Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Housing inventory, which saw an excellent pickup a few weeks ago, has been slowing down and last week we saw a slight decline. Has seasonality finally kicked in or did back-to-back hurricanes slow things enough to influence inventory data? Since then, inventory growth has been slowing down and even declined last week.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

“Despite higher mortgage rates in November and persistent affordability challengers, buyers took advantage of more inventory as pending home sales reached the highest level in nearly two years. Buyers appear to be done waiting for rates to fall, prompting them to enter the market to take advantage of higher inventory levels.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

And while the slower sales pace may not be great news for real estate professionals, it has resulted in an uptick in inventory , which is good news for homebuyers. For-sale inventory at the end of September was 1.39 month supply of unsold inventory, up from 4.2 million, up 1.5% from August and up 23% from one year ago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

All the housing market data for 2024 is in, and its fair to say that the housing market surprised us again! However, there are two big trends that stand out as we launch into 2025 affordability and sellers in the market. In the last few months, the market finally saw some sales growth over the previous year.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2025

As more properties came ontothe market and overall inventory increased for the 17th consecutive month, the U.S. housing market showed signs of a sustained recovery this spring, according to Realtor.com s March Housing Trends Report. Were seeing a market thats rebalancing, offering more choices for shoppers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

But there may be some improvement on the horizon as newly listed home inventory grew 37.5% more homes were actively listed for sale on a given day in January, following a 15-month trend of higher annualized inventory levels. In total, inventory levels were 10.8% Only 14 metro areas surpassed pre-pandemic inventory levels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week for the housing market, sending mortgage rates higher after his remarks at the Fed presser on Wednesday. This positive trend suggests that despite the typical slowdowns, the housing market is showing some promising resilience as we head toward the end of the year!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What will the housing market look like in 2025? We already see many signals for what to expect, including last week’s data on inventory , new listings and price reductions, which I analyze below. For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Redfin cited a number of reasons for this increase in the nations housing inventory, including: The mortgage rate lock-in effect is fading: A number of homeowners who scored low mortgage rates during the pandemic have been staying put because moving would mean taking on a higher rate. But most people cant stay put forever.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? We know inventory has been climbing all year. We know inventory has been climbing all year. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The housing market in Washington D.C. Will inventory levels skyrocket as federal workers leave? housing market. Weekly housing inventory ramps up What do we see in the data on housing inventory levels in the D.C. According to Altos data, inventory levels were slightly higher during the week of Feb.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

housing market is anything but stable right now and residents are feeling it. housing market using weekly data from Altos, which includes more than 60 different data points on every metro area in the country, to see how employment is changing the housing market. ’s job market. more homes on the market than 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The second is in reference to housing inventory. Meanwhile, some analysts believe that hoping for a flood of senior-driven inventory to address the nations housing shortage is more akin to a pipe dream. But these are already relatively more affordable markets with fewer home buying age workers to begin with. housing shortage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

.” A combination of soaring insurance rates and new regulations on condo association reserves and building maintenance work has created a surge in condo inventory in Florida. In particular it’s created a glut of 30-plus-year-old units on the market, with few takers.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Demand for “have-it-all” properties and the “forever dream home” will shape this spring’s luxury housing market, according to the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report , which forecasts growing optimism among affluent consumers and an influx of desirable inventory. of responding specialists agreed.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Realtor.com has revealed its Top Housing Markets for 2025 , highlighting the areas ready for growth in the year ahead. This years list highlights markets characterized by moderately affordable homes, strong inventorymainly boosted by new constructionand a sizable base of younger families, many with military and international connections.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

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. Inventory is down for us about 33% compared to this time last year. They keep the market healthy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As high mortgage rates reshape the housing market, existing homes are making up a larger percentage of for-sale inventory, and homebuyers are taking notice. This marked the lowest market share for new homes in three years. market share, while first-quarter 2022 saw a record high of 34.4%. year over year in September.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. I do not think this trend will go away overnight, even with mortgage rate stability and new inventory in the market. HW: Lets dive into some demographic shifts.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its hard to imagine something more disruptive to a housing market than a hurricane. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

