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November 2023 Existing-Home Sales Rise After Five Months of Declines

NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity increased by 0.8% from October 2023. www.nar.realtor – Research

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Consumer Price Index Sees Small Rise in November

Inflation saw a small rise again in November, following no changes in October. After the recent pause in rate hikes from the Fed, this reading is in line with economist predictions that the Fed could continue the pause, and possibly halt rate hikes altogether. The Consumer Price Index saw 0.1% increase in its November reading.… […]

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NAR’s Lawrence Yun Predicts US Home Prices Won’t Experience Major Decline, Could Possibly Rise Slightly in 2023 if Mortgage Rates Remain at 7%

Yun Predicts US Home Prices Won’t See Major Decline Inflation, elevated mortgage rates, and limited housing inventory will prevent large home price drops for most of the U.S. in 2023. Media Contact:  Troy Green 202-383-1042 Residential Real Estate

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New Home Purchase Applications Fall as Construction Costs Rise

The volume of applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed homes plunged in September, falling 16.2 percent from the September 2020 level according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) Builder Application Survey (BAS.) Compared to August the volume of applications was down 4.0 percent. These changes are not seasonally adjusted. Based on the volume of […]

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Existing Home Sales Rise Slightly for the First Time in Four Months

Existing home sales snapped a four-month losing streak in June. Sales of pre-owned single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums, and cooperative apartments, rose 1.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted annual basis to 5.86 million units, 22.9 percent higher than the 4.77 million rate in June 2020. Activity was higher month-over-month in three of the four major regions […]

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Pending Home Sales Rise Less Than Expected as Inventory Remains Ultra Tight; Rates Recover After Bumpy Start; Digital Lending Speeds Things Up

While the degree to which is happened was somewhat disappointing, pending home sales did snap out of a two-month slump in March . The National Association of Realtors’® (NAR’s) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 1.9 percent to 111.3 in March and is now up 23.3 percent compared to March 2020. However, NAR points out […]

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Existing Sales Rise, But Inventory is a Drag; Rates Surging, How Bad Could it Get?

There’s no precedent for the winning streak enjoyed by mortgage rates in the 2nd half of 2020. We’ve never seen so many new record lows in the same year, and we never spent as much time at those lows (not even close). All of the above makes it easy to get lulled into a false […]

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All Metro Areas Saw Home Prices Rise During Fourth Quarter of 2020

Placeholder Eighty-eight percent of the metros followed (161 areas) saw double-digit price increases. Media Contact:  Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178

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Existing-Home Sales Rise 0.7% in December, Annual Sales See Highest Level Since 2006

Existing-Home Sales Rise 0.7% in December Existing-home sales rose in December, with home sales in 2020 reaching their highest level since 2006. Media Contact:  Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178

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U.S. Sees Rise in Appetite for Single-Family Homes—Especially of the Luxury Variety

The latest housing data underlines the increasing desire for buyers to upgrade to larger homes with more amenities. The post U.S. Sees Rise in Appetite for Single-Family Homes-Especially of the Luxury Variety appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com® ….(read more) Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to […]

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