Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2024

We finally have six weeks of numbers that hit my housing inventory growth model perfectly in 2024. Last year, with higher mortgage rates , we had zero weeks at this level so I am now giving 2024 inventory growth a grade of A. have higher inventory than the national data.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Rising housing inventory levels in 2024 may not be the positive sign of market health that they appear to be. High inventory levels contribute to another problem as active listings are remaining unsold for longer periods. Redfin refers to these listings as “stale inventory.” ” According to the report, 54.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

With the Easter holiday last week, data for housing inventory , new listings and the pace of new contracts started all took a breather from their growth pace. Here’s how 2024 is shaping up: There are now more listings, more active inventory and more sales than a year ago. Inventory will climb again with this week’s data.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Unsold inventory of homes for sale has been on the rise all year. It hasn’t turned the corner yet — inventory rose across the country this week — but at less than 1% rate. There are some signs that inventory growth is slowing with newly lower mortgage rates and the end of the summer. Texas inventory grew by 1.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It’s official – housing inventory in America is at a crisis level. I think more new listings will hit the market in the new year, but there will also be a long line of buyers who are queuing up right now.”. The post Housing inventory has never been lower appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Last fall when people were still expecting mortgage rates to be falling this year, it was common to assume rates would be in the low 6s or 5s this year and people asked me if lower rates would bring a flood of inventory. The only way inventory would grow in 2024 is if mortgage rates climbed. But the evidence is the opposite.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Unsold inventory in the two biggest housing markets in the country, Texas and Florida, declined this week. Inventory seems to have peaked for the season and is slowly inching down. These two trends are keeping a cap on inventory for the rest of the year, especially compared to last year. Let’s look at the details of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

real estate market were for inventory growth, sales growth and home-price growth across the U.S. Of my initial expectations this year — rising inventory, rising sales rates, rising prices — only rising inventory remains clear at this moment as we finish Q1 with rising interest rates. As we started 2024, the signals in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Inventory grew by almost 14,000 homes this week. Available inventory of unsold homes continues to grow but that growth in seems a bit less intense than it could be. He expects the second half of the year to see even more inventory growth. Inventory increases by 2.2% Sellers can just wait it out, and it looks like the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 24, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) of homes on the market in June had been listed for at least 30 days without going under contract, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. This trend is contributing to a glut of unsold inventory. The rise in stale inventory is most pronounced in Texas and Florida.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Higher mortgage rates have forced available inventory to climb all year. Housing inventory There are now 526,000 single-family homes active unsold on the market. jump in unsold inventory in a week is very notable. As mortgage rates rise, inventory rises. Or, to put it another way: demand slows, inventory grows.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2023

On Friday NAR reported that total housing inventory levels broke under 1 million in December, dropping to 970,00 units for a population of 330 million people. million in January down to about 4 million in December, We now have total inventory levels near all-time lows again. In one of the most historical years in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Ten states have more inventory unsold than in 2019, which was the last sort of normal year before the pandemic. Inventory is still very tight in places like Chicago and New England, but it is rising in these markets.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Auction.com , the nation’s largest online platform for distressed real estate sales, recently reported that demand for homes sold at auction began to decline late in the second quarter of 2024 even as the available supply of foreclosed homes also contracted.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

Both existing housing inventory and home prices have been rising together year over year, which might seem odd at first glance since existing home sales are trending near all-time lows. When you connect the dots, this is a short and simple answer to why housing inventory and home prices are both rising. Sales descended 2.8%

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Inventory sees a big jump There was a pretty big inventory jump of 2.6% We’re rebounding inventory after the holiday, so it’s not that much of a surprise, and it’s less of a jump than what was happening at this time in 2022. will be significant enough move in rates to move the needle for buyers.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Demand for “have-it-all” properties and the “forever dream home” will shape this spring’s luxury housing market, according to the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report , which forecasts growing optimism among affluent consumers and an influx of desirable inventory. of responding specialists agreed. Among specialists, 32.8%

