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The health of this housing market: Comparing 2024 data to 2011

Housing Wire

People are quick to panic over any part of the housing market that looks stressed, fearing we’ll see 2008 levels of destruction all over again. The housing bubble crash years of 2008-2011 saw a surge in foreclosures due to the lack of selling equity and this also profoundly impacted housing demand. of homes were underwater.

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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. Seasonal impacts are the norm with housing, and new listing data is negative 6% year to date.

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Today’s sellers don’t have to worry about underwater mortgages

Housing Wire

Underwater mortgages where borrowers owe more on their home than what it is worth pose a risk of foreclosure and hinder people from selling their homes, something that was rampant after 2008. Unlike in 2008, we will likely experience fewer foreclosures during the next recession when it happens.

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

“I think one of the major trends we are seeing is that our overall inventory is up 60% year over year compared to 2023,” said PJ Smith, president of the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the broker-owner of Naples Golf to Gulf Real Estate. “We Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023. In the CNBC interview, I stressed that we do have one positive on the inventory side of things: we are seeing new listings data growth. We have a big difference in the data on single-family permits and 5-unit permits.

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Changing homebuyer expectations are slowing the housing market

Housing Wire

It’s not unusual for a little jump in new listings in September. I interviewed Dr. Jessica Lautz from the National Association of Realtors for the Altos podcast and we talked about the prospect of 8% mortgage rates. The fact that home prices are up year over year just helps us see that there is no 2008 apocalypse happening.

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5 reasons you’re not going to see a ‘foreclosure wave’ anytime soon

Cornerstone

The housing crash of 2008 resulted in more than nine million households losing their homes to a short sale, foreclosure, or bank surrender. Today’s market can handle a million (or more) new listings. When the market was flooded with foreclosures in 2008, these homes only added to the surplus of homes listed for sale.