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Home sellers are returning to the market

Housing Wire

The weekly volume of new listings is now higher than at anytime last year. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. Two years ago, inventory was jumping along with mortgage rates.

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A look at Knoxville’s hot housing market

Housing Wire

Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. But like the rest of the country, low housing inventory has hit the city hard. The KAAR also said housing inventory dropped for six straight months to start the new year. year-over-year.

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November Housing Update

Will Springer Realtor

Among all home types in King, new listings have fallen 26% in the past month and existing homes for sale at the start of November were down 8.1% Sure, the increases in inventory are impressive – up 123% for all homes in the county from 2021 to today and up a whopping 359% on the Eastside – but that should not surprise anyone.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices. Except for the pandemic year of 2020, last month was the slowest April since at least 2008 when easy access to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data became available. I love the listing video ! List: $8M ($1272/sq.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

The number of new and active listings (still on the market on May 1) is trending higher in King month-to-month, but since June 2021 Pending sales (homes going under contract) for all residential units in the county have declined compared to the same month the year before. Inventories rose in the past month across the county (0.8

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HOME BUYERS FACING ‘TRIPLE-WHAMMY’ EFFECT

Will Springer Realtor

People are looking at higher prices, there’s slim pickings in inventory and now we have higher mortgage rates.”. Inventory remains a big concern. months of single-family-home inventory in King County and on the Eastside, and 0.5 months (6 days) of single-family inventory. months (6 days) of single-family inventory.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

The multi-pronged effort includes legislative and administrative actions to increase the number of affordable units and overall inventory. >> Seattle homeowners pay a median $4580 in property taxes, based on data collected by LendingTree.com. New York City is No. 1 ($8602), followed by San Jose, Calif.

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