Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22 million Historically inventory levels range between 2 million and 2.5 Mortgage rates went from a low of 2.5% to a high of 7.37% — purely savage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

And there’s another thing that separates the housing market from other markets — the buyer is often also the seller. In most markets, the seller, or supplier, makes their decision about adding supply to the market independent of the buyer, or source of demand, and their decision to buy.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While sellers of existing homes have struggled with rising rates and softening demand, homebuilders have not only survived, but thrived in this market thanks to the use of mortgage rate buydowns , a tool more widely used by builders since their business is selling homes and clearing inventory.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

As an Irish immigrant to the United States in 1996 who became a real estate broker in 2000, I can tell you this: The U.S. They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. Home buyers like my mother and father outside the U.S. experience.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

In November 2021, the supply of homes for sale nationwide as a percentage of occupied residential inventory remained near historic lows at 1.19% — meaning only 119 in every 10,000 homes were for sale — much lower than the historical average of 2.5%.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

It is interesting that inventory levels were increasing rapidly in the years leading up to 2008. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates from 2000 to today. Another issue that led to the housing crash of 2008, was unqualified buyers who were able to secure mortgages on homes they couldn’t really afford.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2021

of all home sales in the first quarter of 2021 were flips — or one in 37 transactions, the lowest level since 2000. How fix’n’flip loans could help expand housing inventory. homes flipped in the first quarter of 2021, 10 percent were sold to buyers using loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), down from 11.6%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

months’ worth of housing inventory in the U.S. NAR: First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in March; Individual investors purchased 17% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 27% of transactions; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 29 days. We only have 2.6

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Empire Appraisal Group

APRIL 13, 2023

At the expense of less healthy profit margins, homebuilders reduced prices and began offering incentives like covering buyers’ closing costs. An easing in average mortgage rates this year has also helped entice some buyers. Consider, from 2000 until the pandemic, new homes represented about 11% of all homes for sale.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If NAR’s prediction is correct, the space tech boom could also mean a housing boom, which would create opportunities for builders, buyers, and real estate agents alike. In fact, a quick glance at housing prices between 2000 and 2020 show percentage increases in the double and triple digits. So what does that mean for real estate?

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Empire Appraisal Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Scary times: builders are slashing home prices and slowing construction as buyers pull back, survey shows” (MarketWatch). The market is adjusting to a new reality, with much lower sales volumes and far more inventory,” says Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macro. BusinessInsider).

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Berkshire Hathaway

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In real estate we measure supply and demand based on what we call “months’ supply of inventory.” What that is based on is the number of current homes for sale compared to the number of buyers that are on the market. This time around months’ inventory has been under 5 months for the last three years and it currently stands at 1.9

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

The NAHB/HMI report is based on a monthly survey of NAHB members, in which homebuilders are asked to rate both current market conditions for the sale of new homes and expected conditions for the next six months, as well as traffic of prospective buyers of new homes. That share from 2000-2019 was a 12.7%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cutting prices is one of several mechanisms homebuilders have employed to keep buyers interested since rates began skyrocketing. The index, which pegs January 2000 at 100, reached a seasonally adjusted all-time high of 311.175 in September as tight inventory continues to keep prices elevated.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

They don’t ever have to have the conversation about how low their total payment is in the new home they’re buying, unlike some of their buyers (which explains higher cancellation rates). As we can see in the chart below, we are still below the recession levels of 2000 and really trending at 1996 levels. This represents a supply of 7.9

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Key thing to remember: A traditional seller is also usually a buyer. This now goes into a subject matter that is a striking difference between 2022 versus 2008: Inventory and Credit. Housing inventory. Total housing inventory today — using the NAR data — stands at 1.14 million in 2005.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

The last time mortgage rates reached the 8% level was in the early 2000s, when home prices were significantly lower. Rates at the 7% or 8% level could spur a reduction in home prices, but current inventory issues have limited this impact. The last time it happened was in August 2000, according to Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

With rates at escalated levels, it is affecting home buyers facing affordability challenges. . In addition, the unsold existing homes inventory has slipped for three consecutive months, ending October at 1.22 Given this, homebuilders may focus more on comparatively modest product offerings as the number of move-up buyers is low.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2022

New home sales are now below the recession levels of 2000 and have fallen all the way to 1996 levels, when interest rates were near 8%. From Census: For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply, The seasonally?adjusted Currently, the builders have buyers to occupy those homes, excluding those that cancel the transaction at closing.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 10, 2024

Allegations of collusion to inflate compensation paid to both buyer and seller agents in transactions prompted this landmark settlement, estimated at a staggering $418M. This move, while aiming to “decouple” buyer and seller compensation, may inadvertently reduce transparency for consumers when reviewing home-sale listings.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 23, 2023

He designed the estate, completed in 2000, from the ground up. Later disclosure to buyers), and appraiser data (only available to GSEs and can vary between appraisers). The models aren’t able to think like buyers and sellers. They also play a vital role in supporting accountants in various financial matters. The problem?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 17, 2024

Geographic competency was introduced into the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) in the 2000 edition. For buyers, I tell them to look for these homes for sale. It was a great day when that set of new books arrived in the mail! With some fixup they can easily increase the value. = percent the previous week.

