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Construction worker shortage has reached “crisis” levels

Housing Wire

To keep pace with current construction demand, and account for attrition, 740,000 new construction workers are needed each year for the next three years , a report by the Home Builders Institute contends. million new hires for construction. The construction worker shortage has reached crisis level.

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Existing home sales dip downwards for fourth month

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For the NAR, this is a record high and marks 111 straight months of year-over-year gains since March 2012. “Lack of inventory continues to be the overwhelming factor holding back home sales, but falling affordability is simply squeezing some first-time buyers out of the market,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

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Home sale prices reach record highs — again

Housing Wire

The effects of low housing inventory continue to cause significant ripples in the housing market, as a recent Redfin report shows home sale prices across the country have reached an average of $344,625 — an all-time high, and an 18% increase year over year. That’s also 16 days fewer than the same period in 2020.

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MBA forecast for 2021: Prepare for rising mortgage interest rates

Housing Wire

Housing inventory and prices. Given the low interest rates that are driving demand, housing inventory has become a rising concern. MBA Associate Vice President of Industry Analysis Joel Kan explained that current inventory rests at just a three-month supply. Profitability. MBA forecasts mortgage originations to total $3.18

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The 2021 housing market recap by Logan Mohtashami

Housing Wire

After failing from 2012-2019, they went all in during 2020 due to COVID-19, only to move the goalpost to 2021 due to forbearance. Housing permits are growing and this is a good thing for the economy and construction jobs. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020.

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Pretium Partners to acquire 4,000 D.R. Horton rental homes in $1.5B deal

Housing Wire

Real estate investment management firm Pretium Partners is acquiring thousands of homes from home construction company D.R. The deal comes at a time when a lack of for-sale home inventory is boosting the appetite for homebuilders. Horton Inc. billion deal, as Bloomberg first reported. according to the firm.

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The housing market is 6.5 million units short: Realtor.com

Housing Wire

It is no secret that the housing market is suffering from an ongoing inventory drought. Existing housing inventory fell by 11,021 homes week over week for the week ending March 6, according to data from Altos Research. This resulted in the gap between single family home construction and household formation growing to 6.5