The number of homes under construction rose during the month, as homebuilders continued to work through a large backlog of homes. 

The largest single-week decline in conventional mortgage rates since July brought the first increase in home-loan applications since September, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. 

Miami, Phoenix, Atlanta and Tampa each saw double-digit consumer price index percentage growth year over year.

It’s not the only metric decelerating in today’s market. Inflation is also starting to slow which is helping bring down mortgage rates.

South Florida collectively recorded a 15.3% year-over-year drop in total sales of single-family homes worth $1 million and up in the third quarter of the year.

Downsizing from a four-bedroom home to a two-bedroom home in South Florida would save the typical homeowner more than $322,000.

From dropping home prices, increased inventory and homes staying on the market longer, today’s buyers should look at the upside to what the market means for their prospects.

Homebuyer demand is starting to stabilize as October home sales posted the largest decline since 2015, according to a new report.

The 44th edition of the in-depth forecast report examined 80 cities to determine trends in the real estate industry for 2023.

The median age of inventory in Miami is 63 days, down from 98 before the pandemic began.

Looking ahead, CoreLogic expects national year-over-year appreciation to slow to 3.9% by September 2023. 

A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.08% this week from 6.94% a week ago, Freddie Mac reported. A year ago, the average mortgage carried a 3.14% rate. 

Mortgage rates continued to weigh on homebuyers in September, following a brief uptick in new-home sales in August.  

At the same time, mortgage applications declined 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis on a week-over-week basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. 

So far in 2022, the highest dollar volume among international buyers in the U.S. comes from China, followed by Canada, India, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia.

In Miami, home prices posted a 28.6% year-over-year gain in August — the largest in the country — compared to a 31.7% gain in July. Month over month, prices fell 0.1%.