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Did home sales momentum fizzle in December?

Housing Wire

The New Years week was expected to be slow, so it’s no surprise that new listings and sales are down. The Christmas and New Year’s holidays fell on Wednesdays this year, which messes up two full weeks in terms of getting home sales done and tracking the numbers. And, those that are immediate sales.

Sales 448
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Days on market grow despite low inventory for existing homes

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. The Federal Reserve wanted to see the bidding wars end and the days on the market grow.

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The unexpected strength of home prices this year

Housing Wire

We track inventory and home sales very closely, so the biggest surprise this year has been the resiliency of home prices. As a result, we’re now only 21% fewer homes on the market than this point in 2019. Last year, the unsold inventory was piling up each week; this year the market is much more stable. 66 vs. 53 days.

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Existing home sales now outperforming

Housing Wire

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 million and 6.2 million in 2020. million or higher.

Sales 539
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Will rates allow for ‘peak’ homebuying season?

Housing Wire

Our weekly pending home sales data continues to run about 3% below last year. The thing to keep in mind for the housing market as we roll into March is that mortgage rates have been easing down. The real time home sales data that we track does not yet show any response, however. This is after Q4 2024 was 5% above the year prior.

Sales 374
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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

And existing home sales crashed in 2022 from a peak of around 6.5 housing market , we just experienced an event that most people never thought could happen. However, expect sales to pick up again soon since mortgage rates have markedly declined after peaking late last year.” The days on market were too low.

Sales 541
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Compass invites outside agents to use Coming Soon listings in latest shot at CCP

Housing Wire

Compass says that the listings protect home sellers against negative insights, such as days on market. At Compass we are advocating for homeowners to have control over how their listings are marketed, Reffkin said in a statement. Coming Soon is part of Compasss three-phase marketing plan for homes. Coming Soon is next.

Agents 380