Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2023

The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week. The fear of not having an increase in inventory this spring should be put to rest. Since 2020, the seasonal inventory bump has happened later than usual — not until March or April.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2023

Last week we saw a noticeable slowdown in housing inventory growth that I hope has more to do with a holiday week than a trend. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory grew 3,180 weekly , and new listing data fell week to week and is still trending at an all-time low in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Forbearance will have to end at some point, and when it does, couldn’t all these homes flood the housing market at once, driving prices down and scaring would-be homeowners away from purchasing? . We know the current status of the housing market in America is vigorous, if not hot. Presented by: PropStream.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2025

Does this indicate that the housing market is beginning to wake up just in time for spring? I’ve noticed that housing data tends to improve when mortgage rates drop from 6.64% to 6%, especially when I adjust for seasonal demand. Weekly inventory change (Feb. ” Labor over inflation, anyone?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. planting us firmly in the first days of 2023 where higher rates and prices threaten to completely paralyze the housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Inventory of unsold homes on the market ticked down fractionally this week. Its not uncommon for January to have a little up and down in the inventory numbers. If inventory were jumping each week, that would be notable, but its not. At this time, of year theres new inventory and new buyers are shopping.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Back in April, when the COVID-19 data and unemployment numbers were at their worst, the housing bubble boys had a halfway legitimate 2020 housing market crash thesis. This could have led to a rapid increase in inventory on the market, which would have crashed home prices as demand collapsed. Instead, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The nation’s housing industry has entered a new normal in which the dynamics of the market appear perplexing — marked by high mortgage rates and high home prices, along with shrinking mortgage originations. In other words, if there were more inventory, we would have more sales happening.” through the first quarter of 2024.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

Home prices are skyrocketing, housing inventory is at all-time lows and homebuyers have to contend with multiple bids. In time, markets always find balance and balance is a good thing. But, that doesn’t mean housing is going to crash. Inventory velocity. April 10, 2020: We needed a lot of inventory, fast.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. What a year 2021 has been. The excellent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Buyers, sellers and practitioners in the housing market pay close attention to the headlines that emerge from various changes in market activity, and sometimes those headlines can lead to fear. That will depress demand, while indications lean on modest increases in inventory.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Last weeks level of purchase applications was its highest since the end of January, driven by a 3% increase in conventional purchases, while government purchase applications were down 2%, said Joel Kan , MBAs vice president and deputy chief economist.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I According to Tiller, the tight inventory has caused homebuyers to spend up to six months searching for their new property, roughly double the time it took prior to the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

properties sold at foreclosure auction, showed that this trend is being fueled by rising levels of inventory on the retail market. Data from Altos Research found that the inventory of single-family homes for sale was up 40% year over year at the end of July.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Housing Market Supply and Demand: An analysis of housing inventory trends and construction pressures affecting pricing and availability. Housing Market Supply and Demand: An analysis of housing inventory trends and construction pressures affecting pricing and availability.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

This hybrid summit brings together leaders from the federal government, private sector, and housing industry to discuss the critical role of independent mortgage banks in the housing finance ecosystem. Census Bureau Manufacturing and Trade Inventories (Thursday) U.S.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Auction.com has released its 2025 Distressed Market Outlook , which forecasts foreclosure auction volume decreasing 8% in 2025 as a baseline scenario. The forecast also incorporates two other less likely scenarios with differing macroeconomic and housing market assumptions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

“As inventory recovers, the housing market is very slowly tilting toward more balance between buyers and sellers. Modest down payments often used by first-time buyers or those with government-backed loans also increased but remained below 2022 peaks. Down payments were 3.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. This squeezed inventory even further throughout 2022 and 2023, pushing home prices to record highs month after month.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

The housing market was crazy again last week. Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Weekly inventory increased by 1,734.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

New Hampshire s hot housing market has spiraled the Granite State into crisis mode. But as the states population has grown, its housing supply which was already beginning to tighten more than a decade ago has failed to keep pace. Census Bureau. And there is no easy answer.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2023

Last week was wild, and not just for the housing market. We had a 21st-century bank run on Silicon Valley Bank and then the federal government took action over the weekend to stop the contagion. Weekly inventory fell by 6201 , and new listing data is down noticeably from last year, which was different than last week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Meanwhile, an easing of the inventory shortage foreshadows the possible return of a stable housing market. Lock volume increased by 36% between December and January, driven by a 38% seasonal increase in purchase lock volume, according to Optimal Blue ’s Originations Market Monitor report. of total volume. of total volume.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. So, it’s definitely not like selling a loan to a GSE (government-sponsored enterprise). mortgage insurance market in 2023 to deteriorate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

But for the past 12 months, the metro’s housing market has been in complete chaos. “It The Provo-Orem market is growing at a faster rate per capita than really anywhere else in the state of Utah, including our capital, Salt Lake City.”. I think by the end of next summer, we’re going to know what this market really is.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

housing market was the single best outperforming economic sector globally during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Due to the solid demand for homes, housing supply for both new and existing homes are at all-time lows. For now, though, the low inventory means housing starts have legs to move higher. New Home Supply.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 27, 2025

As inventory recovers, the housing market is very slowly tilting toward more balance between buyers and sellers. Since the housing market is not anticipated to change significantly in the upcoming months, the current down payment trends are probably going to continue. of the purchase price, up from 14.2%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

With low housing inventory and rapid home-price growth, homeownership can seem less and less attainable for several groups of potential homebuyers. HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

As much of the nation continues to reckon with critical shortages to housing inventory that exacerbate affordability woes, housing advocates in California are seeking to exempt homebuilding projects in urban areas from being subjected to a key climate law that critics say has slowed construction. The law was signed by then-Gov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Yun, who analyzed the current state of the residential market, offered his 2023 market outlook on Friday at the NAR conference in Orlando. For most parts of the country, home prices are holding steady since available inventory is extremely low,” Yun said. In turn, purchase inventory levels have stayed low in most markets.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

After nearly three years of doom and gloom in the mortgage industry, housing experts — including Fannie Mae economists — are expecting interest rates to ease. How much will the inventory shortage contribute to the rise in home prices this year? This interview was condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

are seemingly facing the same obstacle a shortage of housing inventory that is clashing with rising population levels, which serves to push the cost of living beyond reasonable levels of affordability for many. Large metro areas across the U.S. One area that’s representative of this dynamic is Seattle. For state Sen.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Limited inventory, supply chain disruptions and concerns about inflation have led economists at Fannie Mae to lower their mortgage origination forecasts for the remainder of this year and into 2022. The reason for the slowdown stems from a problem that continues to persist: a lack of inventory. trillion from the $4.36

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Just waiting for the market to correct and find balance,” wrote one Auction.com buyer, in response to a survey regarding the impact of market conditions on bidding and purchasing behavior at auction. “I Constrained Supply Weakens Auction Demand Despite ongoing supply constraints, distressed property auction demand declined in Q3 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Yun also expressed concern about a possible government shutdown, which could worsen the conditions in the housing market. “It It will disrupt some home sales in the short run due to the lack of flood insurance or delays in government-backed mortgage issuance,” he said.

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