Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

New listings hit the highest level since July 2022, increasing 1.9% Im seeing a lot more inventory hit the market than I have in past years, but its not nearly enough, said Charles Wheeler, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in San Diego. The post Housing Inventory Hits Five-Year High first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2025

Weekly pending sales for the last week over the past several years: 2025: 405,489 2024: 395,923 All in all, the housing market is not only experiencing a healthier inventory year, but demand is holding up even with elevated mortgage rates, crazy headlines and one bear market print in stocks. The seasonal peak period for our data has ended.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for sale and new listings are running well ahead of last years pace. But big year-over-year increases dont necessarily mean inventory levels are high, nor is that one metric useful to determine affordability.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The three years in the post-pandemic housing market have been marked by very few sellers 60,000 new listings in a given week vs. 80,000 in years’ past. Inventory continues to contract There are now 651,000 single-family homes unsold on the market across the U.S. These are unsold new listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Weekly housing inventory data Spring is finally here, and you know what that means it’s time for the usual inventory boost that happens every year! I have to say that the best part of the housing story in 2024 has been watching the active inventory try to get back to a more normal level.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data Last week saw another slight decline in active listing and soon, the holidays will kick in. The seasonal decline is well underway, and it looks like the 739,434 level will be the peak of inventory for 2024. Weekly inventory change (Nov. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Additionally, our weekly pending contract data and new listings are trending positively compared to last year. Weekly housing inventory data Spring is upon us, and for me, the most compelling story in housing for 2024 and 2025 has been the inventory growth. This trend highlights the evolving dynamics within the market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2025

Weekly housing inventory data The most encouraging development in the housing market for 2024 and 2025 is the increase in inventory. For the housing market to operate more effectively in the long term, we needed inventory to return to pre-pandemic levels. Historically, mortgage spreads should range between 1.60%-1.80%.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

Weekly pending sales for the last week over the past several years: 2025: 409,896 2024: 400,653 2023: 387,251 Weekly housing inventory data In great news for the housing market in 2024 and 2025, were seeing an increase in inventory! Let’s celebrate this seasonal uptick in inventory as a step in the right direction!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Will inventory levels skyrocket as federal workers leave? Weekly housing inventory ramps up What do we see in the data on housing inventory levels in the D.C. Weekly housing inventory ramps up What do we see in the data on housing inventory levels in the D.C. But inventory remains well below historical averages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data Housing inventory fell last week, which is typical at this time of year. The peak in 2024 inventory will be 739,434, which isnt a normal level for inventory, but it’s good enough for me to feel much better about the housing market. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2025

As more properties came ontothe market and overall inventory increased for the 17th consecutive month, the U.S. of listings, the largest percentage for any March since at least 2016. 2019 Median listing price +0.0% (to $424,900) +38.9% Active listings +28.5% -20.0% New listings +10.2% -8.8% year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We already see many signals for what to expect, including last week’s data on inventory , new listings and price reductions, which I analyze below. Housing inventory There are now 722,000 unsold single-family homes on the market around the U.S. Below is the 10-year view of inventory trends in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

There are three big trends for this summers housing market: Unsold inventory of homes on the market continues to grow. Connecticut finally has inventory growth over 2024. Not a ton, but it tells us that basically everywhere in the country, inventory is climbing. Inventory is back to pre-pandemic levels. Thats up 1.5%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Despite the Florida hurricanes, and in the face of recently rising mortgage rates , unsold inventory of homes on the market climbed this week by about 1%. We’ve been expecting inventory to climb, and to tick up again next week before seasonal inventory declines start in November. Last year, inventory rose by 1.5%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data Housing inventory fell last week, which is typical at this time of year. We should expect a decline in inventory until the spring season starts heating up again. The year-over-year inventory growth is the best housing story for 2024. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

The New Years week was expected to be slow, so it’s no surprise that new listings and sales are down. The Christmas and New Year’s holidays fell on Wednesdays this year, which messes up two full weeks in terms of getting home sales done and tracking the numbers. Those will start rebounding in next weeks data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We track inventory and home sales very closely, so the biggest surprise this year has been the resiliency of home prices. Inventory ticked down this week Inventory ticked down to 738,000 from 739,000 last week. Our model had expected inventory to climb just a bit this week. They have not.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2025

