Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Despite mortgage rates briefly falling below the 6% threshold, both housing inventory and mortgage demand fell last week. Let’s dive into the trend lines of the housing market. The show-me part of the housing market starts with this bounce from an extreme bottom. This week inventory fell 8,664 units from the previous week.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2023

Did the recent move in higher mortgage rates impact the new listings data more than normal? I hope this isn’t the case, but we had a noticeable move lower in new listings last week. Weekly active listings rose by only 6,618. The Fed spoke at Jackson Hole last Friday but that didn’t move mortgage rates much.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data showed positive weekly growth again — and the bounce from the bottom is more noticeable now. Housing inventory decreased by 6,468 units, a more pronounced decline from the previous week. However, it has now fallen again, and inventory decreased by 6,468.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

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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Inman

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In January, the real estate market saw a 17.5 percent decline in net new listings and a 2 percent decrease in contract signings, driven by mortgage rate fluctuations, according to HouseCanary.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. New data from the U.S. The number of owner-occupied homes skyrocketed, quickly depleting the number of vacant for-sale homes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In May, I wrote about the signs to watch for a real estate market slowdown. It’s now October, we’ve had the biggest spike in mortgage rates we’ve seen in decades, and all the signs of a slowdown are here: Inventory is rising. The price of new listings is dropping. More homes are taking price reductions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2023

Last week, mortgage rates hit a 21st-century high, the 10-year yield closed slightly higher than my peak forecast for 2023 , and housing inventory growth was still slow. Weekly active listings rose by only 4,401. Will higher rates extend the inventory season, or are we going into the traditional seasonal decline?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

After mortgage rates spiked to 8% in October, causing a riot in the real estate industry, we had an epic move lower in mortgage rates last week. At this stage of the economic cycle, softer labor market data is vital not only for the Fed to pivot, but for the 10-year yield and mortgage rates to go lower.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

A few months ago, the United States housing market failed Econ 101. metropolitan areas in February 2022, based on year-over-year growth in median listing price according to the residential real estate listing website, Realtor.com. Table 1: 10 Hottest Housing Markets out of the Top 250 Metro Areas, February 2022.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. from the previous year ($375,300). All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. The last time we saw prices decline, the combination of declining prices and bad mortgages forced inventory onto the market. This time, declining prices are likely tempering the pace of inventory going onto the market rather than accelerating.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve seen more homebuyers cancel deals in the last six months than I’ve seen at any point during my 24 years of working in real estate. They’re getting cold feet,” said Jaime Moore, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Reno, Nevada. Year-over-year new listings were down 14.4%. The median U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In addition, this is the fourth straight month of inventory declining, while days on the market are growingl! From NAR : “In essence, the residential real estate market was frozen in November, resembling the sales activity seen during the COVID-19 economic lockdowns in 2020,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

” Kanacki’s market, like many others, remains competitive as buyers continue to experience bidding wars amid historically low housing inventory and an uptick in home prices. “I There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory. But now this is a real risk. We are getting closer to that period where total inventory traditionally falls. The parts of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This is pushing many prospective homebuyers to the sidelines until the market becomes healthier. Meanwhile, available inventory continues to dwindle as many homeowners stay put to keep their relatively low mortgage rates. 17, total active listings were at 806,701, down 16.2% New listings are down 6.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Bluffton, South Carolina. Gillette, Wyoming.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The housing market is heating up as the spring buying season approaches. Well-priced homes are selling fast, often within 29 days, and that time frame is bound to shorten as the shopping season opens, according to Zillow ’s January market report. In January, one in five houses listed on Zillow included a price cut.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“The impact is greater in expensive areas of the country and in markets that witnessed significant home price gains in recent years.”. Both a pullback in demand and limited supply remain vexing problems for the housing market. Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22 Unsold inventory sits at a 3.3-month

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

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. But as sales slowed in December, the inventory of unsold existing homes also receded, dropping 13.4% On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 34% in December.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami appeared on CNBC‘s Squawk on the Street on Wednesday to talk about the health of the housing market , and more specifically about today’s pending home sales data. However, he noticed another notable decline in listing since mortgage rates really peaked above the 7% range.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami appeared on CNBC ‘s Worldwide Exchange on Wednesday to talk about the health of the housing market , explaining the effect of high mortgage rates and low inventory on existing home sales. credit rating and its affect on the housing market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Prospective home buyers experienced another difficult month due to the persistent lack of housing inventory and the highest mortgage rates in a generation,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8% On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8%

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Competition between would-be homebuyers is still high, but an increase in homes hitting the market in June brought some relief from bidding wars. The market is still competitive, but buyers are more trepidatious than they were at the start of 2021, and less willing to pull out every stop in order to win.” million and 1.92

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2023

Unlike a typical spring homebuying season in which sellers are also looking to buy a home, people trying to relocate into a bigger or smaller home in the Mid-Atlantic region made up a relatively small share of the housing market. of sales were rental or investment properties or second homes , according to a survey of 1,063 listing agents.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. From the index : I know it seems strange, but existing home sales are falling, and the monthly supply of new homes is at 10.9 million listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Declining mortgage rates could have improved affordability for buyers in the housing market in February, but instead spurred a demand that, combined with a persistent lack of inventory across the U.S., In total, 39 of the 50 largest markets saw home prices increase on an adjusted basis in February. In February, it took 33.2%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But the virus has had anything but a negative impact on real estate in El Paso. According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. Interest rates were so low, at 2.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Armed with data from HousingWire sister company Altos Research , we can see in minute detail how the housing market responded to the recent 7%-and-higher rate environment and what the market may see again soon. This is clear in the chart below, which shows the year-over-year percent change in the four-week average of new listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Home price appreciation in February climbed 20% over the previous year, marking the 12th month of consecutive double-digit gains , according to figures released Tuesday by real estate analytics firm CoreLogic. A key shift will come in inventory levels, suggests Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 28, 2022

Has There Been a Shift In The Real Estate Market? From all indications, there has been a definite shift in the real estate market. The recent increase in interest rates has injected another variable into the market that participants are reacting to. 5 Real Estate Stats To Keep An Eye On.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

Nearly 50% of homes sold for more than their list price during the four weeks ending May 16, but there are signs that housing market demand may be reaching its peak, according to a recent study from Redfin. Homes in May are also on the market for an average of only 17 days. The post Is housing market demand starting to weaken?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

The Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, increased 3.7% In its last meeting in March, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, climbing from 4.75% to 5%, its ninth consecutive rate hike. The survey, conducted since 1990, covers over 75% of all U.S.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

That’s great news if you are a seller though. . In short, huge demand that inventory simply can’t keep up with. Homes are selling at such a feverish pace that active listings are plummeting across the board, further lowering our months of inventory available to buyers. What’s driving this?

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is a local trend, but it’s something showing up in many markets across the country also.

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