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Rising inventory is the most positive housing market story in 2024

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The most positive development in the housing market over 2024 has been the increase in active housing inventory , which is approaching the levels seen in 2019. Weekly housing inventory data On Monday’s episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast , I will be discussing the 2024 year in review of the housing market.

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CFPB Cracks Down on Deceptive Contract Terms

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued “ CFPB Circular 2024-03: Unlawful and Unenforceable Contract Terms and Conditions ,” warning against the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for consumer financial products or services.

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NAR Forecasts 2024 Existing-Home Sales

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Indicator of prospective home sales based on contract signings, the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) dropped to 70.8 The level of contract activity in 2001 is represented by an index of 100. million in 2024 and from 2024 to 4.92 The post NAR Forecasts 2024 Existing-Home Sales first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Promising signs abound for 2024 housing market

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Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and December is well under way, we can start looking ahead to the 2024 housing market. Home prices will also be up and we have more homes under contract than we did at the end of 2022. All told, these signs position 2024 for a turnaround from one of the slowest home-sale years in decades.

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Here’s why home sales will climb in 2024

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There were 58,000 new listings this week, with 10,000 of those homes already under contract as immediate sales. Pending sales make a surprising jump Here’s the surprising data point that stands out: Each week, we’re seeing more new contracts started than last year at this time. We had 52,000 new pending sales this week.

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Are these the lowest mortgage rates we’ll see in 2024?

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Have we seen the bottom in mortgage rates for 2024 after a crazy roller coaster ride so far this year? My 2024 forecast had a mortgage rate range of 7.25%-5.75%. With the 10-year yield at 3.74% as of Friday, we have some room left to reach the very bottom of the 2024 forecast before the year is out.

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Zillow Reveals 2024’s ‘Most Desirable’ Cities 

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Manchester, NH, Zillow s most favored city for 2024, was a hit with an influx of homebuyers this year. cities, such as page-view traffic, home value increase, and the speed at which properties sell, in order to identify the most popular markets in 2024. Zillow examined housing variables that represent consumer demand in U.S.