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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.

Inventory 539
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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. New listing data was trending at all-time lows in 2021 abd 2022 and now it’s creating a new all-time low trend in 2023.

Inventory 505
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Credit data shows: There’s no housing crash coming

Housing Wire

As you can see in the chart below, the credit markets broke in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and then the job-loss recession of 2008 started, which made things much worse. My crusade in the last decade was about ensuring lending standards are never eased because standards are already liberal today, but not crazy anymore.

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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

In Denver in particular, new listings increased 29.12% month-over-month and 22.63% year-over-year. Active listings at month’s end rose 13.14% to 5,511 homes, an astounding 45.87% gain year-over-year. After the last crash, builders scaled back significantly and never fully recovered to pre-2007 levels.

Inventory 451
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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. Total Inventory had been growing from 2001-2005; total listings data in 2005 was at the higher historical range of 2.5 million listings. I don’t need to see total active listing get back to the historical range of 2-2.5 From Redfin.

Inventory 397
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Market Outlook for 2019 and 2020: Trends to Watch

Boston Appraisal

Despite the continued appreciation, both real estate economists and the general public are starting to worry about the shadow of a second recession (the dramatic downturn of 2007 still on their minds). The Housing Market Is Going Strong… for Now The year 2019 started with a bang, and this wasn’t even news.

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Market Outlook for 2019 and 2020: Trends to Watch

Boston Appraisal

Despite the continued appreciation, both real estate economists and the general public are starting to worry about the shadow of a second recession (the dramatic downturn of 2007 still on their minds). The rise in stock is not always due to the appearance of new listings, but also the result of properties sitting on the market.