Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Since most sellers are buyers, this data must return to normal before seeing real, long-lasting sales growth. However, I missed my 2024 forecast of at least 80,000 new listings per week this year during the seasonal peak months by roughly 5,000. Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2023

Weekly housing inventory Since new listing data was trending at all-time lows in 2023, some feared we wouldn’t see the typical spring inventory increase. After the last few weeks , we can put that fear aside: we are finally getting the seasonal increase in active listing. This link explains the difference and is worth a read.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2024

While I didn’t get my minimum target of 80,000 new listings during the peak seasonal weeks this year, it was good to see growth. While I didn’t get my minimum target of 80,000 new listings during the peak seasonal weeks this year, it was good to see growth. Weekly inventory change (July 26-Aug.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2023

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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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Since most sellers are buyers, we need this data line to get back to the pre-COVID-19 trend range, which it hasn’t been able to do since the second half of 2022. Since most sellers are buyers, we need this data line to get back to the pre-COVID-19 trend range, which it hasn’t been able to do since the second half of 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2024

The seasonal decline in new listings will begin soon and we will see if we get fewer sellers in the second half of the year than the current trend. With more sellers who are buyers, we have a tad more demand this year. So far the weekly high print in 2024 is only 72,329.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2024

Remember that even though we are showing growth year over year — 2023 was the lowest levels of new listings ever recorded in history. This week, the data did dive, but it was the traditional drop we see during the Memorial Day weekend and we will have a rebound in the data line next week.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2024

Now, context is critical; 2023 new listings data was at the lowest levels ever and 2024 looks to be second in the book. With more sellers who are buyers, we have a tad more demand this year. While we aren’t back to the usual trend we had between 2013 and 2019, the fact that we had growth is a plus.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2023

18): Inventory fell from 564,571 to 550,302 The inventory bottom for 2022 was 240,194 The inventory peak for 2023 so far is 569,898 For context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 1,081,712 The one positive inventory story in 2023 is that we formed a bottom in the new listings data! Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2024

Let’s take a look at the inventory data this year to test this premise, since for many months it has been a working theory of mine that new listings data behavior last year marked a bottom and even going into 2024 we should see more sellers. You can see our debate on this topic here.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2024

Housing inventory, new listing data and mortgage rates are all rising, but the price cut data percentages are falling. New listings data While new listings data isn’t growing in significant terms year over year — sorry, silver tsunami crowd — it is showing growth year over year. So far, so good in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2024

Here are the new listings for last week over the past few years: 2024 71,181 2023: 58,289 2022: 89,221 Price-cut percentage In an average year, one-third of all homes take a price cut — this is standard housing activity. With more sellers who are buyers, we have a tad more demand this year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Since most sellers are buyers, this data must return to normal before seeing real, long-lasting sales growth. However, I missed my 2024 forecast of at least 80,000 new listings per week this year during the seasonal peak months by roughly 5,000. Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

We saw some good growth this week, and hopefully, in 2024, we can close the gap and get back to 2021-2022 data on new listings. That is the critical period for new listing data to grow; remember, most sellers are buyers. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

New listings were trending at the lowest levels ever in 2023, but that should not be the case in 2024. New listings were trending at the lowest levels ever in 2023, but that should not be the case in 2024. Never forget most sellers are buyers of homes as well, especially if the economy isn’t in a job loss recession.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2024

Moving the needle doesn’t take much since we all know we have buyers ready to go and home sales are at record lows. 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.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2023

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. New listing data was trending at all-time lows in 2021 abd 2022 and now it’s creating a new all-time low trend in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

6-13): Inventory rose from 471,349 to 473,406 The inventory bottom for 2022 was 240,194 The inventory peak for 2023 is 569,898 For context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 931,002 I don’t want to jinx this because active inventory rose last year at this time. 2022 21.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2024

