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Seniors aging in place in Chicago could reshape city’s housing market

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Seniors largely want to remain in their own homes as they get older, and that preference could be remaking the housing market in the city of Chicago, according to a new report. of Chicago homes amid a housing shortage,” the company said in an email about the report according to the Sun-Times. Boomers own 35.6%

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The 2021 housing market recap by Logan Mohtashami

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A bullish housing market. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. What a year 2021 has been. The excellent.

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Homes in Boise, Idaho are “flying off the market”

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1 midsized housing market to watch in 2020 , according to Zillow, because of its draw for young professionals, families, and retirees alike. The demand is clear — the Boise housing market has just 0.3 months worth of housing inventory, which is the lowest ever, the report from Keller Williams said.

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Logan Mohtashami unpacks the slow train wreck that’s been happening in housing inventory

Housing Wire

One top question he addresses is how the industry is reacting to this savagely unhealthy housing market. HW+ Member: What’s the number one question you are getting from the real estate agent community on the economy and housing market? Months are homes under construction 0.8 Ghost Supply 2.2

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Opinion: How ADUs can alleviate the U.S. housing crisis

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housing market is short by at least 6.5 The scarcity of housing has driven home prices and rents prices to an all-time high and pushed affordability to a multi-decade low. Most recently, rising interest rates have intensified the fight for housing. million homes.

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Homebuyers increasingly seek ARMs as mortgage rates soar 

Housing Wire

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continues to remain just shy of 7% and is adversely impacting the housing market in the form of declining demand,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. Sellers are responding to the shift in the market and pulling back on listing activity, resulting in a 9.8%

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. Housing recession. That would be a positive for demand.