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Midwest, Northeast housing markets stay hot amid national cooldown

Housing Wire

Inventory is down for us about 33% compared to this time last year. There’s only about a two-month inventory in Haddonfield. When youre that low on inventory, prices are going to keep going up. where we have very low inventory and very high demand. Its just the way it is. year over year, respectively.

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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. Lets look at this weeks housing market data: Inventory dips Total inventory dipped this week to 624,000 single-family homes on the market.

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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, Sales of existing homes in June fell 5.4% That’s the highest rate of decline so far this year.

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Inventory growth slows even with higher rates

Housing Wire

Unfortunately, those higher mortgage rates didn’t spur inventory growth this week, so we didn’t even get the benefit we would usually see when rates rise. Not only has that not happened, but in the last two weeks, with mortgage rates pushing even higher, active inventory only grew by 2,286 single-family homes.

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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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What will happen to home prices with more inventory?

Housing Wire

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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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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