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New homes account for the highest share of sales since 2005

Housing Wire

The housing market in 2024 was about as frustrating for the real estate industry as you can imagine. Thats the highest share for new sales since 2005, which was during the building boom driven by cheaper housing, looser credit requirements and high demand for mortgage-backed securities. of all transactions.

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Cincinnati’s housing market in a word? Unpredictable

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The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. Despite two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates rose again and remain stubbornly high. Its unpredictable, said Teena Jackson, a Redfin agent in Cincinnati.

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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

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Since the weaker CPI data was released in November, bond yields and mortgage rates have been heading lower. The question then was: What would lower mortgage rates do to this data? Now, with five weeks of data in front of us, we can say they have stabilized the market. Mortgage rates went from a low of 2.5%

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Comparing this housing market recession to 2008

Housing Wire

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. Housing permits and starts are falling now, even with the backlog of homes in the system. With less transaction volume , general incomes in the housing sector are falling.

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This is not 2008 all over again for the housing market

Housing Wire

When you hear people say that the current housing market is like 2008 all over again, you may want to remind them of the huge differences between this market and that one. The previous economic expansion, from 2010-2019, wasn’t a housing bubble. Because of this I am calling this the unhealthiest housing market post-2010.

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Here’s why the housing market needs higher mortgage rates

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This was the last thing we needed to see for the Housing Market , which went from unhealthy to savagely unhealthy. What I am hoping for is that higher rates create more days on the market, cool price growth down, and at some point this year, we stop being negative and be positive on a year-over-year basis.

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Home prices haven’t risen this fast since 2005

Housing Wire

The March gain is also the largest since December 2005 and is one of the largest in the index’s 30-year history, said Craig Lazzara, managing director and global head of index investment strategy at S&P DJI. Alternatively, there may have been a secular change in preferences, leading to a permanent shift in the demand curve for housing.”