Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

22, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. In recent weeks, rates have dropped by half a percent, but potential homebuyers continue to hold out for lower rates and more inventory,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

The housing market functions differently than other markets because it can be characterized as a heterogeneous, thinly traded, illiquid market. In other words, it’s a diverse market with a wide variety of different homes of varying ages and levels of repair, and sales happen very rarely. The result is fewer sales.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In the week following the Federal Open Market Committee ‘s meeting, mortgage applications sunk. And the purchase market saw applications down 2% over the prior week and 27% behind last year’s pace. It is still facing limited for-sale inventory and struggling with affordability issues. For the week that ended Sept.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Founded in 2000, BDX is owned by a group of 24 leading U.S. Home shoppers will be able to utilize a premium digital homebuying experience, while builders will be able to leverage new data about consumer buying habits and trends to conduct better marketing strategies. The demand for new construction isn’t waning.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

However, despite the recent uptick, the continued low inventory conditions are expected to keep home prices elevated nationally. To remain in the market and stay competitive, many buyers are looking at lower priced homes to stay afloat, with homes in the lowest price tier seeing the most competition and price growth early this spring.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

percent – the highest since December 2000. Purchase applications increased but were still 27 percent lower than a year ago, as elevated mortgage rates and tight housing inventory continue to weigh on home-buying activity,” Kan added. For the week that ended Aug. 25, mortgage applications picked up 2.3% Also noteworthy, a 7.9%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2021

While 2021 likely won’t approach the record breaking tizzy of 2020, the housing market will continue to flourish on the strength of the purchase market, according to economists at the Mortgage Bankers Association. How outsourcing gives lenders an advantage in 2021’s purchase market. After last year’s record $3.83

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Inventories that were 90-plus days late on mortgage payments increased largely in Florida. The latest economic data showed a robust job market , resilient consumer spending and a slowdown in disinflation numbers. Active foreclosure inventory rose by 2.5% However, the foreclosure starts are still 37% below pre-pandemic levels.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In 2000, we saw a lot of credit stress in the system. When the Fed says they may need to keep rates higher for longer, I believe that’s them talking tough, as they can fall back on the fact that the labor market is still solid and household balance sheets are good. Total inventory in America grew from 2000 to 2005 while demand grew.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Despite elevated interest rates and tight inventory, the national Hispanic homeownership rate reached 49.5% homeownership rate was close to a record high in census data going back to 2000. in 2023, with a net gain of 377,000 Hispanic owner households from the previous year. In total, more than 9.5 of overall U.S. And the 49.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Larry Steinway, former senior vice president of lending and branch manager at Illinois-based Guaranteed Rate , has taken on a new challenge to expand the Ohio-based Revolution Mortgage footprint in the Chicagoland market. He was the fourth mortgage loan originator to join Guaranteed Rate in 2000. It’s the local relationships.

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Eyes on Housing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The labor market continues to tighten, especially for the construction industry. The count of open construction jobs increased to 410,000 unfilled positions in October, the highest measure in the history of the data series (going back to late 2000). Hiring in the. Read More ›

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

The supply-demand imbalance fueling the housing market shows no signs of abating in 2022, even as homebuilders attempt to bridge the gap. An under-supplied market has strong implications for house prices, particularly during a time when prices seemingly set new records every month. Measuring the housing deficit.

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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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Empire Appraisal Group

APRIL 13, 2023

Wall Street Expects Robust 2023 New-Home Market NEWS & MEDIA akurtz / Getty Images Source: Wall Street Expects Robust 2023 New-Home Market | Florida Realtors Wall Street Expects Robust 2023 New-Home Market By Alex Veiga The stock for many major U.S. KB Home, PulteGroup and Tri Pointe Homes are among more than a dozen U.S.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recently, some of my well-intentioned clients have asked if it is possible to appraise a home, based upon a “normal market”. Let’s talk about the difference between today’s market and the one during the years leading up to the bursting of the housing bubble in the Great Recession of 2008. Granted, mortgage rates were not terrible.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

months’ worth of housing inventory in the U.S. We have a workable range for 2023 sales in the existing home sales market between 4 million and 4.6 Last year we had a significant sales decline for the existing home sales market, which got worse as the year progressed. Unsold inventory sits at a 2.6-month

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Empire Appraisal Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Housing Market Collapse? Housing Market Collapse? The housing market has taken a few hits, such as a doubling of mortgage rates in 2022, but it remains solid even if legitimate news providers suggest doom and gloom. housing market is suffering some cracks, but an outright collapse is nowhere in sight. Nowhere in Sight.

