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The 2023 housing market bent, but didn’t break

Housing Wire

housing market and that they need to be pro-housing again. Even with all the drama we have dealt with in 2022-2023, the housing market stayed intact and never broke. However, one thing is sure: from 2020 to 2023 we never saw credit-stressed home sellers. Weekly inventory change : (Dec.15-22)

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

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?

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Real estate’s strong 2023 housing market finish: Altos

Housing Wire

This implies that there are more than enough buyers at these prices and these mortgage rates to keep activity happening in housing. While a robust housing market is generally a positive thing, this is not all good news to every person. Each week sellers are easing back into the market a little more than last year.

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It was a weird housing market in 2023

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

On paper, it looked like home prices should have tanked in 2023 since we had some of the worst sales volume ever. Any […] The post It was a weird housing market in 2023 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Yet, prices didn’t dip that much. Today, let’s talk about what happened in a big recap.

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What to expect from the 2025 housing market

Housing Wire

What will the housing market look like in 2025? For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more. Frankly, it feels like the housing market is contracting a bit now in November. Find out more here.

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Just how bad was 2023 for the housing market?

Housing Wire

RIP 2023 — Whew, that was a year none of us would like to live through again. RealTrends has been tracking housing market data since 1979, including households, home sales, average mortgage rates , etc. The factor for 2023 was 3.58%. Another startling fact was that 2023 saw just over 4 million existing home sales.

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The 2023 housing market is at odds with itself

Housing Wire

On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. The number of new listings coming on the market this spring is lower than it has been in more than a decade.