. Will inventory levels skyrocket as federal workers leave? housing market. housing market.

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