April Inventory shows little improvement

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While there has been a slight uptick in inventory at the beginning of April (and spring we hope), it is less than half the 2020 levels.

Single Family Homes

Condos
Condo inventory has followed a similar pattern:

Mortgage rates


The 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage fluctuated around 3% for most of 2021. The Fed appeared to many commentators (read my “Party on, dude” says the Federal Reserve posted in March 2021) to be taking an overly optimistic view about inflation; its indication of a policy reversal late in 2021 sparked a jump in the crucial 10-year Treasury (10T) yield  and hence in mortgage rates. With inflation continuing to soar well beyond the Fed’s preferred 2%, interest rates climbed in 2022, driving mortgage rates to a multi-year high.
As inflation appeared to slow, so the yield on 10T dropped, leading to a drop in the FRM of 1% in early 2023. Inflation, however, remains stubbornly high – and the labour market stubbornly strong- causing interest rates and the FRM to move up again, before the crises at a number of banks drove Treasury yields – and hence the FRM – lower again. .

And these recent articles:
Economic and mortgage commentary
What drives Mortgage rates in one chart
How Marblehead’s 2023 Property Tax Rate is Calculated
Essex County 2023 Property Tax Rates: Town by Town guide
Why Mortgage Rates Will Fall
Recession? Yes, no, maybe….
Has Inflation Peaked?

Market Reports
Marblehead 2022 Housing Market Review
Swampscott 2022 Housing Market Review
 Beverly 2022 Housing Market Review
 Salem 2022 Housing Market Review
Essex County 2022 Housing Market Review
Essex County Town by Town Guide: 2022 Median Prices and Sales; 2023 Tax Rates
February Inventory as low as this weekend’s temperature
HOW AND WHEN WILL HOUSING REBOUND?

If you – or somebody you know – are considering buying or selling a home and have questions about the market and/or current home prices, please contact me on 617.834.8205 or [email protected]

Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
Market Analyst | Team Harborside | teamharborside.com
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