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Fewer housing permits equate to further inventory, affordability challenges

Housing Wire

However, with supply chain issues piling up and loan rates for builders continuing to rise, developers’ confidence is going in the opposite direction. “Theoretically, new construction should be bolstered by the acute shortage of housing on the market,” Point2 said.

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Despite lack of supply, existing home sales rise 6.7%

Housing Wire

Homebuyers flocked to what little inventory existed in January, with existing-home sales rising 6.7% percent sales growth in January was good news, the drop in for-sale inventory to an all-time low at 860,000 units is a cause for concern,” said Joel Kan, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s AVP of economic and industry forecasting.

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Housing Inventory: How Did We Get Here?

Appraisal Buzz

housing inventory so tight right now, how can vacant properties play a role? Brian Cullen: Vacant properties hold the potential to provide significant relief to today’s inventory challenge. Many of these properties can be repaired and listed for sale, resulting in increased inventory, and relieving some of the current pricing pressure.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Housing demand weakened noticeably as growing concerns about affordability contributed to non-seasonal declines in sales, resulting in a slight increase in inventory and more moderate price appreciation,” states the Federal Reserve’s most recently released Beige Book report — based on data and reports current as of mid-July.

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Dearth of new construction strains migration hotspot of Alabama

Housing Wire

Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list. Inventory was the theme last year and it is shaping up to be the theme this year,” Ellison said. As of Feb. According to data from Altos Research, as of Feb.

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Relocation Trends for Buyers in 2022

Appraisal Buzz

It’s increasingly difficult for home appraisers to predict what will happen next, between seller booms and fluctuating mortgage rates. Inventory Shortage Won’t Be Solved. Despite these promising trends, we likely won’t find a solution for supply shortages in 2022. More Second Home Purchases.

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Logan Mohtashami on why this is a savagely unhealthy housing market

Housing Wire

The one thing that has happened in 2022 that has been worse is that national inventory levels have worsened in 2022 to start the year. Inventory has been falling for years. Logan Mohtashami: People know that I haven’t been a big fan of this housing market since inventory levels broke under 1.52