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Record-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates are prompting buyers to back out of home purchase agreements at elevated levels. Redfin ’s newest housing market report shows that buyers backed out of 56,000 purchase agreements in June, which constitutes 14.9% of homes that went under contract. of buyers canceled in June.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week — for several months now — inventory levels of unsold homes on the market has been expanding compared to last year. Even as inventory declined this week, it’s relatively growing compared to a year ago. This week, inventory fell by half a percent. 14,000 of those new listings are already in contract.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Redfin cited a number of reasons for this increase in the nations housing inventory, including: The mortgage rate lock-in effect is fading: A number of homeowners who scored low mortgage rates during the pandemic have been staying put because moving would mean taking on a higher rate. of homes that went under contract last month.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With buyer demand notably slow this year, the inventory of unsold homes is expected to continue its climb through the end of Q3, and possibly into Q4, according to a recent study from Altos Research. Pending sales have remained relatively flat, with around 67,000 new contracts being initiated as of July.

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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

DECEMBER 30, 2024

There are a few markets in the South where home prices have inched down recently and every bit helps buyers but those prices have not adjusted much, and theres no sign of any major correction in the works. Inventory continues to contract There are now 651,000 single-family homes unsold on the market across the U.S.

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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.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Taking the top spot as the greatest challenge was low inventory , with nearly half (49%) of respondents ranking that as their biggest challenge. I tell sellers we can expose their home to a broader market by offering a buyer agent compensation,” one respondent wrote.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Additionally, home price appreciation and insufficient for-sale inventory are holding back purchase activity. . The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $647,200) increased to 4.90% from 4.80%. Meanwhile, the seasonally adjusted purchase index decreased 3.4%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Even as pending sales of starter homes across the nation’s 50 largest metro areas grew on a yearly basis in July, the number of homes going under contract in other price tiers backtracked. But increased levels of inventory in this segment kept appreciation lower compared to other pricing buckets. Sale prices for starter homes rose 4.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

As a result, the available inventory of homes for sale is slightly higher each week. Higher mortgage rates mean higher monthly payments, less affordability for home buyers and slightly fewer transactions. With fewer transactions, inventory is building just a bit as we approach the end of the summer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Buyers in this real estate market notice these affordability changes, and so we can see in the data fewer home purchase offers, slightly climbing unsold inventory, and slightly more price reductions for the homes that are on the market. And every uptick in mortgage rates leads to a downtick in the number of home buyers in the market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

For what felt like a moment in time, buyers enjoyed the luxury of being incredibly picky, carefully selecting what felt like their dream homes in a market that had shifted towards more favorable conditions. The changing tides Previously, buyers were able to look for over a month, as average days on market continued to climb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. In other markets, including the Cleveland district, low inventory levels hindered home prices from dropping further.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

Home prices continue to increase as national inventory levels remain low heading into August. But relief for buyers could be coming in the next 12 months. gain by this time next year, as ongoing affordability challenges deter potential buyers — as well as an uptick in new for sale listings. Home prices increased 2.3%

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 12, 2024

Home sellers are returning to the market, but buyers are hesitant, according to a recent Zillow market report. In May, new property listings exceeded sales, allowing buyer competition and price rise to slow—and more price relief is expected. Inventory, New Listings and Pending Sales Overview New listings increased by 7.9%

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 30, 2024

A forward-looking measure of home sales based on contract signings, the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) fell to 70.2 The level of contract activity in 2001 is represented by an index of 100. “A Current lower, falling mortgage rates will no doubt bring buyers into market.” Pending transactions decreased by 8.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. Active inventory fell 1,109, and new listing data made a lovely comeback week to week but was still noticeably down year over year. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

“New construction has typically been a good option for buyers who don’t want to deal with bidding wars because builders don’t usually set deadlines for offers,” Miller said. “Only higher rates will result in more days on the market and thus larger inventory,” said Logan Mohtashami , HousingWire’s lead analyst.

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