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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

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There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. Home prices ebb and flow, pricing was working in the sense that sellers met homebuyers to a degree. The last time total inventory grew was in 2014 because we had weak demand. Image by Brandon Johnson/HW Media.). Now fast forward to 2022.

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

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But I need to explain why this level has more in common with 2014 housing data than the credit stress markets of 2005-2008, and why you should care. With the massive housing inflation since 2020 and higher mortgage rates, we are back to familiar territory with existing home sales and purchase application data: we are back to 2014 levels.

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Is housing inventory growth really slowing down?

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Inventory growth is happening much like we saw in 2014 — the last time total inventory grew — which was also the last time mortgage purchase application data went negative year over year. If you really want to see inventory grow to 2019, 2016, 2014 or even 2012 levels, you need a healthy amount of new listing growth each year.

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Are we seeing a mortgage rate lockdown?

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It all started when mortgage rates jumped from 5.25% to 6.25% this year and I saw how home sellers reacted to that move. Traditionally speaking, post-2012, inventory growth came in years where demand was weaker from mortgage buyers: 2014 and 2022. Can you blame home sellers? in 2021 and as high as 6.25% in 2022.

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Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance fall in February

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I think the best places to focus right now are giving the H4P a muscular new push due to the seller concessions update , and working with forward mortgage distribution and servicing opportunities to convert forward loans into new reverse borrowers,” he said. The reverse mortgage industry (in 2014) was in transition,” Kelly explained.

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Home prices surge to six-year high in November

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November’s numbers mark the greatest annual growth rate since February 2014 and even blew past the 8.4% According to Hale, realtor.com’s 2021 outlook expects an eventual moderation to price gains as home construction ramps up and the widespread availability of COVID vaccines bring more flexible sellers back to the housing market.

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Amy Stockberger explores her brokerage’s quest for ’lifetime home support’

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In the latest episode of the RealTrending podcast , Amy Stockberger — broker-owner of Amy Stockberger Real Estate — joins Tracey Velt for a tantalizing conversation that covers her teamerage’s unique “Lifetime Home Support” model and other ways that agents can provide value to home buyers and sellers. Stockberger: It’s very omnipresent.