Housing Wire
MARCH 4, 2024
At HousingWire , we have a debate about whether home sellers will freeze up again this year as mortgage rates stay stubbornly high. But now it’s March, and mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been all year, the economy continues to report strong numbers so the Fed is growing less likely to cut rates soon. So that rule holds.
Housing Wire
MARCH 2, 2023
Nationwide, pre-pandemic the first week of February typically marks the lowest point for housing inventory during the year, as sellers return to the market in time for spring, but since the onset of the pandemic this predictable trend has been thrown out the window. “ What happened to ‘normal’?
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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. Mortgage rates went from 7.19%% to 7.37%. Last year, the seasonal decline took longer than usual, but 2022 was an abnormal year with mortgage rates.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, home prices would crash, and we would see the housing market of 2008 all over again. Looking back on 2023, the inventory story was a big surprise even as mortgage rates headed toward 8%, as the data below will show. Weekly inventory change (Dec.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 29, 2024
2023 was the weirdest real estate market on record. We played mortgage rate ping-pong, had unprecedented low levels of inventory and still there were escalating prices. Always ask who they know who could use your help buying or selling real estate. All this happened, but you survived it, so go you!
Housing Wire
JULY 7, 2022
With a rapid spike in interest rates, inventory at historic lows, home prices rising at unprecedented levels above income, and a purchase market that is both highly anxious and digitally reliant, mortgage and real estate professionals must be strategic to capture the market opportunity today.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
What’s going on with housing inventory ? The last four weeks of new listings data have been the most volatile since mortgage rates breached 6% in 2022. In reality, the volatility in housing inventory is due to the Labor Day holiday, the start of school and the fact that new listings are trending at the lowest levels ever.
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