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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. The housing market shifted in March of this year. As the 10-year yield broke above 1.94% and mortgage rates rose, we saw the impact on housing data. Today, however, the purchase application data is actually down to levels we saw in 2009 ! housing market.

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Opinion: The ripple effect on the U.S. housing market from China’s real estate crisis

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The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. in 2008 and 2009. Investors who have been burned by events in China may also start seeing ghosts in other markets and decide the risk profile is just too unfavorable. Following a pattern eerily similar to the U.S.

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Millennials struggle to compete with boomers for homes

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From 2009 to 2019, the share of recent buyers who are 60 years and old grew 47% , while the share of recent buyers ages 18-39 fell by 13%. In addition, the median age of a homebuyer who completed their purchase within the past year rose from 40 in 2009 to 44 in 2019. housing market,” Tucker said in a statement.

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Housing starts reach nine-month high in December

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Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. This is the highest level housing starts have reached in the past nine months. Construction of single-family homes dropped 2.3% from November to 1.172 million units, the construction of multifamily units again posted a sizable increase of 13.7% Census Bureau.

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Homebuilders are primed for an even better 2024

Housing Wire

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. Let’s look at the new construction forecast for 2024. million new single-family construction units in 2024.

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Two years after fleeing to the suburbs, homebuyers have flocked back to cities

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The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the housing market like no event since the 2008 financial crisis, but some of the trends induced by the pandemic are starting to reverse. Between 2009 and 2021, the typical home purchased was built in the early 1990s. The age of homes purchased is also telling.

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Watchdog report: Institutional investors ‘may have contributed to increasing home prices’

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A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that while institutional investors may have contributed to rising home prices since 2009, the actual impact they have had on homeownership opportunities is more difficult to assess.

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