Existing home sales lay the path for the 2024 housing market

Existing home sales lay the path for the 2024 housing market

Did today’s existing home sales report give us a playbook for housing in 2024? I would argue yes, and the housing market today looks a lot like what we saw in late... Read more »
Pending home sales fall to their lowest level in two decades

Pending home sales fall to their lowest level in two decades

Pending home sales in October fell to their lowest level since 2001. As mortgage rates edged near multi-decade highs, pending home sales declined 1.5% in October on a month-over-month basis, according to... Read more »
Pending Home Sales Fell 1.5% in October

Pending Home Sales Fell 1.5% in October

Key Highlights Pending home sales decreased last month, down 1.5% from September. Month over month, contract signings intensified in the Northeast but diminished in the Midwest, South and West. Pending home sales... Read more »
DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

Record high home prices continue to inch higher, even as homebuilders offer discounts and build a higher rate than pre-pandemic levels, according to a host of data releases over the last week.... Read more »
Here’s why home sales will climb in 2024

Here’s why home sales will climb in 2024

If you follow real estate data closely, you’ll know that inventory rose late into November. You also know that new listings are up over last year, too.  However, what you might not... Read more »
Fannie Mae on Q4: Existing home sales will be lowest since 2010

Fannie Mae on Q4: Existing home sales will be lowest since 2010

Fannie Mae expects Q4 seasonally adjusted existing home sales to be 3.9 million on an annualized basis – the lowest since Q3 2010. Total home sales are projected to come in at... Read more »
Have we finally hit the bottom in existing home sales?

Have we finally hit the bottom in existing home sales?

From NAR: Total existing-home sales – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – fell 4.1% from September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.79 million in October. Year-over-year,... Read more »
Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Elevated mortgage rates and high home prices pushed sales of existing homes down again in October to the lowest monthly pace since August 2010. Existing-home sales dropped 4.1% in October from the... Read more »
Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

Movement sues Summit, former veteran sales executives for poaching

A spokesperson for Movement said the company had no comment. L. Scott Bruggemann, senior vice president and general counsel at Summit, said the company continues to compete for talented individuals “fairly” and... Read more »
Pending-home sales rise to highest level in a year in October: Redfin

Pending-home sales rise to highest level in a year in October: Redfin

U.S. pending-home sales rose 1% month over month in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 401,000, the highest level in a year. Although pending sales fell 4.8% compared to October... Read more »