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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

The seasonal housing inventory bottom evaded us again last week as active listings fell and new listing inventory decreased. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory fell 5,383 last week, and new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023. The answer is no!

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

Housing Wire

Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. Weekly housing inventory The numbers this week are unfortunate: inventory should be growing like it does at this time every year.

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Watchdog report: Institutional investors ‘may have contributed to increasing home prices’

Housing Wire

Large institutional investors typically emerged following a raft of defaults and foreclosures stemming from the 2007-08 financial crisis , putting inventory on the market from 2007-09. Additionally, technological advancements allowed companies to acquire and manage large portfolios of single-family homes more easily.”

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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

Serious buyers showed discernment as they know inventory is growing. These buyers understand that more inventory is coming to the market and that they will have options. This scarcity in inventory acts as a safeguard against an imminent market crash, providing stability and support for continued price growth. With only 1.3

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Comparing this housing market recession to 2008

Housing Wire

This now goes into a subject matter that is a striking difference between 2022 versus 2008: Inventory and Credit. Housing inventory. Total housing inventory today — using the NAR data — stands at 1.14 The issue is that when housingw as in a recession in 2007, we had a massive spike in supply.

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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

Both these laws paved the way for more responsible lending and a more responsible consumer. Total inventory in America grew from 2000 to 2005 while demand grew. However, total inventory levels today are below 2019, 2014, 2007, 2005, and 2000 levels because homeowners are in a good place financially. Today, we are at 1.25

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

Especially in a year when inventory has crashed to all-time lows and demand for those houses is still so high. This got smashed in two years, and inventory levels broke to all-time lows this year. The speculative debt boom we saw from 2002-to 2005 can’t be repeated with the current lending standards in place.