Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even as mortgage rates rose, and affordability was pushed out of reach for many potential homebuyers, there are still sufficient buyers who can afford these prices and these rates. After the mortgage rate spike in September 2022, we got significantly more bearish on home prices for 2023. If mortgage rates increase to the 7.5%

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Others have expressed concerns that we are headed for a housing crash, like in 2008. 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. THE RISE IN HOME PRICES IN THE YEARS LEADING TO 2008.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The mortgage industry started 2023 with optimism due to an increase in housing activity. Fannie Mae expects home sales to remain subdued for the remainder of 2023, although recent mortgage application data came in stronger than expected. million units for the year – a level similar to the annual pace that occurred in 2008-2011 period.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

There is one simple reason for this: it’s not 2008. The truth is that if mortgage rates fell below 5.875% and kept going lower, everyone’s housing predictions would need to be revised this year because the builders can sell their homes with lower mortgage rates. Let me be honest here: we got lucky as a country.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Higher mortgage rates continued to impact home sales over the last month, with existing home sales declining in September for the eighth consecutive month, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). . regions experiencing month over month contractions. . regions experiencing month over month contractions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Fraud risk continues to rise even as the market contracts . Although the housing market slowdown and drop in prices has meant that more and more borrowers are underwater on their mortgage , Yun anticipates that foreclosure rates will remain at historically low levels in 2023, remaining less than 1% of all mortgages next year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The reasons for that are solid demographics and low mortgage rates , which will not change much in 2021. For now, though, the low inventory means housing starts have legs to move higher. Existing home inventory is also at all-time lows. Unsold inventory sits at an all-time-low 2.5-month New Home Supply.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Mortgage interest rates have risen quickly in the past few months further eroding affordability. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, at a time of turmoil in the real estate market. In 2008, 49% of Realtors had a client with a distressed sale, today it is only 1%.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 18, 2023

The agent went on to mention that many people she knows would like to sell their home but are afraid of not finding another one because inventory levels are so low. And I found sales that supported the contract price that had sold within the past month. This is despite the considerably higher mortgage interest rates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

In fact, considering the drop in builders’ confidence, now we have to watch for whether some people will cancel their building contracts because rates have jumped so much while they’ve been waiting for their new home to be built. Mortgage rates have risen since the lows we saw last year. Housing completions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

After two record-setting years of mortgage origination volume, the mortgage industry is contracting, sharply. Based on our read of 2021 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, we estimate that total originations volume last year was $4.4 Source: Mortgage Bankers Association.

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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. With rates trying to reach equilibrium after their nosedive in 2020, everyone has had to accept that pandemic-era rates are a thing of the past and therefore higher monthly mortgage payments are here to stay. Sales Decline by 21.7%

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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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If you look back, the macroeconomic stuff is tied back to the fact that when COVID initially hit it slowed things down even further and this is after we were already trying to catch up from the significant downturn in 2008, so there is so much more demand than there is supply today.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 30, 2024

The 2023 South Florida real estate market, like national trends, saw a decrease in sales, an increase in prices, and a decrease in the number of homes listed and placed under contract. Unlike what the Northeast experienced, South Florida inventory is up over 2022 and the second half of 2021. South Florida Sales Decline by 17.5%

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Appraisal Today

MAY 24, 2024

During my term as an appraisal board member in my state, I encountered several cases in which a mixed-use property or commercial property was appraised as a residential property so a borrower could obtain a residential mortgage. Built in 2008, the luxury estate last traded hands in 2021 for $6,250,000. baths, 19,660 sq.ft.,

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 10, 2022

When COVID hit , policy makers flooded the market with all different kinds of stimulus and the Federal Reserve started buying a historic number of mortgage-backed securities to drive mortgage interest rates down. This is not 2021 or 2020, or even early 2020 , but it certainly isn’t 2008 either and there isn’t a crash on the horizon.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B Some appraisers feel that lenders should not provide them with the purchase and sale contract.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 26, 2023

Highlighted in this report are the average sale prices for single-family, condominiums, and multi-family homes in Massachusetts along with the number of homes listed for sale, placed under contract, and price adjustments. To learn more about inventory, click on the chart on the right. Number of Homes Sold Decreased by 24.8%

