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New-home supply thinned to 8.5 months in August while resale supply hit 4.9, a decade high, as builders cut prices on 38 percent of deals and the 30-year fixed hit 7.03 percent.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
The 30-year fixed hit 7.03% on September 24, up from 6.30% a year ago. Builder confidence fell to 32 and price cuts are spreading. The fall housing market is being set by the bond market.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
Census data put August new-home sales at a 684,000 annual pace, up 6.4 percent from July, and months of supply fell to 8.5 as the resale market's high-rate stall quietly became the builder's advantage.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
The 30-year fixed averaged 6.95 percent in the September 17 Freddie Mac survey, a 97 basis point climb from February's 5.98 low, and the median buyer's payment is now $211 a month worse than it was then.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
August single-family starts fell 30.3 percent year over year while permits held up, and the near-record-low builder sentiment print of 32 explains it: builders are finishing what they started, not beginning anything new.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
Lennar's fiscal third quarter shows incentives averaging 12 percent of the sales price, the clearest filed evidence yet that the sticker price on a new home is no longer the real one.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
Mortgage applications fell 4.1% as the 30-year rate hit 6.95%, leaving buyers facing the worst of both worlds: the highest months of supply in over a decade and payments about $237 a month costlier than last year.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
The 30-year fixed hit 6.95%, a 2026 high, adding about $144 a month for typical buyers while active listings climb. The week of September 21 in housing.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
Census data out September 18 show total starts down 2.6 percent to a 1.275 million annual rate, but single-family starts up 7.6 percent while the apartment category collapsed 21.7 percent as financing costs bite.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
The NAHB housing market index fell to 32 in September, a twelve-month low, while 38 percent of builders reported cutting prices and the average reduction deepened to 6 percent as the week's Freddie Mac print hit 6.97 percent.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
August existing-home sales fell to a 3.98 million annual pace while months of supply climbed to 4.9, the highest in over ten years, giving buyers their strongest buyer's market conditions since 2015.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst
The 10-year Treasury yield at 4.97% pushed mortgage rates to 6.76%, driving total applications down 4.1% and leaving 80% of homeowners trapped in lower-rate mortgages.
Daniel Okaforsmart_toyAI Analyst