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Why home prices will continue to rise even with higher mortgage rates
By Mike Simonsen on February 21, 2022

Mortgage rates keep spiking, but there have been so many Americans lined up to buy homes, that increased costs haven’t deterred any demand. Do we have any signs that they might slow? Our...

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How soon will spiking mortgage rates hit homebuyers?
By Mike Simonsen on February 14, 2022

If it were possible for the US housing market to get weirder, it is happening. Some unique measurements happening this week in the data that we’ve never seen before.

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Can the Real Estate Boom Survive Economic Headwinds?
By Mike Simonsen on February 11, 2022

Is it a bad time to buy a home? Lots of headlines and housing bears this week citing a Fannie Mae survey that said 65% of respondents now say it's a bad time to buy a house. Only 25% say...

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Rising Mortgage Rates Are Not Deterring Home Buyers
By Mike Simonsen on February 7, 2022

Sellers across the country are remaining confident. Mortgage rates are up, but do buyers care? Homes keep selling fast and the available inventory keeps falling.

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Housing inventory - how low can we go?
By Mike Simonsen on January 31, 2022

As the spring home buying market is almost upon us, the real question that we’re looking for in the data is not whether this boom is somehow ending, but rather how much more is it...

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Home prices continue to soar in spite of market volatility
By Mike Simonsen on January 24, 2022

Financial markets are correcting very dramatically since the start of the year. Mortgage rates are at their highest in 2 years, since before the pandemic. The stock market is off 10% just...

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Housing market continues its upward climb
By Mike Simonsen on January 17, 2022

As expected prices rose and available inventory dropped this week for single family homes around the country. It’s the middle of January and the first of the spring buying season homes are...

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Hot Signals Already for the 2022 Real Estate Market
By Mike Simonsen on January 14, 2022

The early data is in and the market is starting the year: very hot. We are looking to prepare for bidding wars, big cash offers over asking sales, transactions happening. But there are some...

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Real estate inventory hits new record low
By Mike Simonsen on January 3, 2022

New Year new market? We hit a new record low of available real estate inventory this week. The big question is where does it stop? Does 2022 resume a more normal curve or are we stuck in...

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Why inflation may lead to fewer homes for sale in 2022
By Mike Simonsen on December 20, 2021

This is the week’s Altos Research real estate market report. Each week Altos Research tracks every home for sale in the country, we analyze all the pricing, supply and demand, and all...

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