If youre thinking about buying or selling a house and wondering about the housing market, youre not the only one. The real estate market has seen a lot of unusual trends in the past couple of years, so it makes sense that youd want the latest market update before you make any major decisions! Will Interest Rates Go Down in 2025?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. This unexpected turn of events breathed new life into the market, pushing purchase application data into positive territory for the year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. Price growth is slowing down so there’s less flippers in the market. Home sales in 2024 have been well below historic norms. But even investors have purchased fewer homes this year. Same with the iBuyers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic turned a number of nontraditional cities into housing market hotspots. While some of those markets have since seen a reversal of fortunes, 2025 may bring a few more surprises. Locked-in mortgages have been widely credited with cutting off housing inventory.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For-sale inventory of single-family homes is up 33% from a year ago. While the Fed’s policy rate range of 4.75% to 5% is lower than where it was for the past year, it is still much higher than what many market observers consider a neutral rate needed to spur borrower demand. “We 18 to 6.15% on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Mortgage rates recently hit a year-to-date low, coinciding with ongoing market disruptions from tariffs. The more encouraging story, however, is that the spring season is shaping up positively for the housing market. With a backdrop of market volatility, the spreads got worse last week. Stay alert for breaking news.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Despite that and other positives, the LA wildfires are still making an impact on the housing market at the local and national levels. That was softer than in 2011 when the market was still recovering from the housing crash and Great Recession. Alongside that, inventory levels also showed promise, increasing by 22% during the year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

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. A substantial drop in new listings is a contributing factor.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As Baby Boomers age out of their homes, will it help create enough inventory to boost the housing market? As per a recent report from Zillow , it all depends on the specific housing market. So, as a result, the increase in inventory from a silver tsunami might not help that much. In 2022, there were roughly 20.9

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We track inventory and home sales very closely, so the biggest surprise this year has been the resiliency of home prices. All the dominant trends in the housing market this year seem like they would indicate home prices declining. Inventory ticked down this week Inventory ticked down to 738,000 from 739,000 last week.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Weekly housing inventory data Last week saw another slight decline in active listing and soon, the holidays will kick in. The seasonal decline is well underway, and it looks like the 739,434 level will be the peak of inventory for 2024. Weekly inventory change (Nov. Weekly inventory change (Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

The spring housing market is still trying to spring. There are plenty of weak signals in the housing market, of course. There are plenty of weak signals in the housing market, of course. The unsold inventory of homes on the market across the country is 28% greater than last year at this time.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Existing home sales ended the year on a positive note , which aligns with our weekly Housing Market Tracker data, but something surprising is that home prices firmed up late in the year as well. Active inventory typically decreases at this time of year, but in 2024 it did not drop below 1 million. A few key notes on the charts below 1.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With Q4 in full swing, many realtors are seeing buyers and sellers paralyzed by high interest rates and stagnant inventories. Sean Shallis, a “Recovering Realtor” and top-producing loan officer , is offering strategies to help realtors break through this stagnation by leveraging micro-market shifts to create urgency and inspire action.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

While the current focus is rightfully on containing the blazes and protecting residents, its worth taking stock of where housing markets stand in the affected parts of the Los Angeles metro area. Data from Altos Research shows an area with expensive housing, rising inventory and conditions that lean favorable to sellers. million, $3.9

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. More inventory should shake loose in 2025, giving buyers a bit more room to breathe.” As the market gradually recovers, 2025 should bring more sales and relatively moderate increases in property values. Zillow predicts 4.3

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

Altos Research tracks every home for sale in the country every week all the active inventory and pending sales as they happen as well as prices and supply and demand metrics Lets look at this weeks data. Inventory fell There are 635,000 single-family homes unsold on the market now. fewer homes on the market that a week ago.

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