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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. NAR lists the current inventory at 1.22 million, with a peak in 2007 a tad over 4 million.

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Lincoln slog: Why home prices don’t rise in Springfield

Housing Wire

Barack Obama uttered those words on the footsteps of the Illinois state capitol in 2007 – a speech where the former Illinois state senator declared his candidacy for president. median home price of $207,000. Springfield was the only one of those 183 to see a year-over-year home sale price decline. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Have we already reached peak home sales for the year?

Housing Wire

From the National Association of Realtors : Total existing-home sales – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – bounced 9.5% Here is some perspective on the NAR active inventory data: Since 1982, traditional normal inventory levels range between 2 million and 2.5

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. million, and in 2007, it peaked at 4 million.

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Mortgage rates hold steady at 2.87%

Housing Wire

” Khater added that purchase application demand is improving, but very low inventory is the major obstacle to higher home sales. While borrowers weigh the benefits of refinancing their mortgage, in the purchase market, they still face rising prices and a lack of inventory. The lack of inventory is not expected to improve soon.

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U.S. home prices hit 14-year high in October

Housing Wire

Home prices have continued to increase this year as a result of low inventory and high demand for homes. million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Single-family housing starts saw their highest gain since 2007 in November, according to the U.S. census divisions, reported an 8.4% The National Index is now up 24.5%

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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. Inventory is always seasonal. Today inventory levels are at 1.02