Downsizing from a four-bedroom home to a two-bedroom home in the Dallas area would save the typical homeowner nearly $246,000.

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.

The Texas REALTORS® 2022 Q3 Texas Quarterly Housing Report shows that the state’s housing market has calmed considerably from its most frenzied days.

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.

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

September is the fourth month in a row to see declining sales activity. 

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. 

Texas is the third-most popular destination for international buyers looking to purchase a home in the United States.

In Dallas, home prices posted a 20.2% year-over-year gain in August, compared to a 24.7% gain in July. Month over month, prices fell 1.9%.

“After a sustained period of quick sales that kept the housing cupboard relatively bare, a supply of two months presents a lot more options for homebuyers,” said RE/MAX President and CEO Nick Bailey.

The only other time the market saw such change was at the beginning of the pandemic. 

Month over month in September, existing-home sales slid 1.5% to 4.71 million, which is 23.8% lower than the year before. 

New home construction missed analyst estimates in September, falling 8.1% month over month to an annual rate 1,439,000 homes, according to government statistics.