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The health of this housing market: Comparing 2024 data to 2011

Housing Wire

Today’s housing market suffers from affordability issues due to mortgage rates in the 7s and high home prices. People are quick to panic over any part of the housing market that looks stressed, fearing we’ll see 2008 levels of destruction all over again. Why choose 2011?

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

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Can we now say that the housing market ‘s spring selling season is finally underway? Below is the monthly supply of existing homes from 1999-2014, where you can clearly see the growth in monthly supply from 2006-2011. The red line is where NAR believes a balanced market is, at six months of supply.

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Seniors aging in place in Chicago could reshape city’s housing market

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Seniors largely want to remain in their own homes as they get older, and that preference could be remaking the housing market in the city of Chicago, according to a new report. The two organizations produce the quarterly Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI) report. The RMMI increased precipitously between 2011 and 2021.

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Homebuyers are extremely pessimistic about the housing market

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Despite continued home price appreciation and a volatile mortgage rate environment that has resulted in the least affordable housing market in decades, there remains a minority of consumers who still feel that now is a good time to buy a home. The housing market index fell 1.2 Creating a path to success in today’s purchase market.

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Homes in Boise, Idaho are “flying off the market”

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1 midsized housing market to watch in 2020 , according to Zillow, because of its draw for young professionals, families, and retirees alike. The demand is clear — the Boise housing market has just 0.3 months worth of supply, according to Keller Williams Realty Boise , and homes typically stay on the market for just five days.

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Americans are deeply pessimistic about the housing market

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Home prices have started to drop, but the decline has not been significant enough to slow a growing pessimism about the housing market. Fannie Mae’ s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, dropped by 0.8 Presented by: Calyx.

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Buyers and sellers agree: it’s a good time to enter the housing market

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points, but has steadily recovered over 60% of its COVID-19 pandemic loss when April’s HPSI hit its lowest reading since November 2011. The idea that it’s a seller’s market also picked up steam last month with the percentage of respondents who said it was a good time to sell a home gaining 3% to 59% in October.