Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. The last year has been a completely split housing market — one that started with the lowest inventory NAR has recorded dating back to 1999 and one with low mortgage rates. offers, according NAR’s REALTORS® Confidence Index.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and high inflation have taken a significant toll on the housing industry, it’s unlikely that these issues will cause home prices to drop next year, at least according to National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

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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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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

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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It was the 10th straight month of annualized growth and for-sale inventory is now at its highest level since May 2020. This dovetails with recent pending sales data from the National Association of Realtors. from August 2023, “indicating that the inventory of smaller and more affordable homes continues to grow in share.“

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Available inventory of homes for sale is on the rise in late September, which is very unusual for this time of year. In fact, inventory is growing faster than this time a year ago. What’s happening with inventory? Normally by this point in September, available inventory is declining slightly each week.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings. From 2022 to 2023 alone, rates rose 15%.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

With a shortage of housing inventory persisting, some are resorting to building their own home. If you decide to use a realtor it can make the experience much smoother, much easier and ultimately far better for you as a buyer. Time savers: Because buying land can be a time-consuming process, you may want to use a realtor to save time.

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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. Adjusting to a “new normal”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The forecast for the housing market in 2023 gets worse by the month, with the latest report predicting a million-plus decline in existing home sales. trillion in 2023, according to the government-sponsored enterprise. Looking ahead to the full year 2023, Fannie Mae expects an average home price decline of 1.5%. million in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The National Association of Realtors predicts there will be 4.78 million existing home sales in 2023, down 6.8% In addition to a further drop in existing home sales, Yun said he expects the annual median home price to remain relatively flat year over year in 2023, rising just 0.3% from the 5.13 to $384,500.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. The inventory put a cap on how much business Marquis’ team can do, which is one of the reasons why Marquis is now licensed in 22 states. In our market here in Boston, we have incredibly low inventory.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The National Association of Realtors reports that existing-home sales increased in November. million in November 2023). More buyers have entered the market as the economy continues to add jobs, housing inventory grows compared to a year ago, and consumers get used to a new normal of mortgage rates between 6% and 7%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The housing market in the state of Florida saw higher median home prices, more real estate listings and a higher number of active listings during the month of January, according to data released Thursday by Florida Realtors , a state-based trade organization for real estate professionals. from January 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Buying a house was obtainable only for the haves in 2023 as home prices and mortgage rates soared. Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers. Meanwhile, in September, one-third of U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Existing home sales started 2023 right where they left off at the end of 2022, dropping for the 12 th consecutive month. million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Tuesday. Inventory remains low, but buyers are beginning to have better negotiating power,” Yun added. in January.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

After rising in March , pending home sales continued to slide in May, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) posting its second consecutive month of declines to reach a record low, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The PHSI fell 2.1% from April to a reading of 70.8 on a yearly basis.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

I have often discussed four months of supply and active inventory between 1.52 In the previous decade, active inventory ranged between 1.52 Some 2024 existing home sales data is similar to 2023. From NAR: Total housing inventory registered at the end of June was 1.32 Unsold inventory sits at a 4.1-month

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered mortgage bank Prosperity Home Mortgage saw mortgage origination volume plummet by 40% last year — at a time when mortgage rates had more than doubled, home prices remained elevated and the market suffered from a shortage of inventory. . About 70% of Prosperity’s production comes from affiliate realtors.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Growing concerns of a recession, led by the Federal Reserve ’s continued interest rate hikes next year, will prompt mortgage rates to trend lower in 2023, according to numerous experts. by the end of 2023, according to fresh projections, up from an estimate of 3.9% by the end of 2023, dropping slightly from the projected 7.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

month-over-month decrease, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The lack of housing inventory is a major constraint to rising sales,” Lawrence Yun , NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. in 2023 and 5.6% year over year in 2023 to 1.44 million for all of 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While sales are still tracking below last year’s levels, the gap between 2022 and 2023 has narrowed considerably. million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing inventory fell 1.7% Meanwhile, unsold inventory sat at a 3.5-month million home sales nationally by the end of 2023. million. “The

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

in September despite significant affordability hurdles weighing on the market, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Furthermore, inventory remains tight, which hinders sales but keeps home prices elevated.” in 2023, reaching an annual rate of 670,000. in September.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that it had 1,509,195 members at the end of April, a decline of 2.96% from the 1,554,604 members it had at the end of 2023 but higher than its numbers in February and March. You can find more information in our recent update in Realtor Magazine.“ How many is unclear.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Will this mark the high point for sales this year like it did in 2023? When mortgage rates headed lower at the end of 2022 into 2023, we had 12 weeks of positive weekly purchase application data. million in February 2023). million in February 2023). That filtered itself into one massive report in March.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

million, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The worst of the downturn in home sales could be over, with increasing inventory leading to more transactions,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. Inventory was up 19.1% month over month in October to 3.96

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In 2023, new-home sales are up 5% year to date, Yun said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. 10, 2023. “The The top three spots in the ranking were Buffalo, New York, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The real estate market As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sluggish sales left total housing inventory at 1.35 Despite inventory being considerably higher than last year, the median home price rose 3.1% year over year to $416,700, although that is the slowest gain since September 2023. That was a 4.2% And it’s 22.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

The National Association of Realtors , via its Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of Existing Home Sales series, reported that the peak home sales volume of 6.6 million by October of 2023 (when rates crossed over 8%). million fewer home sales between March 2022 and December 2023. This was a supply-constrained market.

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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

MARCH 6, 2023

He was cautiously optimistic for a better 2023. With the industry cooling down slower than expected, LOs are having to work harder and get creative to overcome the double whammy of surging rates and a lack of inventory. Monson had hoped for a “spring rush,” but recently, somebody turned the spigot back off.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has found that pending home sales gained 2.2% in Novemberthe fourth consecutive month of such increases and the highest level since February 2023. from November 2023. from November 2023. Year-over-year, contract signings increased in all four U.S. in November.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Nearly every loan originator is fixated on going after the purchase mortgage market in 2023 following a brutal 2022 — a year in which even some of the top producers saw their origination volume drop to 20%. Read on for more about Gallo’s business strategies for 2023, his general take on LO compensation and prospects for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

million in February, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The inventory of existing homes has been steadily increasing, despite elevated mortgage rates. At the end of March, total housing inventory sat at 1.11 Meanwhile, unsold inventory sat at a 3.2-month

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2023, elevated mortgage rates froze sales of existing homes , which slid to their lowest pace since 1995. In 2023, only 4.09 million existing homes were sold, according to the National Association of Realtors. High rates further exacerbated the national inventory shortage and contributed to the surge in home prices.

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