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National Data

While the first three months of 2023 have had significantly more housing demand than we expected coming out of the ice-cold fourth quarter, the real story of the year continues to be...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Bright MLS Lisa Sturtevant

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Lisa Sturtevant, Chief Economist for Bright MLS, to talk about the big trends shaping the housing market in 2023 and...

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This week, all eyes are on the economy and recent financial turmoil to know where the housing market is headed for the rest of 2023. The bank troubles seem to be not contained and that...

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By now, seeing inventory fall every week is no longer a surprise... even though it’s March, when we’d normally expect inventory to be increasing each week as the peak home buying season is...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast avanti way realty Ines Hegedus-Garcia miami association of realtors

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Ines Hegedus-Garcia, the current Chair of the Miami Association of Realtors, to talk about the dynamics behind...

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If I told you more homes this week went into contract than last year at this same time, would that surprise you? How can that be? Well these are both supply-constrained markets. So while...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast real estate trends selma hepp corelogic

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Selma Hepp, Chief Economist at CoreLogic, to get her take on what’s happening in the housing economy. Selma shares...

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We're two months into the new year, and even while we’ve been reporting surprisingly resilient home buying activity so far this year, it’s not nearly enough demand to change our view that...

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How quickly will higher mortgage rates impact the surprisingly resilient home buyers this spring? The interest on a 30 year fixed mortgage today is approaching 7% again. Just a few weeks...

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Available inventory of homes for sale dropped big this week. So far this year demand for homes has exceeded the number of sellers who are willing to sell. It seems that sufficient numbers...