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“It seems impossible:” Bergen County, NJ’s housing market is vexing agents and buyers

Housing Wire

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At

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No, Wall Street investors haven’t bought 44% of homes this year

Housing Wire

Are big Wall Street investors really buying 44% of homes this year? Housing inventory is near all-time lows, but big institutional investors like Invitation Homes or BlackRock aren’t to blame. The first chart below, provided by Freddie Mac , shows where large institutional buyers rank as a percentage of the marketplace.

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Institutional investors now balk at buying homes in this market niche

Housing Wire

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza.

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The savagely unhealthy housing market is now a nightmare

Housing Wire

Since March of this year, housing demand has been falling more and more, but inventory is still below the 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 levels, which is a nightmare. Because housing is shelter, people don’t sell their homes to be homeless; it’s where they live. The only way this happens is higher rates.

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The housing market is still savagely unhealthy

Housing Wire

However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again. housing market; the 10-year is above 1.94%, something that didn’t happen in 2020 or 2021. 2014 was the last year total inventory grew.

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Crowdfunding platform Peer Street files for bankruptcy

Housing Wire

Founded in 2013 by Brew Johnson, Brett Crosby and Alex Perelman, Peer Street developed a marketplace connecting lenders and borrowers seeking capital to investors looking for real estate-related debt. The business attracted investor Michael Burry, one of the featured players in “The Big Short.”

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Existing home sales are still savagely unhealthy

Housing Wire

The savagely unhealthy housing market is continuing as we get closer to August. I have been talking about the range of inventory that I need to see to remove the ‘ savagely unhealthy’ housing market theme. million, we will be in a much better place for housing. This is the unhealthy aspect of housing.

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