Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Ironically, a strong employment situation in the country drives the bond market to higher rates. The purchase market is slower to respond, and the data now is still showing the positive impact of lower rates of recent weeks. The median price of all the homes on the market is now $440,000, that’s unchanged from last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. However, we are noticeably down from the 2019 levels. Weekly inventory change (Feb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data had a solid week-to-week gain of 25%. Mortgage rates fell, but the bond market didn’t break what I see as a critical level, so for now, stabilization is more important. Last week’s housing market data provided mixed news.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. How I look at rates is intertwined with how I look at the bond market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Any sales growth momentum in the real estate market we might have had early in the year is gone. New home sales contracts are coming in pretty consistently fewer than last year — 4.9% Our Immediate sales measure of homes that get listed, take offers and go into contract in a few days is also notably lower than last year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For one, it’s easier to qualify for more of the homes on the market now that mortgage rates are a bit lower. Attractive properties in hot markets are still selling quickly, but some metros — or neighborhoods within them — have flipped further in favor of buyers.“ The listings portals said that the week of Sept. 29 to Oct.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Despite the Florida hurricanes, and in the face of recently rising mortgage rates , unsold inventory of homes on the market climbed this week by about 1%. The seasonal changes in the housing market are very different from what they used to be with inventory peaking two or three months later in the year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

The housing market faced some serious obstacles last week as the 10-year yield broke over 4%, mortgage rates rose to over 7%, purchase apps fell again and we are still trying to find the elusive seasonal bottom for housing inventory. My 2023 inventory forecast needs a lot of help, as new listing data isn’t growing at all still.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On a positive note, however, the days on the market are no longer a teenager anymore: that metric grew from 18 days to 21 days. I cheer because the savagely unhealthy housing market theme I talked about back in February of this year was the same premise of the housing reset talking point the Federal Reserve uses.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

Mortgage applications for new home purchases in June decreased 3% from May and 23.8% year over year, suggesting a slowdown in the housing market, according to a recent report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. “Last year was the strongest year in the housing market for new home sales in over a decade,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings. Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2023

The housing market welcomed the news of lower mortgage rates last week after four reports showed that the labor market isn’t as tight as it seems and that the fear of 1970s-entrenched inflation was a lousy narrative. Active inventory rose by 823 single-family homes and new listing data is trending at all-time lows.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

During the four week period ending November 28, the number of active listings was a 23% decrease compared to the same time period in 2020 and a 42% drop compared to 2019. The number of new listings was also down compared to 2020, dropping 4%, but it was 12% higher than the number of new listing during the same time period in 2019.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. The top three spots in the ranking were Buffalo, New York, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The real estate market As of Jan.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 9, 2024

The median home also spent 45 days on the market, an increase of two days over the previous year. The market is trending slightly in the direction of becoming more buyer-friendly thanks to these factors. June 2024 Housing Metrics – National Median list price per sq.ft: Change over June 2023: (+3.4%) Change over June 2019: (+52.6)

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 9, 2021

The sizzling seller’s market shows some signs of cooling, but, according to analysts, “only by a few degrees.” ” The post New Listings Return to 2019 Levels appeared first on DSNews. The post New Listings Return to 2019 Levels appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Zillow also reported that, after a tumultuous five years, many measures of the housing market are trending closer to historic norms. Notably, while the flow of new listings to the market is still nearly 14% lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, its much improved to compared to the deficit of 25% in March 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than at the end of 2023. Ten states have more inventory unsold than in 2019, which was the last sort of normal year before the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

The housing inventory shortage dominated much of the conversation surrounding the housing market in 2022, but thanks to softening homebuyer demand, the number of active listings finished the year up 54.7% compared to December 2019 and 38.2% compared to the December 2017-2019 average. compared to December 2019 and 38.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Once that happens, I can finally take the savagely unhealthy housing market theme off my talking points. What does this mean? million to 1.93

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

The housing market saw inventory fall 4% last week from the week before. Traditionally, we do see housing inventory fall in the month of December, however, we clearly saw in the second half of 2022 that higher rates created more days on the market and inventory was lingering longer. That’s a big one-week change.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

“I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. Altos considers anything above a 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Typically we have a natural set of new listings each year; inventory rises in the spring and summer and then falls in the fall and winter. It wasn’t the rate move that caught my attention — it was the new listing data. As you can see below, that sharp move to 6.25% caused new listing data to stall at first.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It looks like this is evidence that housing markets are returning to normal rather than a case of sellers panicking, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. Housing inventory inches up There were 570,000 single-family homes on the market, or 0.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data showed positive weekly growth again — and the bounce from the bottom is more noticeable now. Right after I made that forecast, new listing data started to decline earlier and faster than usual, which put a big dent in the forecast.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Last June, the Federal Reserve said it wanted a housing reset , which meant it wanted higher mortgage rates to destroy the housing market. Today, the Federal Reserve achieved its primary goal; the days on the market are now above 30 days, which was the most important data line to get housing back to somewhat normal.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. What can we expect in 2023? Buyer disappointment.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

One of the biggest questions in real estate right now is how rising interest rates will impact the housing market. The market has been so hot, many worry that rising rates will finally be the catalyst to pop the bubble. The price of new listings continues to rise, which is a very bullish indicator for sales prices in the coming months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Looking at the chart above, inventory started growing late this year, but it seems normal compared to 2017-2019. The other data line that is small but steady year-over-year is the new listings data, and if most sellers are buyers, that gives us more demand than in 2023, when new listings were trending at the lowest levels ever.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. When I came up with the “ savagely unhealthy housing market ” label in February of this year, it was based on the premise that the housing inflation story that we have had to deal with since 2020 was a historical event.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

The suspicion was that there were a bunch of sellers who were waiting to sell: Once rates fell these sellers would come rushing back to this real estate market and we’d finally see inventory grow. Inventory stats Looking at last week’s numbers: There are now just over 500,000 single family homes on the market in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

Prices are up sharply as housing inventory continues to plateau , leaving 40% fewer homes on the market compared to last year, according to a report prepared by Black Knight. Instead of making up for the shortfall, new listings have slumped further in 2021. markets, annual home prices grew more than 10%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2023

The weekly data shows some good news for the housing market ! With mortgage rates also falling, I am hopeful that more people will list their homes and buy another, so we can get back to a more functional housing market. This is good news for the housing market. NAR total inventory data is currently at 1.14

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Another week down in 2023 and we’re seeing crazier action in the housing market as purchase application data fell, mortgage rates rose again, and weekly inventory took another dive with a noticeable move lower in new listing data. The market made a few attempts to break that level, but bond yields have reversed higher.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

But now sellers are coming back into the market. New listing volume last week was 18% more than a year ago. There are still a lot of people who assume that mortgage rates need to fall before we see a rebound in home sales, but the data shows that we only need stability in the mortgage markets.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

With the total number of homes on the market at its greatest point since May 2020 and interest rates about to start declining, buyers will have more options this autumn. Simultaneously, home sellers reduced the number of newly listed properties on the market, with a -0.9% from August 2019 levels, it is still improving.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

All the dominant trends in the housing market this year seem like they would indicate home prices declining. With just a few local market exceptions, home prices nationally will finish the year up again and will go into 2025 with some upward momentum. As a result, we’re now only 21% fewer homes on the market than this point in 2019.

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