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Unsold inventory is rising across the country

Housing Wire

There are more homes on the market now than anytime since August 2020. This number will probably peak at about 700,000 this summer, crossing over 2020 levels at that point. New listings climbed during the past week and there are now 72,000 more single-family homes on the market. immediate sales).

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Where are home prices headed this spring?

Housing Wire

Inventory will cross over 2020 levels by July. New listings Each week this spring we’ve been tracking the new listings volume. Last week we saw just over 60,000 new listings added to the inventory with another 17,000 new listings / immediate sales. Now it’s on the rise. A year with 5.5

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Altos: Sellers are coming back to the housing market, can buyers keep up?

Housing Wire

New listings each week, which were record few last year, are growing now. New listings volume climbing I want to start today with the new listings volume, which is notably finally climbing over last year’s anemic levels. There were 66,000 new listings this week, of which 14,000 are already in contract.

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Housing demand firming up with lower mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Housing demand is very seasonal, so the fact that our pending contract data is firming up lately just shows that lower mortgage rates have stabilized and firmed up demand recently. Weekly pending sales Below is the Altos Research weekly pending contract data to show real-time demand. Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Why aren’t home prices falling?

Housing Wire

Home prices jump The median price of the homes that went into contract this week jumped to $389,900. It’s the second week in a row with an uptick in the price of the homes going into contract. New listings healthy There were 70,000 new listings unsold for single-family homes this week. Since 2020, the U.S.

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Housing inventory has never been lower

Housing Wire

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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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

It was the largest monthly jump in pending home sales since 2020. For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. But new listings activity grew by 9.1%

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