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Home sellers are returning to the market

Housing Wire

It’s still April, so there could be as many as eight more weeks of seller growth in the spring housing market. And seller growth is happening pretty much everywhere across the country, with Florida and Texas leading the way. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising.

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Mortgage demand picks up as seller concessions rise

Housing Wire

And to close deals, sellers are increasingly coming to the table with concessions and rate buydowns. . ” Gano’s experiences reflect what happened in the market overall. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that job and wage growth is slowing, although the labor market finished 2022 stronger than expected.

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Which metros are seeing a surge of home sellers?

Housing Wire

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. Homeowners are staying put.

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Higher mortgage rates keep the market subdued even as more sellers list their homes

Housing Wire

Data from Altos Research shows that higher mortgage rates aren’t necessarily keeping sellers from listing their homes. New pending sales are also on the rise, with the 60,000 homes going under contract last week representing a 9% increase from the same week last year and an 11% increase from the same week in 2022.

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The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025

Housing Wire

All the housing market data for 2024 is in, and its fair to say that the housing market surprised us again! However, there are two big trends that stand out as we launch into 2025 affordability and sellers in the market. In the last few months, the market finally saw some sales growth over the previous year.

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Housing inventory fell last week. Have sellers called it quits?

Housing Wire

Since mid-2022 when mortgage rates headed higher , two facts have been apparent: new listings data has been trending at the lowest levels ever recorded in history and inventory has been able to grow from record low levels thanks to mortgage rates staying elevated. Let’s see what the data for last week tells us. Weekly inventory change (Oct.

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Buyers and Sellers Embrace Market in Wake of Mortgage Rate Dip 

Appraisal Buzz

According to the Realtor.com September Rental Report, there remains a geographical gap in the rental market despite a national trend of overall rent declines. Despite a nationwide decline in rent, nine of the ten Midwestern markets included in the 50-metro survey experienced year-over-year increases in rent in September.

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