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How housing credit is shaping housing inventory

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Housing credit channels directly impact housing inventory channels. Home prices escalated out of control after 2020 and when we look at why that happened, we can see that housing credit mattered more to inventory data than most people realize. This matters because inventory was already heading toward all-time lows before COVID-19.

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

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Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. Weekly housing inventory The numbers this week are unfortunate: inventory should be growing like it does at this time every year.

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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. Total housing inventory fell in this report, the third report in a row that shows total inventory has decreased.

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Minority homeownership gains ground, but disparities persist: NAR

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million homeowners added between 2012 and 2022. While the gains should be celebrated, the pathway into homeownership remains arduous for minority buyers.” in 2012 to 65.2% But it fell slightly from 2021 (65.4%) due to higher mortgage rates and inventory constraints. and 51.1%, respectively. The overall U.S.

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The housing market is 6.5 million units short: Realtor.com

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It is no secret that the housing market is suffering from an ongoing inventory drought. Existing housing inventory fell by 11,021 homes week over week for the week ending March 6, according to data from Altos Research. Despite the odds, Realtor.com does see paths for the inventory new housing shortage to be resolved. In 2022, 2.06

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The housing market is hot, but not in a bubble

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Cash buyers remain at a historically high level of 19%, the same as last year, while sales grew 26.6% Second, if the next existing home sales report misses expectations, you may be told that this is due to a lack of inventory. Unsold inventory sits at an all-time low 2.5-month Unsold inventory sits at an all-time low 2.5-month

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The housing market is now savagely unhealthy

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Inventory has broken to all-time lows, but it doesn’t look like the year-over-year data will be positive at all this year unless demand softens up. NAR Research : Unsold inventory sits at a 1.7-month NAR Research : Unsold inventory sits at a 1.7-month However, negative year-over-year inventory is not what we want to see.