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Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?

Housing Wire

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. How can housing inventory be so low today when it skyrocketed back in 2009? If you follow the trend of housing supply since 2014, it’s been falling every year — with a pause in 2018-2019 — and then collapsed lower post-2020. I don’t believe housing inventory below 1.52

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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When will housing inventory recover?

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The relative pressure of supply vs. demand in the housing market is gauged by the level of active inventory. Like dropping barometric pressure, plunging inventory usually foretells stormy conditions: Faster price growth and faster sales. But the market is so overheated right now that it will take some time to achieve this balance.

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How will rising rates affect new home construction?

Housing Wire

Census Bureau released their construction report for February, showing a positive trend in housing construction data with a lovely print in housing permits at 1,859,000 and housing starts at 1,769,000. So far, housing construction has done well during 2020-2022 considering the economic drama. Today, the U.S.

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Compass strikes again with leadership changes in the Southeast

Housing Wire

.” Nikol Solares Solares brings 20 years of experience in luxury development, new construction sales and marketing to her new role. Solares joins Compass from her most recent role as senior vice president of sales at Douglas Elliman , where she oversaw $2 billion in high-end inventory.

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DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

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The region was responsible for almost 65% of the adjusted rate of home sales, up about 10 percentage points from the same month in 2018. Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The figure – up 17.7%

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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