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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 in 2025 to reach $405,200. in 2025 to reach $405,200. But new listings activity grew by 9.1% million and a 15.8%

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Eight states now have more unsold inventory than in 2019. Here’s why.

Housing Wire

That means currently just over 700,000 single-family homes are unsold, with about 10% of those going into contract each week, and another 75,000 new listings. These destination states have almost all had the highest rates of new construction in the country. Inventory is climbing but it’s still pretty restricted.

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Housing demand resilient even with higher mortgage rates

Housing Wire

If spreads had remained as unfavorable as last year, we would likely see fewer housing permits and starts, and we might have faced a loss of residential construction jobs in certain parts of the U.S. Despite the recent increase in the 10-year yield, mortgage rates have performed better than in the past because the spreads have not worsened.

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Nearly All of U.S. Homes Sitting For at Least a Month 

Appraisal Buzz

Pending sales—a more current gauge of housing market activity that includes both existing and newly constructed homes—fell to the lowest level on record aside from April 2020. The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in four years today—either by 25 or 50 basis points—and continue through 2025.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

For buyers, you may want to link to new listings that fit their must-haves. Use snippets from your longer content (like blogs) for your newsletter and include links to direct your audience back to your website. You can do the same with your social media channels. Share these with your database on rotation throughout the year.

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Expanding Supply, Easing Prices Bring Relief to King County Housing Market

Will Springer Realtor

Consumers considering a change of address are holding out amid forecasts for lower mortgage interest rates in 2025. Realtor.com reported that our broader market (including Bellevue and Tacoma) experienced the sharpest rise in new listings compared with last year, up 42%. The number of Active listings is another eye-opener.

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Mostly Positive Start to 2024 Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

And, despite the rise in new listings, the number of homes still on the market on Feb. The figures were promising from the single-family-home category as well, with new listings jumping 129% (1335) from December in King and up a negligible 0.5% in Q1 2025 (6.3%) 5.6% in Q2 2025 (6.2%) 5.6% from a year ago.