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5 KEY predictions in this short videO
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A review of 2023…
MY 5 PREDICTIONS FOR 2023
I predicted rates of 6.5% at end of year, would not go down end 2023 about 6.45% level.
I predicted huge drop in #sales & that the number of available homes would drop to 20 year low.
I said Buyers will had to compete for deals and pay 5% more on average across Chicag
I said market time would drop yet again and bottom out about 60 days
Inventory will drop another 15%.- CORRECT (but it dropped even further down 24%)
The 5 KEY Stats FOR 2023 my predictions - ALL CORRECT
Mortgage rates 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipped a bit but averaged 6.48% - CORRECT
3.22%.hit 9.3% fewer properties sold in 2023 - the lowest on record in 20 years.-CORRECT
Chicago’s median home sale price rose 5% in one year - CORRECT.
The City of Chicago Market times dropped another 7% to 63 days in the last year. - CORRECT
Chicago Inventory dropped a whopping 24 % - an amazing dip. This will correct this year.-CORRECT
Check out the November 2023 FastStats.
more details on 2023 (LAST YEAR)…
IN 2023 Low inventory, elevated sales prices, and decades-high interest rates continue to weigh on the housing market, which caused sales of existing homes to fall to their slowest pace since August 2010. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), U.S. existing-home sales declined 4.1% month-over-month and 14.6% year-over-year as of last measure, as prospective buyers, faced with rising homeownership costs, wait for mortgage rates, and home prices, to drop.
At the end of 2023 the Inventory remained at historically low levels nationwide, with only 1.15 million homes for sale heading into November, a 5.7% decline compared to the same time last year, for a 3.6 months’ supply at the current sales pace. In Chicago it remained below 3 months for all property types. The shortage of available properties for sale has kept pressure on home prices, which have continued to climb despite the slowdown in sales. According to NAR, the U.S. median existing-home sales price increased 3.4% from a year ago to $391,800, an all-time high for the month, with annual price gains reported in all four regions of the country—- including Chicagoland
Rates are starting the year better than last year…. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.48% in the week ending January 5, up from 6.42% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It’s the highest start to a year since 2002, which opened at 7.14%. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.22%..
A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was
INTEREST RATE UPDATE
2024 - U.S. MARKET FORECAST
for those of you who love data
HERE YOU CAN “NERD OUT” ON MORE 2023
chicagoland mls GRAPHS….
USEFUL NATIONAL CHARTS BELOW SHOW HOME INVENTORY INCREASES COMING, ALL SIGNS POINT TO FEDS CUTTING RATES HOME SALE INCREASES, BUYER DOWN PAYMENTS WILL REMAIN LOWER SCALE, RENTS ARE SOFTENING FROM COVID 22 PEAKS, THE NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME STARTS IS STILL WAY BEHIND THE DEMAND FOR HOMES COUNTRYWIDE,
2023 STATS SUMMARIZED
2023 MEDIAN SALE PRICE CHICAGOLAND
2023 AFFORDABILITY IS MAXED OUT - THIS SEVERELY LIMITS ANY MORE PRICE APPRECIATION
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new COUNTY TAX
homeowner tool
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT…
ONLINE TOOL ON MEASURING YOUR TAXES
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas launched a new online tool that calculates year-to-year changes
for each property tax bill and shows where tax dollars go.
The new feature, called “Where Your Money Goes,” is an online, educational display that provides
a clear view of how much taxes owed on a property increased or decreased from one year to the next.
It also calculates the money an individual property owner owed to each school district or other
local unit of government in the past two years.
To access the new tool:
Search for a property by Property Index Number (PIN) or address.
Select the correct property and click, “View Your Property Tax Information.”