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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. Looking ahead Confronted with limited existing home inventory, many buyers have pivoted to newly constructed homes. But new listings activity grew by 9.1% NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased to 77.3 in November.

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Pending home sales recede in January: NAR

Housing Wire

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. Meanwhile, new home sales , which are also a measure of contract signings, reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000 in January, up 1.5% Overall active inventory improved 7.9% from December’s annualized rate.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. From the index : I know it seems strange, but existing home sales are falling, and the monthly supply of new homes is at 10.9 Housing inventory issue with no booming demand.

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Buyers are getting cold feet as mortgage rates exceed 7%: Redfin

Housing Wire

Rates last month surged to 7.23%—the highest since 2001 – sending the typical homebuyer’s monthly payment up significantly from last year. Home prices not expected to fall Home prices are high due to competition among buyers for limited inventory in the market. Year-over-year new listings were down 14.4%. The median U.S.

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2023 Maine Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

If we were to pinpoint the standout factor, it would be the remarkably low number of homes listed, the lowest in over two decades. This scarcity in inventory had the effect of keeping prices high, but there was a substantial decrease in sales, approximately 19%, leaving prospective buyers eager. Maine Sales Decreased by 18.9%

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Housing inventory nationwide flipped from oversupply to undersupply about a dozen years ago when consumers and the banking industry began to slowly rebound financially from the Great Recession. America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades. bath , 5546 sq.

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

million housing units since 2001. Some highlights from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (through July): The combined number of condo, townhome and single-family homes on the market as of Aug. However, we are miles from a balanced market, with King County total active listings still 31% fewer than this time last year.