Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory UP 29.1% YoY; New Listings Up 7.2% YoY

5 days ago by Calculated Risk @ Calculated Risk

What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For March, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 23.5% YoY, but still down almost 38% compared to March 2017 to 2019 levels.  Now - on a weekly basis - inventory is up 29.1% YoY. Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report: Weekly Housing Trends View—Data Week Ending April 13, 2024• Active inventory increased, with for-sale homes 29.1% above year-ago levels. For the 23rd week in a row, there were more homes listed for sale compared with the previous year, giving homebuyers a wider...

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The trend is your friend. This adage tends to work well in a wide range of market environments. It is always tempting to seek turning points in the market, but it is far simpler to determine the underlying trend for a given financial instrument and use that as the basis for determining whether one’s bias should be to the long or short side.

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Watch this video on YouTube The most important thing in your trading is your trading edge. And for some of you, without getting into it, because probably a myriad ways to look at this, it is the expected value of your trade, right? The expected value takes into account what’s your frequency of winning. Obviously […] The post Things to learn before trading first appeared on MartinKronicle. The post Things to learn before trading appeared first on MartinKronicle.

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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.19 million SAAR in March; Median House Prices Increased 4.8% Year-over-Year

6 days ago by Calculated Risk @ Calculated Risk

Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.19 million SAAR in March Excerpt: Sales Year-over-Year and Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) The fourth graph shows existing home sales by month for 2023 and 2024. <img alt="Existing Home Sales Year-over-year" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvl5-HB1mASxZqBdZvDao4rS3hJfn7i8SZ4k8ohHM_5NOX5frRcP1HJt-CSbZKRBj4N3W_GyFtHYHJYN4pLGrhfWAyLaC2U8h4GBb6Idid7PiKzA1F1E1Y4QnTXa73HhyaGCn4YkdoWlpvWZlvNzz1v...

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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.19 million SAAR in March

6 days ago by Calculated Risk @ Calculated Risk

From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Descended 4.3% in MarchExisting-home sales slipped in March, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Among the four major U.S. regions, sales slid in the Midwest, South and West, but rose in the Northeast for the first time since November 2023. Year-over-year, sales decreased in all regions. Total existing-home sales – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – receded 4.3% from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.19 million in March. Year-over-year, sales waned 3.7% (down from 4.35 million in March 2023). ...Total housing inventory registered at the end of March was 1.11 million units, up 4.7% from February and 14.4% from one year ago (970,000). Unsold inventory sits at a 3.2-month supply at the current sales pace, up from 2.9 months in Feb...

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Inflation data in the eurozone is nearing the ECB's preferred target. Is the central bank ready to cut interest rates and what does this mean for the EUR/USD pair? Insights by Jim Iuorio.

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“My strategy worked well for a while, but then one trade wiped out all my gains.” Some form… The post Think Position Sizing is Boring? Check This Out! first appeared on Dave Mabe.