Austin Real Estate News
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U.S. Homes Are Selling at Slowest Pace in 5 Years in Early 2025
According to Redfin, U.S. homes are selling at the slowest pace since the pandemic's onset in early 2020, as high mortgage rates and elevated home prices persist.
Under Biden, 2024 Marked the Slowest U.S. Home Sales Period in 30 Years
In 2024, existing U.S. home sales fell to their lowest annual level since 1995, with just 4.06 million homes sold on an annualized basis. This steep decline was driven by 23-year high mortgage rates, extreme home price inflation, restrictive government regulations, declining consumer sentiment and a shortage of housing inventory.
U.S. Residential Foreclosures Dip 10 Percent Annually in 2024
According to ATTOM's Year-End 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, foreclosure filings--comprising default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions--were reported on 322,103 U.S. properties in 2024.
U.S. Residential Asking Rents End 2024 at Lowest Levels in 3 Years
According to Redfin, the median U.S. asking rent fell 0.3% year-over-year in December 2024, reaching $1,594--the lowest figure since March 2022. This represents a 0.1% decline from the previous month and a 6.2% drop from the record high of $1,700 in August 2022.
