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September single-family housing starts reached highest level since 2007

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above the revised August figure of 1.021 million, and a level not seen since 2007, Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae , said. million annualized units, a level not seen since 2007. . million annualized units, a level not seen since 2007. “While starts were up 10.4% “The former rose 8.5% over the month to 1.1

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Credit data shows: There’s no housing crash coming

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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. The new listings data we track with Altos Research is trending at the lowest levels ever during the past few years, while back then it was running at accelerated levels.

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How housing credit is shaping housing inventory

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million, currently at 1,110,000 As you can see above, inventory grew at a healthy clip in previous decades and then had a parabolic run higher in 2006 and 2007 when active inventory reached 4 million. Just look how lousy credit looked below in 2005, 2006 and 2007 — all before the job-loss recession in 2008.

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory grows

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Weekly housing inventory Since new listing data was trending at all-time lows in 2023, some feared we wouldn’t see the typical spring inventory increase. After the last few weeks , we can put that fear aside: we are finally getting the seasonal increase in active listing. didn’t go into recession until 2008.

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

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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.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

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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.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

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Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active listings rose by 8,546 , and new listing data showed some growth. If that is the case, then this week’s gain in active inventory and new listings needs to be taken with a grain of salt until we get next week’s data. However, I will take what I can now.

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