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The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025

Housing Wire

Inventory continues to contract There are now 651,000 single-family homes unsold on the market across the U.S. Well see another week of inventory contraction this week with New Years mid-week. Total pendings increase When we look at sales volumes, there are 269,000 single-family homes under contract. fewer than a week prior.

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Contracts for deed are under federal mortgage protections: CFPB 

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday released an advisory opinion stating that contracts for deed are under federal home lending rules and should provide consumer protections. Mancini – who is testifying during a CFPB field hearing on land contracts on Tuesday in St. among subprime loans.

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The unexpected strength of home prices this year

Housing Wire

The median price of the homes that went into contract this week — these are the new purchase offers with contracts pending — is now 6% greater than last year. These are the homes that got listed for sale and took offers and went into contract within just a few days of listing. The big change in rates was 2022.

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Housing market data positive despite Powell’s Grinch act

Housing Wire

Despite this, we had positive data on existing home sales , purchase applications, and our weekly pending contract figures. Weekly pending sales The latest weekly pending contract data from Altos Research offers an exciting glimpse into the real-time dynamics of housing demand. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Builders apply the brakes amid canceled contracts

Housing Wire

For the builders, they have a new problem: they had homes under contract and then mortgage rates jumped in the biggest fashion ever recorded in history. If the builders could, they would take some of the past contracts back, but they’re just stuck with these homes. I personally wouldn’t do it.

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How are mortgage rates affecting housing demand?

Housing Wire

Weekly pending sales The Altos Research weekly pending contract data provides insights into real-time demand. Even today, the pending contract data remains resilient despite higher home prices and mortgage rates than last year. Last week saw 2% week-to-week growth but was down 1% year over year. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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2025 could be the last year of inventory shortage

Housing Wire

There are fewer immediate sales that go directly into contract. This week the median price of the new contracts came in at $385,000. It happened in 2022 and you can see it in this chart here. We measured $385,000 as the median price for this weeks home sales contracts. In 2022, thats the green line here.

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