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Pending home sales up slightly in September: NAR

Housing Wire

Despite the slight gain, pending contracts remain at historically low levels due to the highest mortgage rates in 20 years,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said in a statement. For those new construction units, the national median new home price is projected to drop by 5.9% in 2023, reaching an annual rate of 670,000.

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CoreLogic projects low mortgage rates and high prices into 2023

Housing Wire

over the next three years – nearly a percentage point lower than the average of the 2010-2019 decade. However, Nothaft expects that mortgages originated today, with a contract rate of 3% or lower, are more likely to have a relatively long life and lenders will not see them coming into refinance anytime soon.

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How to Conduct the Most Effective Columbus, Ohio Property Search

The Robert Weiler Company

Census Bureau, Columbus, Ohio has ranked #1 for population growth among comparable large Midwest metro areas between 2010 and 2020. billion of new commercial real estate construction contracts in 2021. DSW, Bath & Body Works, Wendy’s International, Victoria’s Secret, and Intel (under construction).

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How to select appraisal comps

Appraisal Today

There’s no rationale or logic for this not being done years ago as a required adjustment, starting in 2010. This definitely increased the development costs in the new construction, resulting in higher home prices. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.89

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Too many appraisers?

Appraisal Today

Construction started in 2001 and took three years to complete with two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a swimming pool. As recently as early May, we were still able to say that weekly purchase apps were higher than almost any other week before the pandemic going all the way back to 2010. Available to rent on Airbnb, of course.

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The last domino before a recession? Job losses

Housing Wire

From BLS: Below are the areas where the report says jobs were created, and the construction job growth data is encouraging to see. Also, we must be mindful that multifamily construction has been good this year, with rental demand still solid.

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Value of a Pool for Homes?

Appraisal Today

The sellers originally bought the land for $12 million back in 2010. Shortly after, Oatman Architects was brought on for the construction, which wrapped three years later in 2013. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.87 Listed for $42.5