Weekly housing inventory data We are heading into 2025, and historically, housing inventory tends to bottom in March and April, at least following the COVID pandemic. In the last decade before that, we would see the lowest inventory in late January or February and then inventory would start rising.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data As we enter the year’s final weeks, we usually see a drop in housing inventory. However, Im excited about the story behind the current market inventory has grown from the depressed levels we experienced in early 2022. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Weekly pending contracts for the past week over the past several years: 2025: 288,605 2024: 297,402 2023: 283,689 Weekly housing inventory data The highlight of 2024 for me was the growth in housing inventory as we began to return to normal levels. Weekly inventory change (Jan. Weekly inventory change (Jan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2025

Moreover, the number of new listings has also increased compared to the previous year. New listings Weekly data can be volatile around the holidays, particularly around July 4th, which fell on a Friday this year. Our new listing data has taken a significant dip, even falling below last year’s figures.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sales are slow, so inventory of unsold homes is building. Condo inventory is growing faster than single family. Inventory is up There are now 632,000 single-family homes unsold on the market around the U.S. As I mentioned, inventory of unsold condos is growing faster than that of single-family houses. Thats been changing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

There were 45,000 new listings for single-family homes across the country this week, which is a big jump. It seems more sellers are coming out every week and that will keep inventory pushing upward. First thing to note is that California has very restricted inventory. That’s 12% more sellers than a year ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2023

New listing data appears unafraid of the mortgage rate ghost story over the last few months. Unlike last year, when new listings data had a noticeable move lower once mortgage rates reached 6%, 8% mortgage rates haven’t had any noticeable impact on the latest new listings data.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2024

One of my critical forecasts for 2024 was the growth of new listings data and active inventory, even with higher mortgage rates. However, the new listings data has slightly disappointed me. New listings data I am pleased that we’ve seen new listings data grow year over year — it’s a big step forward.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Weekly housing inventory continues upward Is inventory in the D.C This week’s inventory data gives us a vantage point into this weeks market dynamics. Inventory for single-family homes in the D.C ’s inventory level compared to 2024. Data and common sense show that federal job cuts are stressing D.C’s

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Inventory also declined for the week but less than expected. Inventory has been compressing since last year, but it expanded this week. Inventory is moving down There are now 719,000 single-family homes unsold on the market around the U.S. We anticipate another 13% inventory growth next year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The most eye-popping data is for new listings. The week of the hurricane, new listings fell by about 80% in five major cities in the metro area Tampa, Clearwater, Largo, Brandon and Riverview. Clearwater lost 81% of its listings, the highest rate among the five cities. Pending home sales tell a similar story.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2024

New listings data has been moving lower over the last few weeks. But, we need to see more growth in new listings data just to grow from 2023 levels. 2023 new listings data was the lowest ever on record, so it’s already a low bar.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Inventory has been trending upward for the last two years despite persistently high mortgage rates, Mike Simonsen, president and founder of Altos Research , wrote on Monday. New listings ticked up by 21% in February compared to last year, according to Zillow ’s February report. metros experienced an increase in new listings.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2024

Have lower mortgage rates already started to slow down housing inventory? I have a simple weekly growth model with the Altos inventory data: when rates are high, over 7.25%, inventory should grow between 11,000-17,000 weekly. Still, I would consider the last month of inventory growth healthy.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Have we seen the peak in housing inventory for 2024? The best part about 2024 has been that higher mortgage rates have created an inventory buffer, so if the economy gets softer and rates fall, we have many more homes to work with than we had in 2020-2023. Weekly inventory change (Aug. Weekly inventory change (Aug.

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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.

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Realtor

JULY 10, 2025

Getty Images Halfway through 2025, supply growth in the housing market appears to be leveling off following a much-needed explosion of inventory in the first six months. Annual growth in active listings, while still positive, has settled in at close to 27% for each of the past three weeks, according to the Realtor.com® ” .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2023

Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. Still, we have some promising signs that we might have finally hit the inventory bottom for 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2025

Weekly housing inventory data The best story for housing is the housing inventory growth we’ve seen since the historically low levels we saw in 2022. Last week we had slight growth week over week, and we should be starting the seasonal increase in active inventory now. Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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