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Housing inventory defied all predictions in 2023

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Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, home prices would crash, and we would see the housing market of 2008 all over again. Looking back on 2023, the inventory story was a big surprise even as mortgage rates headed toward 8%, as the data below will show. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

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Since 2020, the seasonal bottom for housing inventory has arrived several months later than normal, making it more complicated to track housing inventory data. Still, we have some promising signs that we might have finally hit the inventory bottom for 2023. Again, I am a bit mindful here due to Easter.

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Housing inventory still near record lows

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months’ worth of housing inventory in the U.S. For some historical context, back in 2011, this data line was 101 days. NAR: Total housing inventory registered at the end of March was 980,000 units, up 1.0% Unsold inventory sits at a 2.6-month We only have 2.6 That is where we are today in America. economy.

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

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It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? As you can see below, the inventory keeps falling from 2014 levels, and even with the weakness in demand this year, we are nowhere close to 2013 levels, let alone 2018 levels. What is going on here?

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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

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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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Current housing inventory insufficient for aging needs, report says

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Despite a documented preference that older Americans have to age in place, the current housing inventory is inadequate to support the needs of an aging population. According to 2011 data from Harvard University ’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), less than 4% of U.S. There are changes the housing industry can make.

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Agents in Illinois grapple with the state’s housing inventory shortage

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Real estate professionals throughout the state attribute the resilience of the state’s housing market to its perpetually low inventory problem. Inventory is almost nonexistent,” said Melissa Kingsbury , a Redfin agent who works in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. “If As of Feb. Across the state, as of Feb. 1 through Dec.

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