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Despite lack of supply, existing home sales rise 6.7%

Housing Wire

Homebuyers flocked to what little inventory existed in January, with existing-home sales rising 6.7% from December and mortgage rates shot up 30 basis points. ” While homebuilders are getting closer to delivering new homes , they remain stymied by ongoing global supply chain issues. January sales fell 2.3%

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Logan Mohtashami on why this is a savagely unhealthy housing market

Housing Wire

However, since I had the possibility of the 10-year yield getting to 2.42% and 4% plus mortgage rates, I accounted for that in the range. The one thing that has happened in 2022 that has been worse is that national inventory levels have worsened in 2022 to start the year. Inventory has been falling for years.

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Supply chain issues still stymieing homebuilders

Housing Wire

Strong buyer demand in February helped offset supply chain challenges and a surge in lumber prices, according to Chuck Fowke, NAHB chairman. Inventory remains low, as well. Homesnap foresees the current housing shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the housing market.

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How Will War, Inflation and Rising Interest Rates Affect the Real Estate Market

Eppraisal

From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to continued supply chain disruptions to increasing urban crime to inflation -- always inflation -- we are bombarded with challenging circumstances and pessimistic forecasts. Freddie Mac -- the federally-backed mortgage investor -- reports that mortgage rates dipped from 3.89

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The Current State of The Homebuilding Industry

Eppraisal

From COVID-19 interventions to supply chain disruptions to record inflation, the hits kept coming against a real estate market that was already experiencing diminished inventories and a growing pool of buyers. Prior to COVID, i.e. March of 2020, inventory was already falling. economy, home building prominent among them.

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Home Buyer Frustration Will Increase in 2022

Hank Miller Team

So what's in store for home buyers and sellers that have to make a move this spring? Buyers will again be challenged and sellers will reap the reward…until they become buyers. The Jan/Feb inventory bounce always happens; and it did in 2020 until the world stopped. See the inventory bumps as we head into the first quarter?

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2022 Housing Market Predictions: What To Expect

Quicken Loans

Mortgage rates dropped down to record lows that carried through much of 2021. In combination with low housing inventory and labor shortages, that drove up selling prices. Some sought out properties that could support home offices, while others simply didn’t want to miss out on the low mortgage rates. Buyer demand continued.