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Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?

Housing Wire

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. Today, however, the purchase application data is actually down to levels we saw in 2009 ! How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? I don’t believe housing inventory below 1.52 The housing market shifted in March of this year.

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Home prices are dropping like it’s 2009

Housing Wire

Home prices are now posting the biggest monthly declines since January 2009, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor report from Black Knight. “Historically low inventory – along with record low interest rates – was one of the key drivers behind U.S. Much of that depends on how much inventory returns to the market.

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International buyers purchase fewest existing homes on record: NAR

Housing Wire

International homebuyers purchased the fewest number of existing homes for any year since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) began tracking the data in 2009. This decrease came even as the average ($780,300) and median ($475,000) purchase prices for foreign buyers were the highest ever recorded by NAR, up 21.9% purchased $22.6

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Buyers viewed just eight homes before making their purchase

Housing Wire

Right after the Great Recession, between 2009 and 2011, buyers viewed a median of 12 homes before purchasing, as inventory was plentiful. From 2004 to 2006, during the housing boom years, even though homes were moving at a rapid pace, buyers typically looked at nine homes. month’s supply of homes.

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Here’s Why the Share of Existing Homes Bought by International Buyers Is Declining 

Appraisal Buzz

54,300 properties were purchased by foreign buyers, representing the lowest amount of homes purchased since 2009, the year NAR started collecting this data, and a 36% decrease from the prior year. home sales from foreign buyers.” Foreign buyers of existing residences in the U.S. decrease from the previous 12 months.

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How Andrew Marquis plans to close more loans in a low-inventory market  

Housing Wire

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. It’s also what keeps Andrew Marquis, regional vice president at CrossCountry Mortgage and Scotsman Guide ’s seventh top LO, up at night, especially as he sees more buyers entering the market.

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Rising Silicon Valley home prices aren’t deterring buyers

Housing Wire

“I honestly haven’t seen this kind of market for homes in San Jose since 2009.” “You’ve got a lot of young buyers — the millennial wave — that are looking to buy in San Jose, because they work at LinkedIn, Google, or Apple, which are all in this area,” Wellman said.

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