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Why mortgage purchase apps are on a 22-week growth streak

One of the most surprising pieces of housing economic data for 2025 is that purchase apps for the existing home sales market have shown 22 weeks of year-over-year growth. And that includes nine consecutive weeks of double-digit year-over-year growth in recent weeks. Normally, this would be a significant news story, but the confusion surrounding this […]

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New listings slowdown shows lack of home seller stress in 2025

The most notable housing trend for me in 2024 and 2025 has been inventory growth, particularly the increase in new listings during this time. I had set a minimal target of 80,000 new listings per week for 2025 and we’ve met that goal two times this year. However, the data for new listings is losing

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New listings slump. Have home sellers already called it quits?

One of the most encouraging data points for 2025 so far is that new listings have finally emerged from a two-year slump, exceeding 80,000 per week during the seasonal peak period. The question is: Have we already seen the highest new listings print for the year? We are currently in the seasonal period where we

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Why foreclosures are still below pre-pandemic levels

According to the most recent credit data from the New York Fed, foreclosure data for the housing market is still below 2019 levels. Although foreclosure rates rose in the last quarter, we are far from the stressful levels that we saw during the run-up to the housing bubble crash in 2008. Credit data in general

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