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A 15% rise in applications for adjustable-rate mortgages drove overall mortgage applications higher in the most recent weekly survey.
Regionally, pending sales were down across the board on both a monthly and an annual basis, the National Association of REALTORS® said.
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Total housing inventory at the end of August was 1.11 million units, up 3.7% from July but down 14.6% on a year-over-year basis, the National Association of REALTORS® said.
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The median area for a new single-family home fell to 2,191 square feet in the second quarter — the lowest recorded size since 2010.
CoreLogic expects prices to continue to grow through next year, albeit at a more traditional pace than in the height of the pandemic.
Those looking to buy a house will be paying a premium as inventory continues to be an issue.
Eighteen percent of millennials — approximately one in five — believe they will never become a homeowner, according to a recent survey from Redfin.
Pending transactions were in negative territory for most of this year, so the recent increases could bode well for future activity.
A fifth consecutive month of increases in the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index suggests the housing market recovery that began earlier this year is likely to continue.
Two weeks after housing inventory turned negative, home prices posted a healthy increase, MarketNsight said.
First-timers made up 45% of buyers in 2022 and 37% in 2021.
High mortgage rates and limited inventory continued to weigh on sales activity, National Association of REALTORS®Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said.
Single-family home permits and completions, meanwhile, also rose, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.