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Even with low inventory, expect a strong 2021 housing market

Housing Wire

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.

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More than half of homes sold above asking price in May

Housing Wire

And 54% of homes sold above their asking price in May — another a record high, up from 26% a year ago, according to a new report from Redfin. The report also shows the housing market also set new records for home-selling speeds and competition, although seasonally adjusted home sales and new listings flattened from April.

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Housing inventory growth slows to a halt

Housing Wire

We saw some good growth this week, and hopefully, in 2024, we can close the gap and get back to 2021-2022 data on new listings. That is the critical period for new listing data to grow; remember, most sellers are buyers. Weekly inventory change (Nov. If we start from Nov. Now that we are past Nov.

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Mortgage rates should drop below 7% as housing demand picks up

Housing Wire

Purchase application data Hello, early Christmas present! One concern with higher mortgage rates was that more sellers — who are traditional buyers — would not list their homes. I talked about growth in the new listings data on CNBC as it appeared to me we were forming a bottom months ago.

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My Forbes Column: Keeping Housing Market Results From The Public Is Never Justified: An Expansive View

Miller Samuel

Keeping Housing Market Results From The Public Is Never Justified: An Expansive View. When the Covid-19 crisis began halfway through March, the Manhattan housing market was placed on “pause,” as were many housing markets around the country. Days on market during Covid-19. Only sellers matter?

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The 2023 housing market bent, but didn’t break

Housing Wire

housing market and that they need to be pro-housing again. Even with all the drama we have dealt with in 2022-2023, the housing market stayed intact and never broke. Let’s look at the tracker for the week before Christmas and see what the forward-looking data looks like before we open presents.

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Mortgage rates are close to 7%, and may remain so for several weeks longer

Housing Wire

Though a strong job market and cooling inflation means many households will be in a good position to buy a house, high mortgage rates and still-high housing prices continue to present stiff challenges, said Realtor.com economist Jiayi Xu.

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