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DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

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Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of homes permitted, started, under construction and completed all remain well above pre-pandemic levels but below the peaks reached in the last three years.

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Zonda announces major business acquisition

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By extension, Zonda also acquired NewHomeSource.com , one of the largest listings platforms for newly constructed homes, and Envision , a new home design platform. Founded in 2000, BDX is owned by a group of 24 leading U.S. Zonda will be able to integrate its new construction data and tech platform with the leading portal for U.S.

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Mortgage rates continue falling before Thanksgiving: Freddie Mac

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“In recent weeks, rates have dropped by half a percent, but potential homebuyers continue to hold out for lower rates and more inventory,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. Except for the last seven weeks, current mortgage rates hit their highest levels since 2000.

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New home sales make it clear: Housing is in a recession

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This data line confirms what we all know to be the case: The housing market, at least as it relates to construction, is in a recession. We talked about this in March , and even last year, when I wrote about the problem with the housing construction boom premise. “I don’t expect a boom in housing construction.

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Where’s the bottom for new home sales?

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New home sales are now below the recession levels of 2000 and have fallen all the way to 1996 levels, when interest rates were near 8%. The builders will pull back on construction when the supply is 6.5 From Census: For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply, The seasonally?adjusted months of supply is still under construction 2.1

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Homebuilders are feeling pretty good right now

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New home construction is taking on an increased role in the marketplace because many home owners with loans well below current mortgage rates are electing to stay put, and this is keeping the supply of existing homes at a very low level ,” Alicia Huey, the NAHB chair, said in a statement. That share from 2000-2019 was a 12.7%

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Higher rates flip the homebuilders’ fortunes (again)

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As we can see in the chart below, we are still below the recession levels of 2000 and really trending at 1996 levels. Homebuilders’ for-sale inventory and months’ supply The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of January was 439,000. However, this isn’t how inventory grows in America.

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