Home sales fall in August despite the highest supply in over a decade

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CNBC Real Estate reports that home sales slowed again in August even as inventory reached its highest level in more than a decade, a pairing that defies the usual supply-and-demand logic. Buyers are confronting more choices than they have had in years, yet transactions are not keeping pace. Meanwhile prices continue to rise, suggesting that whatever is keeping sales muted, it is not bargain hunting.

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What matters now is that inventory alone does not make a market easy to navigate. A borrower with non-standard income, or an investor moving faster than a 45-day close allows, needs a financing structure that matches the actual mechanics of the deal. loantrust.ai's positioning as a brokerage that originates both consumer and investor mortgages through a single licensed originator reflects the reality that this market rewards preparation more than timing.