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

Housing Wire

Let’s look specifically at the current market data compared to 2011. Why choose 2011? The housing bubble crash years of 2008-2011 saw a surge in foreclosures due to the lack of selling equity and this also profoundly impacted housing demand. Last week in 2011, 396,955 homes hit the market without a contract.

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

Housing Wire

The rules of supply and demand economics always end up winning and weekly new listing data is key. New listing data is growing year over year, but it will be the second-lowest new listing data ever recorded in history. For the fifth time this year, inventory hit my target level with elevated mortgage rates.

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Housing inventory defied all predictions in 2023

Housing Wire

Since I believe most home sellers are also homebuyers, once new listings created a new low level after mortgage rates reached over 6% in 2022, it added another layer of home demand falling off a cliff. What we want to see in 2024 is new listing data growing in the spring season. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Credit data shows: There’s no housing crash coming

Housing Wire

The new listings data we track with Altos Research is trending at the lowest levels ever during the past few years, while back then it was running at accelerated levels. Look at the difference between this week in 2024 versus the same weeks in 2009-2011. Here is an example with our Nov.

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Mortgage rates helped by the Fed’s moderate stance

Housing Wire

Imagine a housing market with just 6% mortgage rates or lower — it would be growing like what we see in the new home sales market. The growth isn’t just in active inventory but also new listings. Weekly housing inventory data The best housing story for 2024 so far is that inventory is growing yearly.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory finally rises

Housing Wire

Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active listings rose by 8,546 , and new listing data showed some growth. If that is the case, then this week’s gain in active inventory and new listings needs to be taken with a grain of salt until we get next week’s data. However, I will take what I can now.

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Will mortgage rates keep heading lower? 

Housing Wire

Weekly new listing data for the last week over several previous years: 2024: 59,243 2023: 50,687 2022: 59,661 For some historical context, new listing data this week in 2011 was 362,248. However, growth is growth, and if we can match spring 2022 and 2021 levels, I will be a happy camper.

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