Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This week, we count 14% more homes in the contract pending stage now than a year ago. Another tricky part of communicating this news is that home sales aren’t suddenly great. New listings rise There were just under 61,000 new listings unsold this week. For whatever reason, the trend seems to be holding now.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

New listings on trend Nationally, there were just 31,000 new listings for single-family homes from the last week which included Thanksgiving weekend. Hard to say, but like the slight growth in new listings, seeing a slight growth in home sales is an optimistic view of the housing market. is $384,900 now.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

New listings Slightly fewer new listings hit the market this week — 69,000 single-family homes that are newly listed, plus another 20,000 listed that are already under contract. That’s actually 3% fewer new listings than last week. Altos Research is measuring fewer days under contract.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

If we look at the housing market right now, sales are down, new listings are down and prices are decelerating. Home prices and new listings dipped too. On the pricing side, last week had the first negative print on year-over-year price for new listings. Is it darkest before the dawn?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At least, that’s what the data seems to suggest as inventory grows and new listings decline at a less aggressive rate than last year. New listings decline isn’t as steep as a year ago There were only 53,000 new listings (single-family homes) unsold this week, plus 10,000 more new listings that are already in contract.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You also know that new listings are up over last year, too. New listings volume is up, too. There were 58,000 new listings this week, with 10,000 of those homes already under contract as immediate sales. We had 52,000 new pending sales this week. Short on time?

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

This growth is a positive housing story in 2024, something I talked about on Yahoo Finance this morning. One difference between 2023 and 2024 is that this year the pending contract data shows small but steady year-over-year sales growth. I love that new listings data is growing yearly, but it’s been too light for me.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

New listings at the peak for the year There are two reasons that inventory is probably around the peak for the year. We can see that the new listings rate continues to be restricted. For every two homes going into contract each week, there’s a third withdrawn for lack of an offer.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The number of homes under contract across the country has risen for the last few weeks. Pending home sales climb There are 362,000 single-family homes under contract. We’re showing 6% more homes in contract now than last year. Homes stay under contract for 30 to 40 days. The rate of home sales is picking up!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

New listings ticked down Most of the total inventory fluctuations have been demand-driven this year. When we look at the new listings pace, there’s no sign of a plethora of sellers are reaching the market. When we look at the new listings pace, there’s no sign of a plethora of sellers are reaching the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

More new listings could help boost sales We saw 58,000 new listings added to the housing inventory this week, with 9,000 of those already under contract. That’s more new sellers this year than the same week a year ago, signaling a tiny improvement in our supply-starved housing market. What does that mean?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

New listings and home sales remain low this week while available inventory of unsold homes is finally falling across the country after rising with mortgage rates late into November. Home prices will also be up and we have more homes under contract than we did at the end of 2022. We want new listings volume to show growth.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

There were only 57,000 new listings of single-family homes unsold again this week. Housing supply shows no signs of easing There were 325,000 single-family homes in the contract-pending stage, or 6% fewer home sales than last year. Meanwhile, we saw 55,000 new contracts for single-family homes this week.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Additionally, there are 62,000 new listings this week, with 9,000 of those already under contract. Transaction volume no longer decreasing YoY Pending contracts saw fewer sales compared to last year until October. If rates fall, inventory will also come down again.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Pending home sales continue to climb There are 362,000 single-family homes under contract. This is measuring the total count of homes that are under contract now. We’re showing 6% more homes under contract now than last year. Homes stay under contract for 30 to 40 days. It was just under a 1% increase this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Additionally, last week added only 55,000 new listings for single-family homes, down 8.5% 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,” Mike Simonsen, founder and president of Altos Research , wrote on Monday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2024

Now that this technical level has been broken, 2024 is going to be a lot more interesting, something I discussed in an interview with Yahoo Finance. Some will say that bonds rallied ahead of the pending war news on Friday, but we will get a better answer Sunday night with bond market trading.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

This probably reflects seller discouragement in a low-demand market, pulling their listings to wait until next year. It also reflects that most homeowners in the country have cheap financing , so they can afford not to sell in unfavorable environments. Or do they simply not discount and just withdraw the listing to try again later?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2024

18-Aug 25): Inventory rose from 497,361 to 503,924 The all-time inventory bottom was in 2022 at 240,497 The yearly inventory peak for 2024 is this week at 704,744 For some context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 1,215,873 New listings data New listing data is experiencing its traditional seasonal decline.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

New listing numbers are low There were just 59,000 new listings unsold this week for single-family homes. There were another 10,000 new listings that immediately sold. Pending home sales stay the same There were 64,000 new contracts pending this week for single-family homes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Some of this week’s inventory decline was helped by western Florida, which had a lot of withdrawn listings and very few new listings due to the two hurricanes. New listings tick up New listings ticked up to 63,000 plus 10,000 more immediate sales. So that’s compressing now each week. That’s down 1.5%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

There are only 358,000 single family homes in contract pending now. We saw 64,000 newly pending contracts last week for single family home sales which is 7% fewer than last year. This week is a holiday week so new sales will tick down win next week’s data. So we have 11% fewer total contracts but only 7% fewer new contracts.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2024

While I didn’t get my minimum target of 80,000 new listings during the peak seasonal weeks this year, it was good to see growth. Weekly inventory change (July 26-Aug. 2): Inventory grew from 677,246 to 683,728 The same week last year (July 27-Aug. The seasonal decline we see now is very normal.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

However, I missed my 2024 forecast of at least 80,000 new listings per week this year during the seasonal peak months by roughly 5,000. However, I missed my 2024 forecast of at least 80,000 new listings per week this year during the seasonal peak months by roughly 5,000. Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

New listings To watch whether supply and demand might get out of balance with higher mortgage rates, keep an eye on the new listings volume this spring, not just the total inventory. There were 59,000 new listings unsold this week. The median price of the newly listed cohort this week is $420,000.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

25 -Sept 1): Inventory rose from 503,924 to 509,562 The all-time inventory bottom was in 2022 at 240,497 The yearly inventory peak for 2024 was last week at 704,744 For some context, active listings for this week in 2015 were 1,204,810 New listings data New listing data is experiencing its traditional seasonal decline.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

New listings come at slow rate On the new listings side, we’ve covered the slow rate of sellers now for two full years. This week was no different with 67,000 new listings of single-family homes. Home sales down a teeny bit There are 366,000 single-family homes under contract.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

“I never know how my day is going to go, because when a new listing comes on the market in Knoxville, the race is on. You set your appointments the night before, and when you get there that morning, they might already be under contract.” Generally, they go under contract in a day or two.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Case-Shiller index measures repeat sales data and reflects a three-month moving average, meaning that it tracks homes that went into contract in July, August and September. Simultaneously, new listing volume is up at the end of November, which might cool home prices down.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

There is nothing there right now that really scares us; buyers just have the opportunity to be a bit more sensible with their offers and don’t have to worry about waiving inspections or financing contingencies, which is a good thing.” in early March to 25, 20 and 11 in late June.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

The chart (below) puts it in sharp focus: Except for the pandemic year of 2020 when there were 2559 new listings that April, last month was the slowest April since at least 2008 when easy access to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data became available. Where are all the sellers? You can’t buy what’s not for sale!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% Two data points stood out from the latest report by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service: The aforementioned new listings for all homes in the county – 2684 – is at a low not seen for an August since records were shared with brokers (like me) dating back to the mid-1990s.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 9, 2024

“Cold water” comes from the central bank’s intent to maintain high financing costs for banks that borrow from other financial institutions. Despite a challenging financing environment, the Seattle/King County housing market is moving forward. More on this in a moment.) However, we are missing the typical boost of sellers.

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