Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Has the epic crash in existing home sales finally found a workable bottom to rise from? I say this because of the slow dance between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rates since 1971. Last year, the 10-year yield fell from 4.25% to 3.37%, pushing mortgage rates lower from 7.37% to 5.99%. million in October.

Sales 379

Sales Days on market Mortgages Investor 379

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The National Association of Realtors ‘ existing home sales report for October came in at a solid beat of estimates at 6.34 This number is above my trend sales peak of 6.2 million and that means we have had back-to-back existing home sales prints of over 6.2 million and 6.2 I had anticipated a few prints under 5.84

Sales 518

Sales Days on market Investor Mortgages 518

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Housing professionals already know that high mortgage rates are bad for business. But with mortgage rates ascending past 7% according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center , those hopes have so far been dashed in 2024. Bad for sellers Prospective home sellers may not notice incremental changes in mortgage rates.

Mortgages 399

Mortgages Days on market As-is Sales 399

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.

Mortgages 365

Mortgages Residential Construction Lending 365

Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

We still have the unhealthy dynamics of noticeable sales declines, but prices are still growing year over year. The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell last month while prices increased yearly. Sales were down 5.4% And, the median existing-home sales price climbed 13.4% from May and 14.2%

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Sales Mortgages As-is Marketing 506

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for November came in hot at 6.46 This number is above my sales trend peak of 6.2 million, which means we have now had three straight months of sales of over 6.2 Early in the year , I wrote that if existing home sales stay in a range between 5.84

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Sales Investor Mortgages Marketing 473

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The data examined below represents multiple listing service data and mortgage market analytics for San Diego County, as well as the state of California and the country as a whole from 2019 to 2023. Mortgage data paints a similar picture of the increasing competitiveness of the San Diego market.

Marketing 411

Marketing VA loan Days on market Loans 411

Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

The phrase “in like a lion, out like a lamb” is typically used to describe the month of March, but it is also applicable to existing home sales trends in 2022. month-over-month increase in January , existing home sales trended downward throughout the rest of the year. On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 34% in December.

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Sales MLS Mortgages Marketing 355

Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

The days on market are back to a teenager level in the existing home sales market, which means I can officially say we are back to a savagely unhealthy housing market! Nothing good happens in the housing market when the days on market are at a teenager level or lower. million in May.

Marketing 513

Marketing Days on market Sales Bankruptcy 513

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today the Census Bureau ‘ s new home sales report came in as a beat of estimates at 811,000. The bearish take on housing for the second half of 2021 didn’t really pan out, especially in the new home sales sector. However, with that said, it’s still just an OK housing market for me based on how I view the new home sales market.

Sales 420

Sales Construction Mortgages As-is 420

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2022

We’ve all been wondering what 5% plus mortgage rates would do to the hot housing market, and now we’ve got that and a bag of chips. As a result, I’ve been rooting for mortgage rates to rise to create a balancing impact on this housing market. Some data to consider: 1. million at the end of 2017 to 4.98

Mortgages 493

Mortgages Marketing Sales Days on market 493

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

And with Fed rates expected to rise even further, industry experts and economists don’t expect mortgage rates to stabilize for at least another year. Mortgage rates , which are currently near a 22-year high, declined slightly from last week ahead of the Fed’s sixth rate hike announcement. million units from 6.18

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Industrial Mortgages Fixed-rate mortgage Principal 397

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

year-over-year decline in existing home sales in September and total inventory has now fallen on back-to-back reports. Earlier in the year, I labeled this a savagely unhealthy housing market based on the premise that Inventory would break to all-time lows, creating forced bidding and causing days on the market to collapse.

Sales 289

Sales Mortgages Marketing As-is 289

Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2023

Just when I thought days on market were returning to normal, that number for existing homes fell back down to 22 days. If the days on the market are at a teenager level or even lower, it’s never a good sign for the housing market. This is why the days on the market are so low historically after 2020.

Marketing 533

Marketing Sales Mortgages Days on market 533

Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and recent data shows that we are at fresh new all-time lows in housing inventory, with mortgage rates and the unemployment rate both under 4% currently. Mortgage demand needs to slow down. This data comes from the recent existing home sales report which has been outperforming lately.

Days on market 536

Days on market Loans Mortgages Sales 536

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for February came in as a miss of estimates at 6.02 This level is still within my 2022 forecast sales range between 5.74 Last year I discussed sales levels coming back down to 5.84 Last year I discussed sales levels coming back down to 5.84

Marketing 542

Marketing Investor Sales Days on market 542

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. Then rates went up almost 1% over several weeks, completely reversing the gains.

Marketing 415

Marketing Mortgages Days on market Sales 415

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

Mortgage rates were again in a small range, hanging near 7%. But, last year saw the biggest home sales crash ever recorded in history, so the rise in inventory last year happened because of an abnormal event and we were working from a very low bar. Nothing good is happening in housing when days on market are so low.

Marketing 404

Marketing Mortgages Days on market Sales 404

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

First, mortgage lending standards have remained high after the last bubble. People can afford to pay their mortgages. There won’t be forced home sales like we saw in the crisis. As a result of the fallout from the great recession, mortgage quality has been far more regulated and viewed with suspicion.