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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. The market is tight, prices are soaring on what stock is available and it’s not available long. were flipped in the first quarter. Of the 32,526 U.S.

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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. That market, which is fiercely competitive, allows consumers the best chance to see all inventory and make informed decisions. Closings within 30 to 45 days is remarkable and typical in most markets here.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

In March, a modest bump in homebuyer demand, combined with a decline in for-sale inventory, drove up home prices compared to the month prior. The only markets in the top 50 by population where seasonally adjusted prices are still falling are Austin, Texas (-0.7%); Salt Lake City, Utah (-0.12%) and San Antonio, Texas (-0.07%).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. It is crazy to think we are seeing these four things happen in the housing market considering that even in March of this year we were seeing bidding wars accelerate before mortgage rates rose.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A recent article from Realtor.com quotes NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun telling Fox Business, “Given that SpaceX and Blue Origin employees have sophisticated high-tech skills with presumably high income, the impacted small community real estate market will clearly benefit.”. What Does This Mean For Real Estate Agents?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2021

The National Association of Realtors says the current state of the housing market is absolutely “dire,” the consequence of a housing shortage 30 years in the making. From 1968 to 2000, the total stock of U.S. trillion gap in housing market investment from 2000 to 2020. The post US housing market is short 5.5

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Berkshire Hathaway

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Unlike what we experienced a little over a decade ago, there are multiple reasons why this market is completely different. In real estate we measure supply and demand based on what we call “months’ supply of inventory.” 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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

That represents a serious downtrend from a 50% homeownership rate in 2000. In 2000, CAR estimated that the state would need about 250,000 new units a year to keep up with demand. California [has been] the most inventory-constrained market for years.” What’s the solution? million units behind.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Just like in the existing home sales market, when sales are low, anything positive on the rate side can move the market in a positive direction. As we can see in the chart below, we are still below the recession levels of 2000 and really trending at 1996 levels. However, this isn’t how inventory grows in America.

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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. Fewer Foreclosure Purchases.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

As you can see below, new home sales are still below the 2000 recession level, and we just had a significant spike in mortgage rates too. The market has changed with rates so much higher, but for the most part, the builders are managing the recent weakness in sales as best they can. months, this is an OK market for the builders.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

This data line confirms what we all know to be the case: The housing market, at least as it relates to construction, is in a recession. Since the summer of 2020, I have genuinely believed the housing market could change once the 10-year yield broke over 1.94%. months and below, this is an excellent market for the builders.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 17, 2024

I always do market conditions adjustments (or explain why not) and for views and other factors that significantly add to value. Not for a number, but about marketability. Originally hitting the market in 2022 for $72 million, the estate has seen various price decreases since then. I use Excel and MLS data. baths, 45,000 sq.ft.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Homebuilders are also pacing the number of homes they bring to market. 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. However, the price gains are hardly uniform across the 20 cities with their own indices.

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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. Even with rates in the mid-7s, there are bidding wars in dozens of markets across the country.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

Homebuilder confidence is continuing to trend upward this spring, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Tuesday. Lack of existing inventory continues to drive buyers to new construction,” Robert Dietz , the NAHB’s chief economist, said in a statement. “In

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In fact, new home sales are below the recession level of 2000 and back to 1996 levels already. They are good at selling their inventory much quicker than existing home sellers, who might still be stingy on prices. months and below, this is an excellent market for the builders. months , this is just an OK market for the builders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The forecast for the housing market is expected to get gloomier next year before rebounding to 2022 levels in 2024. The mortgage market is projected to slip further, however, to $1.74 In addition, the unsold existing homes inventory has slipped for three consecutive months, ending October at 1.22 million in 2024. year over year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are well below the 2000 recession level and back to 1996 levels. When you account for a population of over 330 million people, that sales number looks a lot lower than in 2000 and 1996 so be mindful that we are trending at low levels today. months, and below, this is an excellent market for builders. When supply is 4.3

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