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Annarbor Appraisal

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Washtenaw County, like much of the nation, has a continued inventory shortage. The inventory shortage continues to be concentrated in the starter market. As of this morning, if a buyer can only afford $200,000 in the Ann Arbor school district, there is one available listing (single family houses, not condominium units).

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

It kept inventory down, which propped up prices, but sales are down nearly 22%, and buyers are hungry. A year later, still no crash, which had more to do with the decrease in inventory than the decrease in sales. A lot of it had to do with anemic inventory. Average prices for closed sales increased by 3.4%

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

. “When certain keywords appear in a rising share of listings, it’s a signal that today’s home buyers may be gravitating toward those features,” said Amanda Pendleton, Zillow’s Home Trends Expert. percent – the highest level since November 2000,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

reduction in sales, leaving prospective buyers eager to make a move. As interest rates sought to stabilize following their sharp decline in 2020, both buyers and sellers had to acknowledge the end of the era of historically low pandemic-induced rates, and the beginning of higher monthly mortgage payments. Sales Decline by 23.2%

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 25, 2024

This scarcity in inventory exerted upward pressure on prices, although it coincided with a 19% decline in sales. Despite this decline, motivated buyers were out there trying to secure a home while also trying to navigate lower affordability and low inventory. Average prices for closed sales increased by 7.2% Sales Decline by 18.9%

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 30, 2024

This scarcity in inventory had the effect of keeping prices high, but there was a substantial decrease in sales, approximately 19%, leaving prospective buyers eager. This resilience is more attributable to the reduction in inventory rather than a decline in sales. Maine Sales Decreased by 18.9%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is below the recession levels of 2000 and back to 1996 levels. The builders are in a better position to manage their inventory glut than when they were working from a credit boom in 2005 that took new home sales up to 1.4 After all, sales levels are already low historically for new homes. months and above.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 28, 2022

It will be much like 2021, with record-breaking amounts of home sales, more record-breaking home price appreciation, and more buyers fighting over homes. Below is a bar graph of homes sales per year in Massachusetts back to 2000. At that time we had an extreme overabundance of sellers and not enough motivated buyers.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 27, 2023

in Massachusetts The 2022 Massachusetts Year in Review Housing Report breaks down average prices, sales, inventory, new active listings, and pending sales for 2022 compared to 2021 and illustrates what that means for the current market. Market adjustments, global pandemics, and anemic inventory are not for the faint of heart.

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Houston Properties

JULY 20, 2022

They are always available, attentive, and active in the pursuit of the right buyer. Turnover of homes in Boulevard Oaks is low due to lack of inventory and high demand. Chevy Chase – 2000 – 2200 blocks South, 2100 – 2200 blocks North Blvd., increased sphere of influence and exposure to more potential buyers.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The affordability question is becoming more difficult to justify too, as home prices and interest rates rise amid other challenges facing buyers.“That’s People are looking at higher prices, there’s slim pickings in inventory and now we have higher mortgage rates.”. Buyers with the deepest pockets may wait, however. home buyers.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This is the season when buyers can take advantage of homeowners wishing to sell before the holidays and are showing a willingness to budge on price or make other concessions. The good news for buyers: Experts from the American Enterprise Institute believe prices will inch lower – down about 1.3% Single-family inventory is 1.8

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 12, 2022

Why We're Fearful: Buyer & Seller Mistakes. I’m A Buyer. Why We’re Fearful: Buyer & Seller Mistakes. "A The root causes of buyers overpaying are similar: Using an inexperienced agent (one with less than 6 transactions in total). This is the classic case of a buyer putting emotions over data.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 13, 2023

Unfortunately for buyers, both figures – prices and rates – are climbing, raising the hurdle to homeownership even higher for many. The pandemic housing market was super-charged by historically low interest rates and buyers seeking more spacious properties amid global health fears. months’ total inventory in the county, down from 1.4

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