Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, buyers paid closer to 0.5 points on average, with a corresponding cost of about $1,500, in 2018 through 2020. “On While buyers seem to be returning to the market early in 2023, purchase loans locked in January are still off by 13% compared to the 2018 and 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So if you want to actually generate leads from social media, focus on telling stories that resonate with local buyers and sellers. So get over your fear of being perfect and just start creating content that resonates with buyers and sellers in your farm area. Touring a new listing? Having an open house?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

We negotiated to get the sellers the highest price possible. There are still plenty of buyers interested in this area. In fact, we had (number) offers, which means there are still ready, willing, and qualified buyers eager to make an offer! Many of us are in sellers’ markets with very low inventory.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

But since January, home buyers have defied all expectations. Sellers have not materialized, and buyers have been buying everything that becomes available. The peak of inventory for 2023 so far was the week of the New Year — that is insane. We could see inventory from distressed sellers emerge in 2025.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Buyers in this real estate market notice these affordability changes, and so we can see in the data fewer home purchase offers, slightly climbing unsold inventory, and slightly more price reductions for the homes that are on the market. And every uptick in mortgage rates leads to a downtick in the number of home buyers in the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in October; All-cash sales accounted for 26%; Individual investors purchased 16%; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 21 days in October. We saw new listing data decline when rates got to 6.25% the first time.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

The trends in this chart show how quickly home buyers reacted to the big mortgage rate jumps in 2022. If a year is a market slowdown, like 2022 or 2018, inventory might not peak until September or October. 450,000 is a psychological threshold for sellers and prices tend to cluster around these big numbers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

Growing supply shortages are holding housing prices higher, and affordability constraints coupled with elevated rates lock potential sellers in place. 25, purchase lock counts were 21% below the same week in 2019, and 30% below the levels during the same week in 2018. As of the week ending Feb. Months of supply stagnated at about 3.1

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

We saw this in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. In 2018, sales trends fell from 5.72 They have to move as well, so a traditional seller is a buyer most of the time when it’s a primary resident owner. The downside of rates moving up so quickly is that some sellers pull the plug until rates are better. million to 5.12

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even as mortgage rates rose, and affordability was pushed out of reach for many potential homebuyers, there are still sufficient buyers who can afford these prices and these rates. The number of buyers has been surprising. The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. Home prices declined subsequently.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And should we be concerned if new listing data doesn’t grow much this year? A great chart from Freddie Mac shows the trouble with having rates too high as new listing data declines. One thing we have seen post COVID-19 that when new listing data does decline, we can have a waterfall dive in demand.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Interestingly, the number of active listings has dropped every year since at least 2013. But it appears that we have hit the bottom when it comes to active listings. We can expect more listings in the future. Sellers are starting to realize that we are no longer in the same market as we were in 2020-2022.

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

Buyer demand has dropped due to rising rates, and seller supply slowed too, creating an uneasy balance. But if buyers drop or sellers expand more, it will impact prices. NEW YORK – The U.S. The trend line will start to look concerning if it breaks through seasonal norms from 2018 and 2019 in the months ahead.

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Hank Miller Team

APRIL 6, 2022

Traditionally, the months of May and June see the most new listings as the school cycle hits – graduating families sell and rising families buy. The charts below focus on key indicators; number of listings, number of sales, days on market and sale to list ratio. Buyers have to embrace measured risk right now.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The affordability question is becoming more difficult to justify too, as home prices and interest rates rise amid other challenges facing buyers.“That’s Buyers with the deepest pockets may wait, however. HB 1951 would remove “Don’t Know” from the Seller Disclosure Statement that owners complete with the sale of a home.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Um, bye-bye!

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 10, 2023

Unless the listed home is in a favorable location, priced competitively and move-in ready, activity has been somewhat muted as prospective buyers and sellers wait for economic conditions to improve. at the Estates, which will share space with a new InterContinental Hotel. List: $4,880,098 ($1258/sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beyond labor strife, America’s home buyers and sellers appear to be on strike as well. October figures from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service strongly suggest prospective buyers and sellers are taking a wait-and-see approach. At the same time, the percentage of first-time buyers in the U.S.

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Listing Spark

JANUARY 12, 2023

Builders will continue to target first-time home buyers with incentives. Home sellers should focus on their local market and pull out all the stops when listing a house. 2022 Market Trends: Decrease in sales, values, and new listings in Austin, TX; median home value up 9.9% Episode Highlights.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. In fact, the numbers of new single-family (701) and condo listings (186) in the county were 44%+ lower than November figures. news publishers.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 range won’t last forever.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

I also heard the same question from buyers this year. While early to mid-spring was frenzied – featuring waves of cash-carrying buyers with their contingency-absent offers – the housing environment settled down to a somewhat civilized pace by September and likely for the next few months. And that answer appears to be “yes.”

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Institute outlined four ways innovative builders could accommodate the emerging buyer wants: Immersion into nature. Here’s a negotiating tactic that you may not have thought of: Sellers who “spy” on buyers when they are visiting the home. BY THE NUMBERS. >> Buyers secured 3.8 That’s fair. SMILE FOR THE CAMERA.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

As home prices surge and people delay – or forgo – nuptials, buyers are pooling their finances with unmarried partners, roommates or friends to purchase a place. >> Since 1980, cash buyers paid about 11% less on a home than those using a mortgage, according to a study from researchers at the University of California-San Diego.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

More buyers are making larger down payments. Buyers in the U.S. >> Through February, the number of existing home listings across the U.S. offers made on every sold home in February, NAR reported, and properties across the nation are currently finding a buyer in a record-low 20 days on average. >>

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

Also known as a mother-in-law or cottage, the dwellings can offer viable housing to younger buyers seeking to save for their first home or enable seniors to age within a familiar neighborhood. An independent estimate from 2018 claims roughly 40% of the nation is in a flood-risk area. year-on-year (YoY). above asking only a month ago.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

In addition to “more space,” prospective buyers were on the hunt for a quiet location (28%) and updated kitchen (25%), as the chart notes. I am often asked by sellers what home projects should they address to get the highest return on investment. >> Only 24% of Black households can afford a new home at the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Biden administration’s $2T infrastructure plan includes $213B allocated for housing, with a focus on low- and middle-income homeowners and potential buyers. >> The City of Kent reported home prices increased 88% between 2010 and 2018, while incomes for homeowners rose 11% in that time. POTENTIAL TAX SAVINGS. There is 1.1

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Amid the challengers for buyers, there is an expectation for housing activity to continue puffing its Thomas the Tank Engine without a misfire – at least through early summer – before possibly lowering a gear. One of the reasons for the continued home-sales intensity – in any season – is a key group of “new” buyers.

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