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Marketing Equity Mortgages Short sale 483

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Existing home sales came in at a whopping 6,850,000 , beating estimates with the highest print since 2006. Days on market fell from 36 days to 21 days on a year-over-year basis. Cash buyers remain at a historically high level of 19%, the same as last year, while sales grew 26.6% The housing market is hot.

Marketing 545

Marketing Sales Mortgages Days on market 545

Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

The savagely unhealthy housing market continues as existing home sales are near record lows, and the days on the market are still at a teenager level, with home prices rising in 2023. Ladies and gentlemen, this was the fear and now the reality of the savagely unhealthy housing market. million in June.

Marketing 343

Marketing Sales Days on market Mortgages 343

Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

after coming off the single biggest home-sales crash year in history. As expected, existing home sales fell from February to March since the previous month’s report was intense. We have a workable range for 2023 sales in the existing home sales market between 4 million and 4.6 We only have 2.6 million in March.

Sales 523

Sales Days on market Marketing As-is 523

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. New York – The residential sales market has been strong across the District.

Residential 422

Residential Construction Finance Sales 422

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2021

Today the National Association of Realtors reported existing home sales for the month of December were at 6,760,000, a beat of estimates. This also closed the books on 2020’s housing market as we finished out the year at 5,640,000 total existing-home sales — a 5.6% increase from the same month in 2019.

Marketing 545

Marketing Sales Days on market Investor 545

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Higher interest rates further dented home sales, which declined at a moderate pace overall but fell steeply in some Districts,” the report states, noting that “residential construction slid further at a modest pace” and “home prices grew less rapidly or declined outright amid weak demand.”. million in 2023 from 5.67 trillion from $2.34

Marketing 332

Marketing Residential Construction Sales 332

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

In March, first-time buyers were responsible for 32% of sales, up from 26% in February and 28% a year prior, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Real estate professionals in Santa Monica attribute the increased share of first-time buyers to having fewer move-up buyers in the market.

Backup offer 377

Backup offer Days on market Inspection Marketing 377

Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here’s the housing market rundown for the last week: Purchase application data had a solid week-to-week gain of 25%. Mortgage rates fell, but the bond market didn’t break what I see as a critical level, so for now, stabilization is more important. Last week’s housing market data provided mixed news. Since Nov.

Marketing 502

Marketing Mortgages Sales As-is 502

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

The housing market faced some serious obstacles last week as the 10-year yield broke over 4%, mortgage rates rose to over 7%, purchase apps fell again and we are still trying to find the elusive seasonal bottom for housing inventory. 9, 2022, until February and we can see how that is playing out in home sales. million in 2023.

Marketing 447

Marketing Mortgages Sales As-is 447

Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said.

Marketing 391

Marketing Residential Construction Sales 391

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Turning first to the price indices, the FHFA All-Transactions index is a weighted, repeat-sales index of single-family properties with mortgages purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac since 1975. In the index, the base year with an index value of 100 is the first quarter of 1980. This quarterly index reached 645.18

Finance 403

Finance Days on market Mortgages Sales 403

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Several leading housing-market economists also are projecting the deceleration in home prices will continue in near the future as homebuyer demand ebbs — with one economist even predicting that prices will decline in some particularly hot markets across the nation. Overall, annual mortgage origination levels are expected to be $2.8

Marketing 393

Marketing Residential Construction Mortgages 393

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Last June, the Federal Reserve said it wanted a housing reset , which meant it wanted higher mortgage rates to destroy the housing market. This facilitated the biggest decline in existing home sales for a single year that we will ever see in modern-day history due to the high level of sales in January of 2022.

Marketing 403

Marketing Sales Mortgages As-is 403

Real Trends

JULY 20, 2022

As the housing market continues to cool, existing home sales fell in June for the fifth consecutive month. The seasonally adjusted sales rate for existing homes fell 5.4% The sales pace is down 14.2% Both mortgage rates and home prices have risen too sharply in a short span of time.”. compared to a year ago.

Sales 103

Sales Days on market Mortgages Marketing 103

Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Verification solutions provider Xactus wants to court more lenders through its active listing data in a tight housing market. Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood.

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Short sale MLS Banks Loans 329

Broke Agent Media

MARCH 22, 2023

BAM Key Details: According to the National Association of REALTORS®, existing home sales increased 14.5% Year-over-year, however, existing home sales dropped 22.6% and the median existing-home sale price fell 0.2% That said, year-over-year, existing home sales are down 22.6%. from a year ago to $363,000.

Sales 98

Sales Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages Short sale 98

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

The NAR’s pending home sale index managed to fall below 100 in the Northeast (92.3) An index of 100 is equivalent to the level of pending sales in 2001. Gradually increasing mortgage rates, heightened home prices and inventory levels at historic lows finally coalesced in February to depress in-contract deals. respectively.

Sales 493

Sales Days on market Marketing Mortgages 493

Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2023

After seeing disappointing inventory growth two weeks ago , which I chalked up to the Memorial Day holiday, I was hoping for a big push in active listings last week, but that didn’t happen. And, the recent uptick in mortgage rates to almost 7% slowed purchase application data again. Of course, we have a third story in this U.S.

Marketing 492

Marketing Mortgages Banks Land 492