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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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A Closer Look at the Housing Market’s Inventory Deficits

Appraisal Buzz

Despite the construction boom that happened shortly after pandemic restrictions began being lifted—that has since slowed—the U.S. This balance of available homes to homeseekers reached a tipping point when the Great Recession hit in 2007-2009—a balance which reached a tipping point when the recession ushered in a decade of underbuilding.

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

Housing Wire

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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Housing starts reach nine-month high in December

Housing Wire

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% Housing demand has outstripped supply since 2009,” First American deputy chief economist Odeta Kushi said in a statement. 2021 was a strong year for construction.”.

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Economists see housing as bright spot to unemployment

Housing Wire

Due to massive losses in the servicing sector outnumbering professional and construction job gains, the raw number of nonfarm payroll employment fell by 140,000 – the first decline since April of last year. More workers in the sector should support the faster pace of housing construction the market needs,” Fratantoni said.

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Fannie Mae raises 2023 origination forecast to $1.62T

Housing Wire

The lack of existing homes for sale on the market is driving a resurgence of home-price growth and supporting increases in new home construction, according to Fannie Mae ’s Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) group. The extent of the ongoing lack of inventory has exceeded our prior expectation,” the ESR group said in its July commentary.