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Appraisal Today

MAY 17, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Geographic Data and Comps, effect of renovation on value, very low foreclosures now, current real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = = $99.5M Bad: very few REO appraisals which kept appraisers busy during previous crashes, such as 2008.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices. It’s a dynamic not often seen in our area and it – along with stubbornly high mortgage interest rates – has generated a rollercoaster ride of data that would make Six Flags jealous. The inventory may not be there, but the demand sure is.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. It looks like the change is starting because of increasing mortgage interest rates. Computer modeling did not predict the 2008 crash. 8-minute podcast.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 15, 2022

Rates dropped to historic lows to keep buyers buying, prompting an influx of new applications and re-finances as obtaining a mortgage was more affordable than ever. Sellers kept listing, albeit, at a much slower pace, and buyers were buying at the highest rate in over 15 years, absorbing inventory faster than ever. Available Inventory.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

In a truly Orwellian move, mortgage giant Freddie Mac recently announced its intent to censor an arbitrary collection of words such as “desirable,” “safe,” “well-kept,” “student” and “crime” when they appear, in any context, in the hundreds of thousands of appraisal reports it relies on in mortgage underwriting. They really help.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. The number of homes going under contract – known in the industry as Pending sales – fell to 2340, an August figure not seen in King since 2010 when there were only 1580 in the heart of the housing crisis. It remained at 1.5

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Listing Spark

JUNE 21, 2022

The real estate industry has been experiencing some shifting trends lately, and when compared to the last crash, there are plenty of factors that make this time different from 2008. Back then, terrible lending regulations, a surplus of inventory, and little to no equity for homeowners was a recipe for disaster. this April, up from 1.1

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

With a shortage of inventory, it was not hard to imagine why this might be the case. Therefore, my opinion of value was in the mid-sixties, which was far below the contract price. What if my appraisal report, mysteriously came in at the same price as the contract price? . The property was now being sold in the mid-nineties.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JULY 7, 2022

If the factors that affect this change are not taken into consideration when pricing a home for sale then the appraisal and the contract price may not line up. 6 Reasons Your Home’s Appraisal Value May Come In Lower Than The Contract Price In Today’s Market. Because of the lack of inventory sales volume has been down.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 22, 2022

Highlighted in this report are the average sale prices for single-family, condominiums, and multi-family homes in Massachusetts along with the number of homes listed for sale, placed under contract, and price adjustments. As the market has cooled over the past few months with the increase in mortgage rates, they still haven’t started to fall.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

My comments : The big push to cut down on appraisal turn times because of the appraisal shortage is Very Old News since mortgage volume has plummeted. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Find out why not.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

New FHA ROV Policy By Dave Towne, May 3, 2024 Excerpts: Up until recently, there has never been a standardized policy for mortgage loan related Reconsideration of Value (ROV) requests after an appraisal has been submitted. Now there is, per the attached PDF HUD/FHA mortgage letter. The mortgage loan officer handling the loan?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Appraisal Business Tips from Ann O’Rourke Why is the residential lender business so slow now, as compared with 2008?

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Mortgage interest rates ALWAYS go up and down. At the current mortgage rate, and with a 20% down payment, homes priced at $250,000 will have a typical monthly payment of around $1,358, before property taxes and home insurance costs. I sold my big house in March 2008. September 20, 2023) — Mortgage applications increased 5.4

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

What mortgage options should you be looking out for? We’ll dive into everything you need to know about current rates and loan products, with Justin Hrabovsky, top 1% mortgage lender. What can historic mortgage rates teach us about expectations for current rates. Fixed rate mortgages aren’t the only option available to buyers.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post Modular Homes Data Plates, ADU income, Pickleball courts and other interesting home improvements, , unusual homes, mortgage origination and more! million 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,281 sq.ft, built in 2008, 21.23 Mortgage applications decreased 6.9

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The 2021 Massachusetts Year in Review Housing Report breaks down average prices, sales, inventory, new active listings, and pending sales for 2021 compared to 2020 and illustrates what that means for the current market. It was also a clear rebuke of the theory that the Covid pandemic would cause a similar crash to 2008. to 9,796.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 10, 2023

Homes going under contract (Pending sales) dropped 25% from the previous month and by 30% year-on-year (YoY) – staggering drop-offs. The number of Pendings (1206) has fallen for five consecutive months and is the lowest of any month since December 2008 (1167). months of inventory, down from 2.2 Across King, there were 1.7

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