Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Unsold inventory of homes on the market has been climbing in the U.S. In general, inventory rises with rates because more expensive money slows demand. When demand slows, inventory grows. Inventory is climbing but it’s still pretty restricted. And importantly, inventory isn’t growing everywhere equally.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“Homebuilders are still benefiting from very low inventory of existing homes for sale, which has driven more buyers to consider new construction,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said. The median sales price of a new house sold in August 2023 was $430,300, while the average sales price was $514,000.

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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. So where does all that drama leave us for 2023? Home price s.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Existing home sales dropped to their lowest level in nearly 30 years in 2023, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), released Friday. In 2023, 4.09 Prospective homebuyers have been shut out of the market by a lack of inventory. Compared to a month ago, housing inventory was down 11.5%

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 18, 2024

Despite the construction boom that happened shortly after pandemic restrictions began being lifted—that has since slowed—the U.S. million units in 2023, according to a new analysis from the real estate firm Zillow. The pandemic-era housing frenzy sparked a construction boom, but thus far, that boom has fallen short. In 2022, 1.4

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

The drop in sales is causing a rapid rise in unsold inventory. The median price stayed flat in June, registering at $417,300, a $300 drop from June 2023 and a 2.5% The median price stayed flat in June, registering at $417,300, a $300 drop from June 2023 and a 2.5% Though new home inventory in June remained elevated at a 9.3-month

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This is according to an analysis conducted by Point2 , which examined metrics including single-family and multifamily completions in 2023, as well as corresponding permits issued. Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2013 to 2023. The findings are based on historic data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

The relative pressure of supply vs. demand in the housing market is gauged by the level of active inventory. Like dropping barometric pressure, plunging inventory usually foretells stormy conditions: Faster price growth and faster sales. The post When will housing inventory recover? appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

New construction starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.460 million units, down 4.3% Overall, an estimated 1.413 million units were started in 2023, a drop of 9.0% Despite the overall drop in 2023, the rate at which building permits were issued in December was up 1.9% Census Bureau and the U.S. compared to 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their descent this week to mark their lowest level since May 2023, welcome news for homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines for rates to drop. However, as purchase demand continues to thaw, it will put more pressure on already depleted inventory for sale,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

However, permits for future construction recorded a 4.4% It showed the biggest drop in confidence since January 2023. “Slower construction activity in the Northeast could reflect cooler demand as well as challenges builders face in finding availability lots,” she said. Could multifamily construction stall?

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

It boils down to two factors, according to housing-industry experts: a lack of housing inventory , or supply; and high demand for that limited housing stock — which also is fueling a jump in new-home sales. Fannie Mae recently projected originations for 2023 at $1.59 trillion, a revision downward from its January estimate of $1.65

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

New home sales grew over last month in the latest Census report , but homebuilders are now facing a supply issue their inventory is building up. This situation poses a risk to construction labor in 2025. Is 2025 the first year we start losing residential construction jobs? This issue extends beyond just housing. percent (18.6

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, Alabama’s population grew by 34,000 people, according to estimates published by the U.S. Additionally, the 2023 National Movers Study conducted by United Van Lines ranked Alabama No. Inventory was the theme last year and it is shaping up to be the theme this year,” Ellison said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I would anticipate multifamily housing starts are probably going to be down 40% year over year in 2023 and I think that is going to be the same for single family home building, if not higher. Construction lending has sort of slowed to a crawl,” Peter DiCorpo, the co-founder and COO of Black Farm Group , said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Demand for newly constructed homes continues to remain high as existing for-sale inventory remains historically low. Compared to July 2023, applications increased by 4%. According to MBA estimates, new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 702,000 units in August 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of homes permitted, started, under construction and completed all remain well above pre-pandemic levels but below the peaks reached in the last three years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. Zillow, the country’s top real estate listing platform, recorded a $22 million net loss in the first quarter of 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

With strong demand and limited options for existing homes, many homebuyers are turning to new construction. Mortgage applications for new construction home purchases increased 35.5% According to MBA estimates, new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 677,000 units in July 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

More importantly, he said the current environment may even holdup into 2023. “We Slower value growth will most likely occur from increased sales-inventory, which has been putting upwards pressure on prices for months now though recent housing starts data from the Census Bureau shows construction is finally playing catch-up.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We being outbound.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

After record sales in 2021, demand for new construction waned throughout 2022 as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates cutting into home buyer’s purchase power and making financing new development projects even more costly for builders. BH: What are you expecting to see in terms of demand for new construction heading into 2023?

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Existing home sales have been largely in line with the ESR Group’s recent forecast of further gradual declines throughout the year, which were expected due to affordability constraints and tight existing home sales inventory of existing homes for sale. Fannie Mae projected total originations for 2023 to be $1.65

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

New-home construction in the U.S. has focused on single-family and multifamily inventory growth to boost supply and affordability. But StorageCafe found that in 2023, most states overlooked one key solution to the affordability crisis: more inventory of “middle housing.” The report used U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

This has led Fannie Mae to revise its 2023 single-family originations forecast to $1.59 This lack of inventory has also resulted in the return of home price growth in recent months and has boosted new home construction, Fannie Mae ‘s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group said Monday. trillion, down from $1.65

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

In many respects, 2023 was the year of the homebuilder. New construction accounted for approximately 30% of active for-sale housing inventory, doubling the usual figures for a standard year. The persistent scarcity of existing homes drove buyers toward newly built properties, allowing builders to maintain double-digit margins.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” Like elsewhere in the country, Indiana has struggled with housing inventory. in mid-January 2024. as of February 29, 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

has dramatically fallen, used car prices are rolling over and we have seen a lot of big shops talk about discounting stuff to get rid of excess inventory. The one data line that still has legs until 2023 is shelter inflation in CPI. The post The case for mortgage rates to fall in 2023 appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The top three opportunities mortgage pros see are new construction (15.3%), first-time homebuyers (14.5%) and cultivating referrals and building new relationships with buyers, builders and agents (13%), according to HousingWire ‘s Q4 2023 LenderPulse survey. Home price gains hit a new high , rising 0.6% Roughly 47.4% are optimistic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In some ways, 2023 was the year of the homebuilder. And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. The business appears durable, too. . million and 7.3

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

High rates combined with low inventory continue to price many potential homebuyers out of the market, added Khater. In addition, builders are recognizing the demand and the opportunity it presents, and they are pushing construction activity higher – about one-third of homes on the market are new construction, more than double normal levels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

“It’s going to be competitive — thin margins, little business and LOs getting out of the industry,” Dave Krichmar, banker at Legend Lending Corporation, said of the mortgage industry in 2023. It’s positive news for an industry that has recently dealt with a lackluster amount of inventory. Barnes said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2023

Large single-family rental investors didn’t have much of an appetite in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. This tracks, as the largest percentages of single-family home sales to institutional investors in the first quarter of 2023 included Georgia (8.4% Those are the traditional SFR hunting grounds. “It

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

“The economic slowdown has resumed – whether the end result is a modest recession or simply a soft landing remains unanswered – although we continue to expect the former, as we have since April of last year, when we first made our 2023 recession call,” Doug Duncan , senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae, said. decline.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

As existing home inventory continues to fall, builder confidence is on the rise, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Monday. More buyers looking at new homes, along with the use of sales incentives, have supported new home sales since the start of 2023.”

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