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Homebuyers increasingly seek ARMs as mortgage rates soar 

Housing Wire

Home purchase sentiment hit its lowest level since 2011 and home builder sentiment fell for the 10th consecutive month in September as construction activity slowed. Sellers are responding to the shift in the market and pulling back on listing activity, resulting in a 9.8%

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Agents harness the power of social media to generate leads

Housing Wire

When Gogo Bethke began her career in real estate back in 2011, the Romanian immigrant felt like social media was her only option to generate leads and close deals. “I Instead, the Michigan-based eXp agent created her Facebook business page shortly after passing her licensing exam in 2011 and named it “Gogo’s Real Estate.”. “I

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. And many of the new projects are larger than in years past. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. New data show this subset of buyers accounted for 2.8%

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2024 housing market and rate forecast

Housing Wire

If I am wrong and mortgage rates go lower for longer and we don’t get more new listings in 2024, then home prices can grow faster in 2024 because we will have the same issue as before: too many people chasing too few homes. We haven’t had new listings data break over 90,000 in the peak seasons of 2021, 2022 or 2023.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

This year’s “cold down” is stark, with 36% fewer new listings and about 26% fewer homes under contract (Pendings) for all King County home types combined as well as single-family structures alone – and that’s simply from October to November. Read my real estate forecast blog post after you finish the newsletter to learn more!)

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Builders are trying to catch up and, according to federal officials , there are more housing units under construction today than at any time in the last 50 years. An annual survey released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said renters put the probability of ever owning a home at 40%, down from 44% last year.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

I have been forecasting since 2010 and I’ve only predicted price declines for 2011 and 2012. However, weeks after that call, the new listing data started to decline noticeably, which makes that call much harder to happen in 2023. months on a three-month average and new home sales are growing. million in 2023.