MarketNsight Reports on First Half of 2023 This week, MarketNsight, a leading real estate data and analysis provider, revealed housing data through the end of June 2023. Of note, year-to-year housing inventory has collapsed since January and was negative in June for the first time in 13 months. Months of supply (MOS) at the end of June 2023 was 1.8. According to[...]
MarketNsight Offers Housing Forecast at MarketWatch Atlanta MarketNsight, a leading provider of real estate data and analysis, recently hosted its biannual MarketWatch Atlanta event via Zoom, releasing data on the state of the Atlanta new home industry. According to John Hunt, Principal and Chief Analyst at MarketNsight, the housing shortage in Atlanta (especially related to entry-level housing) and elsewhere throughout the[...]
St. Bourke, a leading real estate development firm, provides an in-depth analysis of Atlanta's housing market for the first quarter of the year. Despite various challenges, the data reveals a remarkably resilient and robust market, with many key metrics performing above pre-pandemic levels. This is a testament to the enduring demand for housing in the Atlanta area. St. Bourke’s Director of[...]
Contrary to many recent headlines, the housing market remains active and dynamic, according to new data from MarketNsight. Despite a perceptible decrease in demand, the industry research leader reports that home sales continue at a robust 80% of last year's pace, with buyers signing contracts, even with interest rates exceeding 6%. “Increases in the market share of new homes continue to[...]
MarketNsight, a leading provider of real estate data and analysis, announces that new home market share in March 2023 was up 89% year over year. According to John Hunt, Principal and Chief Analyst at MarketNsight, new home market share growth can be attributed to several factors, including elevated interest rates and a lack of resale inventory. "Not surprisingly, new home market[...]
St. Bourke, an Atlanta-based asset management and property development company, offers its 2022 Year in Review Atlanta market report. “Activity across Atlanta’s housing market in 2022 largely reflected the nationwide slowdown over the past 12 months as high home prices, construction costs and mortgage rates further eroded affordability and disqualified many homebuyers,” St. Bourke’s Director of Research & Communications Katie Fidler[...]
Homes below $300,000 are almost nonexistent “The housing shortage will get worse over the next year,” MarketNsight Chief Analyst John Hunt said at MarketWatch Atlanta. To get back to normal, Atlanta needs 66,000 additional homes on the market over the next 12 months. “We simply don’t have enough supply,” Hunt said. Before the Great Recession, housing starts and population growth tracked together,[...]
Affordability challenges, low inventory, Gwinnett remains HOT! St. Bourke, an Atlanta-based asset management and property development company, offers a Q3 Atlanta housing market overview and a peek at what could lie ahead in 2023. “The St. Bourke team certainly leans towards a ‘glass half full’ mentality when considering Atlanta’s housing market and the broader economy. We are undoubtedly feeling the punch of[...]
Home shoppers are wondering, why buy a new home now? Atlanta remains a red hot market for new home sales despite the recent upticks in interest rates. Wells Fargo Senior Economist Mark Vitner says he believes that Atlanta and other Sunbelt cities could get through a recession relatively unscathed. Click here to read the full article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. With[...]
Pending Sales Down 4 Percent from 2021 and still up 5 percent from 2019 Keeping with its trend of being ahead of the curve and setting accurate benchmarks to use nationally, MarketNsight released early August numbers for Atlanta. The first three weeks of August revealed a definite bottom for housing sales, which is, of course, tied to interest rates. With 30-Year Fixed[...]