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Housing inventory drops noticeably on election week
Last week, we saw a noticeable decline in both active inventory and new listings for election week. Is this just the normal seasonal decline?
Why home prices are holding steady despite higher rates
Why have home prices remained firm over the last two months, even with higher mortgage rates and inventory data?
Housing inventory fell last week. Have sellers called it quits?
The inventory growth rate went negative last week. To see if this is impacting sellers, check the new listings data and active listings.
Why housing demand is now showing year-over-year growth
We have had three weeks of positive year-over-year growth in both purchase application data and weekly pending contract data, with last week showing a noticeable jump from last yea
How have two hurricanes impacted housing inventory?
Has seasonality finally kicked in or did back-to-back hurricanes slow things enough to influence inventory data?
Have higher mortgage rates already reversed housing demand?
The strong economic data we've seen in the past several weeks underscore why the 10-year yield and mortgage rates rose last week.
Housing demand firming up with lower mortgage rates
The fact that our pending contract data is firming up just shows how lower mortgage rates have stabilized and helped housing demand.
Are these the lowest mortgage rates we’ll see in 2024?
Lower mortgage rates won't come from more Fed rate cuts, because the market has already priced those in. But it hasn’t priced in a recession.
Lower mortgage rates attracting more homebuyers
Lower mortgage rates are already impacting the housing data, as seen in the first positive 14-week trend in purchase applications in 2024.
Can mortgage rates go even lower?
While the Fed can be old and slow, the bond market, thankfully, is doing a lot of the heavy lifting on mortgage rates.
How to think about home prices for the rest of 2025
Available inventory of homes on the market is back to the pre-pandemic range, with 826,000 single-family homes unsold on the market as of mid-June. Read more here.
Mike Simonsen, Altos Research
