Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Headwinds like mortgage rates , low inventory and rising rents are still strong, but easing,” Zillow Senior Economist Orphe Divounguy, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

“I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. We are going to see an increase in inventory.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

month over month in January, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Meanwhile, new home sales , which are also a measure of contract signings, reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000 in January, up 1.5% Overall active inventory improved 7.9% Pending home sales dropped 4.9%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

million existing homes were sold, according to the National Association of Realtors. High rates further exacerbated the national inventory shortage and contributed to the surge in home prices. On the bright side, new listings rose 2.2% In 2023, only 4.09 On Monday, meanwhile, 97.9% With the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. The top three spots in the ranking were Buffalo, New York, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The real estate market As of Jan. 10, 2023. “The

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Realtors can usually count on their biggest season being spring, followed by summer, but nothing about 2020 has been normal, including home-buying patterns. With shut-down orders in the spring, summer became the new home-buying season, but homebuyers were still incredibly active in August. Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

An improving supply situation may also be making a difference, with new listings up 4% year over year — meaning more properties are hitting the market for buyers to bid on. In 2018-2019, total housing inventory was in the range between 1.52 million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. million and 1.92

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

New listings are also up 4% year over year, meaning more properties are hitting the housing market for buyers to bid on. In 2018-2019, total housing market inventory was in the range between 1.52 million, and that level of inventory helped to drive real home-price growth in 2019 into negative territory briefly.

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Inman

JULY 24, 2024

Inventory is rising again, according to an analysis of housing data. But agents are still scrounging. Hundreds of brokers and agents shared what's working in the latest polling from Inman Intel.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

The brokerage claimed on its second-quarter 2024 earnings call that it’s experiencing virtually no changes in commissions despite the $418 million settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) following a string of lawsuits related to buyer commission rules. “It

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million, according to the N ational Association of Realtors. Prospective home buyers experienced another difficult month due to the persistent lack of housing inventory and the highest mortgage rates in a generation,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Looking ahead Confronted with limited existing home inventory, many buyers have pivoted to newly constructed homes. But new listings activity grew by 9.1% Pending home sales rose 8.3% in December, up from 71.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

“This rate gap has kept some homeowners from listing their home for sale. Inventory has already started increasing and new listing activity should continue to grow this fall,“ she added. Prospective buyers are still being stymied by an overall lack of for-sale inventory in many areas of the country.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Cooler fall temperatures have brought less intense housing market conditions to the once white-hot market of Bergen County , New Jersey. “We We are not seeing that same buyer frenzy we were seeing six months ago,” said Audra Fontanella, the broker-owner of Bergen County-based RE/MAX Venture Realtors. “We in early May to 47.88

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We We were up year over year in inventory , but we were at a 25 year low on new listings.” Like elsewhere in the country, Indiana has struggled with housing inventory. According to Altos Research, as of Feb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Friday. December was another difficult month for buyers, who continue to face limited inventory and high mortgage rates,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. from November to a pace of 4.02 A total of 5.03 year over year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Even if we get more listings, it is not going to be enough for people.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell once again to 4.80 Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. Total Inventory data fell in this report from 1.31 Total Inventory data fell in this report from 1.31 million to 1.28

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Of course this isn’t the healthiest housing inventory story. from the previous year ($375,300). All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

Trulia and the National Association of Realtors are also named in the suit. Zillow now has brokerage licenses in all 50 states , which has allowed it to transition from being a listing distribution partner to a member of NAR and local Realtor associations, giving the company access to Internet Data Exchange (IDX) feeds.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Meanwhile, the available inventory of unsold homes is growing. This week, inventory grew faster than it did last year at this time. This week was the biggest week of inventory increase all year, with inventory growing by over 9,000 single-family homes. It’s not unusual for a little jump in new listings in September.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

New listings have stalled as a result of rising inventory. We’ve seen a higher monthly supply of inventory there, but that has been coming down throughout the year,” Curcio said. Chicago has since exhibited a more traditional seasonal home-price pattern, but since February 2023, the median home price is up by 27%.

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Inman

JULY 15, 2024

Inventory is rising again, but agents are still scrounging for new listings. Hundreds of brokers and agents shared what's working in still-tight markets in new responses from the Intel Index survey.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Indianapolis-area Realtor Annie Caruso, a founding member of Circle Real Estate, had a buyer coming from the Chicago area for just these reasons. Markets in Indiana could see a burst of new activity because of mortgage rates. That’s led to a rise in new listings in Indianapolis as more homeowners are putting their houses on the market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. On top of that, Portland is dealing with the same conditions as other locations — high interest rates, low affordability and relatively low inventory. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. But like the rest of the country, low housing inventory has hit the city hard. According to the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors , the number of houses for sale in 2020 was down 47.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

million, the National Association of Realtors reported on Friday. “New listings volume got a decent bump in March and April, and more people believe it’s a good time to sell a home than at any time since the pandemic began.” ” While borrowers battle it out in the bidding trenches, unsold inventory sits at a 2.4-month

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“More potential homebuyers were squeezed out from qualifying for a mortgage in October as mortgage rates climbed higher,” National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22 Total housing inventory at the end of October was 1.22 ”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here are some charts reviewing today’s report with a host of data lines from the NAR existing home sales report: [link] A few critical glaring points: active inventory is still historically low, and so is monthly supply data. Cash sales rising year over year looks normal as mortgage demand is lower year over year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

And closed sales were also up about 1%, so overall just a little bit more of the same,” said Clare Losey, housing economist for the Austin Board of Realtors. Additionally, Austin’s median list price has remained stable even as inventory has risen drastically from the troughs it reached in the spring months of 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

We still have low inventory, but also not a lot of buyer activity, and now I’m seeing more inventory come on the market and still not as much buyer activity. Although pending sales are up, local agents noted that properties are taking longer to go under contract, leading to an uptick in inventory and days on market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

“Whether you’re a loan officer like me, or a Realtor, we’re all pretty worried about income,” he said. We already had very thin inventory and some of our deals are dead because houses have been ruined. There were 775 new listings in Tampa on Sept. 27, a number that has since shrunk to 555.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

We have brought down expenses and continue to grow our agent count and inventory advantage,” Reffkin said. We found that more than 99% of new listings in March included offers to pay the buyer’s agent. Reffkin noted that the firm is on track to remain free cash-flow positive throughout the rest of 2024. “We

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“Property managers are renting places that would usually be $800 a month for $1,200, so people figured if they’re paying that much, they might as well own their home,” said Tom Torres, an El Paso-based real estate agent and former president of the El Paso Association of Realtors. Thank goodness Realtors were deemed essential.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Remember, with median sales prices and inventory, it’s very seasonal. Something notable about this report: Total active listings as the NAR tracks them almost broke under 1 million again. However, remember, the dive in inventory is normal at this time of the year. Below are charts with today’s report and the trend.

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