This can be partly due to a higher percentage of cash buyers in the sales mix that purchase applicatoins won’t account for. Purchase application data Purchase application data was positive week to week but still down year over year. We are seeing better positive sales growth on our weekly pending sales data.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

This happened as expected, except we had a lousy bond auction, which meant too much debt supply came online with insufficient buyers. New listings data has been trending at the lowest levels recorded in history for more than 12 months. This pushed yields higher Thursday and Friday to move mortgage rates to 7.19%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in October; All-cash sales accounted for 26%; Individual investors purchased 16%; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 21 days in October. We saw new listing data decline when rates got to 6.25% the first time.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

Active inventory fell 1,109, and new listing data made a lovely comeback week to week but was still noticeably down year over year. One piece of good news last week was that the new listing data, which saw a significant collapse two weeks ago, rebounded excellently to return to a usual trend.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Weekly housing inventory decreased by 6,801, while new listing data is still negative year-over-year. I call this rate lock risk, where some buyers don’t qualify or don’t want to continue the purchase until rates fall again. Rates spiking almost 1% in mere weeks is damaging because it can take some previous buyers out of play.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

However, the real positive story here is that even with new listing data trending at an all-time low, we are getting the growth in active listings we traditionally see in the spring and summer. In addition, new listing data turned negative year over year after the second half of 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2023

The other big story with housing inventory is that new listing data has been trending negative year over year since the end of June 2022. A traditional seller is also a traditional buyer, and certain homeowners have refused to buy their next home with mortgage rates above 6%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week. Now the bad news: new listing data fell so much this week that I am putting an asterisk on this week’s data until we see if this is a trend or just a one-off in the weekly data that can occur from time to time.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

As the chart shows, a historically large segment of Millennials is inching toward 36, the median age of a first-time home buyer in the U.S. An index score of 100 means that a buyer with a median U.S. The national trend for new construction, however, is generally moving in the opposite direction.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

This created an extreme scarcity of inventory and contributed to elevated prices, but it also led to a 22% decrease in the number of sales, leaving buyers eager. The decline can be attributed partly to buyers grappling with the affordability challenges posed by higher interest rates and continuously escalating prices.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 28, 2022

The first is that sales could be slowing down while new listings continue to enter the market. The net effect would be an increase in the listing count. The second reason could be that sales are continuing at a normal rate and there is an abnormal spike in new listings. Conclusion.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 11, 2023

The number of new listings for all home types – single-family, townhomes and condos combined – in King (887) fell 47% from November and declined 36% from December 2021. As always, bring a buyer broker to represent you during each step of the way! The 1-acre estate includes 6-bedroom, 5.25-baths baths in 11,104 sq. and 164 ft.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

More buyers are making larger down payments. Buyers in the U.S. >> And in a different metric, Seattle-area home prices have risen 55% from December 2015 to the start of this year, according to Case-Shiller, a home-price index from S&P CoreLogic. million new homes as of the start of this year. BY THE NUMBERS.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Sellers accused NAR and other defendants of unlawfully inflating compensation paid to agents to bring financially qualified buyers to homes.Potential members of the class action can send objections or comments about the settlement to the court. With the settlement, a wave of new listings hit the market in the past several weeks.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

Even stock investments, the source of many down payments for buyers, have taken a heavy blow. Any prospective home buyer working outside the tech sector may be watching from the sidelines until the economy becomes less volatile. FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS, NOW WHAT? The portion of first-time buyers among the pool of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory grew 8,914 week to week, even though new listing data is still trending at all-time lows in 2023. In 2022, when the housing market was dealing with a sharp move higher in mortgage rates, the new listing data grew higher than the same week in 2021.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SPOTTING TRENDS Builders are hearing from prospective buyers: Developers are being asked to create stylish and functional homes with little compromise on size and at lower prices. The market is now in the process of thawing after a lengthy cool down, as buyers begin anew to seek change in their home dynamics. It’s a 3-bedroom, 1.75-bathroom

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