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• Rising inventory is the most positive housing market story in 2024 Dec. 28th 2024
  The most positive development in the housing market over 2024 has been the increase in active housing inventory.

• Active listings climb as the end of 2024 nears Dec. 27th 2024
  Months of supply edged up 0.6% year over year to 4 months, indicating a balanced market and cooling competition.

• The homebuilders’ 2025 supply and demand problem Dec. 23rd 2024
  New home sales grew in the latest Census report, but homebuilders are now facing a supply issue — their inventory is building up.

• Housing market data positive despite Powell’s Grinch act Dec. 21st 2024
  Fed Chairman Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week, but there are plenty of positive signals in the housing market data headed into 2025.

• Two charts that explain why Texas housing markets have stalled Dec. 21st 2024
  Relatively cheap housing, low taxes, looser COVID-19 restrictions and an influx of major employers turned Texas housing markets into hotspots after the pandemic began in March 2020. 

• Investor purchases are sinking with the housing market at large Dec. 20th 2024
  According to data from CoreLogic, investor purchases have tracked closely with consumer home sales, and the share of home sales attributable to investors is down as well.

• Trade groups push for flood insurance extension ahead of potential government shutdown Dec. 20th 2024
  With a federal government shutdown looming, housing and insurance groups are urging an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program.

• Homebuilders are using more buyer incentives since the election Dec. 20th 2024
  Zonda reported that new-home sales increased in November as 23% of builders lowered prices, up from 18% in October.

• How New Hampshire is looking to alleviate its housing crisis Dec. 20th 2024
  As the state’s population has grown, its housing supply — which was already beginning to tighten more than a decade ago — has failed to keep pace.

• Housing inventory is down everywhere except in pandemic hotspots. Here’s why. Dec. 19th 2024
  Housing inventory shortages have stifled the market for years, but supply is rising in states that experienced inbound migration spikes during the pandemic.