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What post-hurricane data in North Carolina could mean for Florida’s recovery

Housing Wire

In the Asheville metropolitan area — located in the Western North Carolina region that was hammered the most by Hurricane Helene — new home listings sat at 120 on Sept. However, new listings snapped back sharply to 82 just a week later. 20, then bottomed out at 14 on Oct.

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Fix-and-flip investors are filling in the gaps in some housing markets: report

Housing Wire

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. is lacking about 320,000 listings valued at the affordable range for middle-income buyers.

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Will 2025 finally be a “normal” housing market?

Housing Wire

Supply growth could also come from more sellers, such as investors or distressed borrowers unloading. New listings on trend Nationally, there were just 31,000 new listings for single-family homes from the last week which included Thanksgiving weekend. Will that momentum continue into the spring?

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Short-Term Rental Market Showing Signs of Stability

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in 2024 due to high interest rates and elevated housing prices, which deterred new listings. For investors, 2025 offers a promising landscape despite high interest rates, with opportunities for strong cash flow and long-term returns. Supply growth, which had soared to 22.3%

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As inflation heats up, mortgage rates also rise

Housing Wire

Additionally, there were 66,000 new listings unsold last week plus another 20,000 immediate sales for 86,000 total new listings, up 32% from the same week a year ago. Investors reacted by adjusting their expectations for the number of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year. Last week, the U.S.

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Buyers are struggling to compete in the white-hot Cincinnati market

Housing Wire

“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 couldn’t even see it. It is so hard to compete with that.”

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Why aren’t home prices falling?

Housing Wire

New listings healthy There were 70,000 new listings unsold for single-family homes this week. In fact, this is the first time in three years that we’ve had a “normal” number of new listings. There were 70,000 single-family homes listed unsold and another 10,000 immediate sales.

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