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New listings data unfazed by 8% mortgage rates

Housing Wire

New listing data appears unafraid of the mortgage rate ghost story over the last few months. Unlike last year, when new listings data had a noticeable move lower once mortgage rates reached 6%, 8% mortgage rates haven’t had any noticeable impact on the latest new listings data.

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Even with low inventory, expect a strong 2021 housing market

Housing Wire

Total home sales are outpacing new listings by a wide margin every month, and real estate tech company Homesnap foresees the shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the market. The divide between supply and demand is striking: compared to last year, total new listings increased.22%,

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Better mortgage spreads are capping rates in 2025

Housing Wire

The last two years were the two lowest new listings data years in history. We also got to 80,000 in 2021 and 2022, so I am not asking a lot here, but we didnt get it last year when I was sure we would. Weekly inventory change (Jan. 31-Feb 7): Inventory fell from 634,979 to 632,367 The same week last year (Feb.

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DC housing inventory ticked up last week: Altos data

Housing Wire

Inventory levels are also still higher than the COVID-19 inventory lows: In late February 2021, inventory levels sat at 2,414 single-family units. New listings remain low as owners lock in Altos’s data for new listings accounts for single-family homes that come to market without an immediate or pending contract.

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Could homebuyers find bargains this spring?

Housing Wire

New listings volume is trying to grow with its biggest week since September. List prices inched up for the week, though sales prices did not advance. NEW LISTINGS There was a nice jump in the new listings volume this week. I have the weekly new listings volume in this chart.

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Pending Home Sales Fall to 24-Month Low

Appraisal Buzz

month-over-month in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4,317,683the highest level reported since February 2023, and a 6% year-over-year jumpthe largest annual increase since July 2021. year-over-year, the largest annual gain reported since June 2021. New listings fell 1.6% home sale price increased 6.3%

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Home prices rose 3.9% in December, but spring should be less competitive

Housing Wire

observed in 2021 and are seeing below-trend growth over the history of the index,” said Brian Luke of S&P Dow Jones Indices. “January data from Zillow shows new listings from sellers are up nearly 12% compared to last year, but affordability-challenged buyers have been slower to return.