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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

On Friday NAR reported that total housing inventory levels broke under 1 million in December, dropping to 970,00 units for a population of 330 million people. million in January down to about 4 million in December, We now have total inventory levels near all-time lows again. In one of the most historical years in the U.S.

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How to grow housing supply in 2021

Housing Wire

For now, though, the low inventory means housing starts have legs to move higher. Existing home inventory is also at all-time lows. Existing home inventory is also at all-time lows. Unsold inventory sits at an all-time-low 2.5-month Keep this rule of thumb in mind for the future, below 4.3 Existing Home Supply.

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New listings data is growing and prices still aren’t crashing

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Housing inventory is growing, but national home prices aren’t dropping dramatically, as the recent S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller index clearly showed. The last time we had a stressed seller market was when national home prices crashed in 2008-2011 and even with more inventory , we’re nowhere close to those levels.

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Existing home sales are working from a historic low bar

Housing Wire

Remember, with median sales prices and inventory, it’s very seasonal. However, remember, the dive in inventory is normal at this time of the year. Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale.

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Mortgage rates hold steady at key level for now

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory data My favorite housing data line for 2024 has been seeing the increase in inventory year over year. I firmly believe that housing inventory can grow over time when mortgage rates increase and we see weakness in demand. Here is a look at inventory last week: Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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As mortgage rates hit a two-decade high, mortgage applications tick down

Housing Wire

It is still facing limited for-sale inventory and struggling with affordability issues. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs picked up to 6.47% from 6.42% a week prior. Based on the FOMC’s most recent projections, rates are expected to be higher for longer, which has driven Treasury yields to new heights. Lastly, the U.S.

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The uptick in housing activity will be temporary: Fannie Mae

Housing Wire

Affordability constraints and tight inventories will continue to limit home sales and the 10-year Treasury has moved up meaningfully since the completion of our interest rate forecast, suggesting mortgage rates will soon be back on the rise,” according to the ESR group. million, it still marks the slowest annual pace of sales since 2011.

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