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Midwest, Northeast housing markets stay hot amid national cooldown

Housing Wire

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. There’s just so many people here that are still looking for houses, Bradford said.

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Cincinnati’s housing market in a word? Unpredictable

Housing Wire

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale.

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Low inventory creates challenging conditions in North Carolina’s housing market

Housing Wire

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We

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Home price signals continue to weaken for 2025

Housing Wire

There are three big trends in the spring 2025 housing market: Supply continues to build. This is measurable in both the total unsold inventory and the number of new listings each week. On the other hand, the economy is definitely slowing. These are negative macro forces that the housing market hasnt had in 15 years.

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More home sellers but fewer home sales

Housing Wire

It seems more sellers are coming out every week and that will keep inventory pushing upward. First thing to note is that California has very restricted inventory. Prior to the fires there were only 17 houses for sale in all of Pacific Palisades , for example. There are now 24% more homes on the market than a year ago.

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Inventory of existing homes hits highest level since early in the pandemic

Housing Wire

Sinking sales, rapidly rising inventory and prices at all-time highs — this is the state of the market for existing homes. These two factors have caused unsold inventory to rise considerably, pushing months of supply to 4.1, Homes are sitting on the market a bit longer, and sellers are receiving fewer offers.

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Is housing inventory growth finally slowing?

Housing Wire

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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