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Pending home sales rise again as buyers capitalize on more inventory

Housing Wire

A report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed an increase in pending home sales for the fourth consecutive month. NAR’s Pending Homes Sales Index (PHSI) report is a forward-looking source that predicts home sales based on contract signings. The report found that pending home sales jumped 2.2%

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Pending Home Sales Climb to Highest Level Since March

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The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) reports that pending home sales increased in September. increase in the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of future home sales based on contract signings, to 75.8, increase in the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of future home sales based on contract signings, to 75.8,

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Existing-Home Sales Experience Seasonal Climb

Appraisal Buzz

The National Association of Realtors reports that existing-home sales increased in November. 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%. Three major U.S. from October to 4.15

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Did lower mortgage rates lead to higher home prices in October?

Housing Wire

The difference is mortgage rates: even with inventory growing at a healthy clip this year, mortgage rates just heading down toward 6% for a brief period of time resulted in higher prices in a seasonally soft period. Home prices firming up with higher inventory and mortgage rates just getting toward 6% is a lesson learned in 2024 for 2025.

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The ugly side of housing: low inventory

Housing Wire

After eight months of consecutive gains, the consequences of low inventory finally caught up with the housing market in February. drop in the number of homes in contract from the prior month, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. Tightened supply was largely responsible for a 10.6% and West (96.9)

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Pending Home Sales Rise for Third Consecutive Month

Appraisal Buzz

Pending home sales rose in October, marking the third consecutive month of increases, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)–a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings–rose 2% to 77.4 in October. week-over-week. in October, up 2.5%

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Low inventory stifles April’s pending home sales

Housing Wire

Like new and existing sales, pending home sales felt the strain of exhausted home inventory in April ? according to Thursday data from the National Association of Realtors. The upper-end market is still moving sharply as inventory is more plentiful there.”. dropping 4.4% from the previous month to an index of 106.2,

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