Lamacchia Realty

JULY 26, 2023

We recently published a report that covers the first half of 2023 which exhibited the least number of homes listed (for the full story click here) over a 6-month period (two consecutive quarters) since records have been kept (red line). Pending Home Sales (contracts accepted) The number of homes placed under contract declined 20.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sales activity across the county is at historic lows; no October has experienced fewer listings in King County – not even close – since at least 1992 when records were first archived online. New listings for all home types in King County stood at 2157, a whopping 25% drop from September to October. Closed sales fell 0.9%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023. In the CNBC interview, I stressed that we do have one positive on the inventory side of things: we are seeing new listings data growth. We have a big difference in the data on single-family permits and 5-unit permits.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We didn’t see a wave of panic selling like we did in 2008. 5) New construction in Texas surged in 2023 Three major Texas metro areas made the top 10 list of highest new home construction rates in the nation. This is probably one of the factors that kept our housing market from spiraling completely off the rails.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It’s not unusual for a little jump in new listings in September. I interviewed Dr. Jessica Lautz from the National Association of Realtors for the Altos podcast and we talked about the prospect of 8% mortgage rates. The fact that home prices are up year over year just helps us see that there is no 2008 apocalypse happening.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

” Bough presided over a trial last year that ended in a $1.8B (yes, with a “B”) verdict against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). were flipped last year, down 29% from 2022 and the largest annual drop since 2008. With the settlement, a wave of new listings hit the market in the past several weeks.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Memories of the Great Recession still linger for anyone linked to the real estate industry – including the estimated seven million households that lost their homes to foreclosures around 2008-2010. >> The National Association of Realtors® revised its economic forecasts for 2021 – and things are looking up. That leaves about 2.1

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

You would be hard-pressed to find economists proclaiming that today’s housing environment in the PNW is nearing anything close to the 2008-type bust. the highest percentage since Q3 of 2008. ” The increased number of listings and slight slow-down of the market have helped boost inventory numbers.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

home was $313,000 through February, a sharp 16% higher from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The image was taken from a drone above The Parc, a condo in Belltown, where I am promoting one of my new listings. The median down payment represents 7.7% from the previous quarter.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

The rate today is the same as in the late 1960s, except during the housing bubble of 2008-2010 when ownership rose – and we know how that ended up! UNMARRIED AND BUYING TOGETHER For the third consecutive year, a report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) noted an increase in unmarried couples purchasing a home.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

They have declined for two consecutive months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The excess of inventory that occurred in 2007, 2008 and ’09, was an anomaly,” said Marci Rossell, former chief economist for CNBC. Compare that to the end-April total of 4551 Active listings for the two counties, as well as 0.6

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