On Friday last week, the National Association of Realtors released their December pending sales data. The headline was an impressive 8% jump over December of 2022. If you’ve been following...
Continue ReadingOn Friday last week, the National Association of Realtors released their December pending sales data. The headline was an impressive 8% jump over December of 2022. If you’ve been following...
Continue ReadingFor several weeks I’ve been reporting data that shows the housing market growing in 2024. Those metrics - specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts - slowed this week....
Continue ReadingHome sellers are finally starting to ease back into the market, and new listings each week are now exceeding last year's levels. As a result, we’re starting to see slightly more available...
Continue ReadingBased on the trends we can see after the start of the year, I’ll project 2024 will see probably 15% home sales growth over 2023. Home prices will be up this year by a few percent also. ...
Continue ReadingHappy New Year! The last week of data for the 2023 US real estate market is in, and pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are now pointing towards growth.Inventory is slowly but...
Continue ReadingWe're wrapping up 2023, and the housing market is about to settle down for a few holiday weeks before beginning the year with new listings and new market signals.But there is something...
Continue ReadingA few months ago I published a video where I asked “how much will home prices gain by the end of the year?” Using a headline like that should come with a trigger warning. We could see that...
Continue ReadingIt’s looking like we’ll end 2023 with a few percent more homes on the market than last year. Home prices will be up over last year. And we should also end the year with more homes in...
Continue ReadingBy now if you follow the housing data closely, you’ll know that inventory of unsold homes on the market is up over 2022. Inventory climbed well into November, and new listings each week are...
Continue ReadingInventory is still growing nationally the week before Thanksgiving. That’s very late in the season. Last week it looked like inventory had peaked for the year, which I announced in this...
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