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Is housing inventory growth really slowing down?

Housing Wire

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Once that happens, I can finally take the savagely unhealthy housing market theme off my talking points. What does this mean? million to 1.93

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. NAR: Total housing inventory registered at the end of March was 1.11 million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article.

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Pending home sales are down 31% from last year

Housing Wire

according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors. Persistent inflation has proven quite harmful to the housing market,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. Yun noted that new listings are down compared to a year ago, as many existing homeowners do not want to give up the 3.0%

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Existing home sales ended the year with a whimper in 2022

Housing Wire

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Friday. The housing market may have started 2022 out with a bang, but it exited the year with a whimper,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. “The from November to a pace of 4.02 A total of 5.03 year over year.

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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. The Federal Reserve wanted to see the bidding wars end and the days on the market grow.

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Insatiable demand drives July pending home sales up 15% annually

Housing Wire

year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We We are witnessing a true V-shaped sales recovery as homebuyers continue their strong return to the housing market,” said Yun.

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

Housing Wire

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. The median existing- home price for all housing types in October was $391,800, down from $394,300 in September but up 3.4% In fact, a typical homeowner has accumulated more than $100,000 in housing wealth over the past three years.” Existing-home sales dropped 4.1%

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