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While many homebuyers remained on the sidelines, home sales and competition leveled off in February, as the median U.S. home sale price fell 1.2% in February, marking the first year-over-year decline since 2012.

The rate of overall housing starts slowed in 2022 while completions climbed, according to a new Realtor.com report. New home affordability continues to drop rapidly with just 10% of new homes sold for less than $300,000 in Q4 2022.

With home sales having dropped sharply this past year, Fannie Mae experts discuss the impact of lowering mortgage rates and what factors drove purchase demand to increase. Here’s why the housing market is now "in a different phase of the economic and housing cycle.”

Distressed sales, including foreclosures and short sales, comprised just 1% of home sales in October 2002 according to new NAR data, down from 2% in September.

First-time homebuyers looking to purchase a typical home during Q3 have begun to feel the impact of nationwide housing's growing unaffordability. A new report from the National Association of Realtors revealed single-family existing-home sales prices grew in nearly every metro analyzed, as the national median home price climbed nearly 9% from 2021.

Homes built during the pandemic boom are now going up for sale, according to Redfin's latest market report. The share of new construction homes reached 29%, marking a new high for any Q3 on record.

“As home valuations are a vital component of the mortgage process, publishing transparent, aggregate data on appraisals provides useful information to the public while protecting borrowers’ personally identifiable information,” said FHFA Director Sandra L. Thompson.

As Fannie Mae predicted in the second quarter of 2022, home price growth decelerated sharply during the third quarter, which fell in-line with a sharp rise in mortgage rates, further proving that the current rate and home price environment is weighing on affordability.

Ginnie Mae’s MBS portfolio grew for the 13th consecutive month in July, supporting over 155,000 affordable homeownership and rental units throughout the U.S., including approximately $1.85 billion in loans for multifamily housing.

While NAR found an uptick in homes purchased by international buyers over the past year, the 98,600 sold marked the fewest number of sales recorded by this segment since 2009.