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Housing starts reach nine-month high in December

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Construction of single-family homes dropped 2.3% from November to 1.172 million units, the construction of multifamily units again posted a sizable increase of 13.7% 2021 was a strong year for construction.”. Census Bureau. to 524,000 units. above the 2020 figure.

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“It’s crazy”: Homebuilders big and small struggle to finish projects

Housing Wire

homebuilder, housing starts, lumber, builders, builder confidence, construction. Owing to a historic inventory crunch, new construction is playing a more prominent role in the housing inventory landscape in decades. of homes for sale were new construction. million homes are under construction, the highest level in decades.

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates? Lenders should expect a much faster pace of hikes over the next few years than what was experienced following the 2009 recession. The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5

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Uncertain future, forgetting the past

Annarbor Appraisal

Ann Arbor is somewhat insulated from national market forces in that we are a university community, and the university brings with it a lot of stability due to student life, research and development, and the industries that tie in to the university. Houses in blue, condominium units in orange, new construction included.

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Home Prices Rising Toward Record Highs – Again

Will Springer Realtor

Home prices continued to confound buyers by climbing toward record highs as summer began. The slippage in listings under contract – which is currently at the third-slowest annual pace this century (after 2008 and 2009) – is a barometer for future sales. from May to 3242 units – the highest monthly figure since last September.

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IS THE HOUSING MARKET HEADED FOR A CRASH?

Will Springer Realtor

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 range won’t last forever.

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Subject Property Location in Appraisals

Appraisal Today

Excerpt: What’s the difference between a newly constructed home and a hundred-year-old home? When developing an opinion of the market value of a property, what appraisers are really measuring is how much depreciation a property has suffered from, and more specifically how much depreciation the improvements on the land have depreciated.