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Why higher rates aren’t crashing home prices

Housing Wire

In 2022 it was all about finding a point in time when I thought mortgage rates would fall, which was key to understanding how the purchase application data would react to lower mortgage rates. In 2022, mortgage rates got as high as 7.37%, so the question was: how low do rates have to go for housing demand to get better?

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Mortgage rates fall after softer labor data

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates are finally headed lower after a crazy week of jobs data showing that the economy isn’t going into recession. From BLS : Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 187,000 in July, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.5 As you can see in the chart below, the job growth rate is slowing, as it should.

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Housing Market Tracker: Banking crisis is a new variable

Housing Wire

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? Purchase application data rose 7% weekly , still down 38% year over year. This bond market is screaming at the Fed to cut rates.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory is negative YOY

Housing Wire

Housing inventory finally broke under 2022 levels last week. Mortgage rates rose last week after the better-than-anticipated jobless claims data but even with higher rates, we also had a third week of positive purchase application data. We have often discussed that the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov.

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

Housing Wire

The years 2020-2024 were going to be the time when total home sales could finally reach 6.2 In the summer of 2020, I talked about how the housing market would change, but it needed the 10-year yield to break over 1.94%, which roughly means 4% plus mortgage rates. Back then, the peak was approximately 2.3

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6 best Utah real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 Choosing right school and program will help you ace the Utah real estate exam and provide the foundation for success in your new career.

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Are existing home sales showing a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

Let’s just say this is the final nail in the coffin for the housing bear troll camps that were so sure that this time, housing would finally crash. Let’s just say this is the final nail in the coffin for the housing bear troll camps that were so sure that this time, housing would finally crash. Look, I get it.

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