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King County Home Buyers and Sellers in ‘Re-Evaluation’ Mode

Will Springer Realtor

The season has been shaped by slumping new listings, a slowly climbing number of homes sitting on the market from previous months, fewer closed sales compared to last year and prices moving plus/minus five percentage points year-on-year (YoY). monthly decline in available Seattle listings (793). The county saw a 4.9%

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Economic Turbulence Prompts Seattle Area Market Concern vs. Year Ago

Will Springer Realtor

The number of new listings of all home types (single-family, townhome and condo) in King County climbed 6.4% (1866 units) from January to February, as expected, and total inventory at the start of March (2064) was 111% higher than a year ago. decline over the 12 months ending March 2012. since January to $726,700, they are 4.4%

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King County Housing Market Stumbles to 2022 Finish Line

Will Springer Realtor

The number of new listings for all home types – single-family, townhomes and condos combined – in King (887) fell 47% from November and declined 36% from December 2021. The bar is so low on listings and sales data that one might trip over it. That is the lowest annual figure since 2012 (27,601), according to MLS data.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

Others are specializing in the design and construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as detached backyard homes (also known as “ mother-in-laws ”). The national trend for new construction, however, is generally moving in the opposite direction. In the 1990s, one-third of new homes were smaller than 1800 sq.

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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.

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

Housing affordability decreased in 45 of the 50 states from 2012 to 2019. Look at the green states of Idaho, Nevada and Utah on the 2012 map; they have seen housing affordability plummet by 2019, skipping past the yellow category to brown in less than a decade. The number of new listings for all home types (4428) fell 7.8%

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2 This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multi-family construction since June 2006. million more home listings across the U.S. >> NAHB reported an estimated 15% of all new-construction home sales in the U.S. We are on the right track.