Important data lines to follow Despite being a slow month for the housing market, December can give us a good idea of what to expect in 2026. I will explain it with an example. In November 2022 we experienced the most important and fastest home sales never crash – so much so that I even […]
Total number of pending home sales Our HousingWire data tracks many categories every week and we share just a few in these weekly tracker articles. Today I wanted to cover our overall sales data because you can see how sales in recent weeks have been better than in previous years. In recent years, housing data […]
Weekly home inventory data Housing inventory growth during the peak sales season rose 33% year-on-year, and has recently fallen to 16%. As demand picked up slightly and new listing data began to decline, the inventory growth rate has fallen by half, but continues to rise healthily year over year. The year-over-year growth has created a […]
Mortgage spreads Why and how did I reach my target level this year? With interest rate volatility easing and the Fed’s rate-cutting cycle continuing, mortgage rates should improve by 0.27% to 0.41% this year. Now that we have reached my optimal improvement for mortgage spreads in 2025, I would like to remind everyone that we […]
We need to take these factors into account when looking at last week’s data. Pending home sales did recover last week, but not to the exact levels the data seems to show. The same goes for our new advertising data and inventory data. Let’s see. Weekly ongoing sales Last week’s existing home sales report showed […]
Demand for housing started to pick up more than three months ago and has stabilized the housing market. One reason many people are behind on home data is that they rely on outdated reports that are three to six months old. This is why it’s critical to track weekly live housing data – while understanding […]
Weekly home inventory data In recent years, the seasonal peak in our active listings has occurred in October or November, especially when mortgage rates began to rise late in the year. However, in mid-June I noticed some shifts in the housing market, after which mortgage rates fell below 6.64% – a level that has generally […]