Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

” Contract signings on new homes increased 13.1% climb from 2020. ” Ruben Gonzalez, Keller Williams chief economist, added that he is “optimistic” new home construction will pick up. year over year. All four U.S. The Northeast increased 15.5% in May, a 54.6% In the Midwest, sales increased 6.7%

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

And on top of all that, any buyer in “contract” can get “gazumped” (contracted price goes up) at any time until the final weeks of that sale agreement. fell to new a new low of 4.94% in 2020. If a showing is to happen, buyers must make appointments with each seller auctioneer to view those homes. Compare all that to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For this reason, the number of housing units “under construction” is the largest ever recorded in history because they were taking so long to finish. For the builders, they have a new problem: they had homes under contract and then mortgage rates jumped in the biggest fashion ever recorded in history. When supply is 4.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Census Bureau released their construction report for February, showing a positive trend in housing construction data with a lovely print in housing permits at 1,859,000 and housing starts at 1,769,000. So far, housing construction has done well during 2020-2022 considering the economic drama. Today, the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 12, 2023

Seattle leads the nation in construction cranes. Only three for-sale towers have opened in the city since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and only one high-rise condo – Graystone – is slated to open this year in Seattle. This may help lower monthly rents but the overall construction industry continues to face challenges.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, Cabellero reported 6,409 transaction sides — or 18 home sales a day — for a deal volume of $2.2 There’s a management process we do where we touch each listing approximately 23 times, from changing the status and stage in construction process to changing the photographs. So, who in the world is Ben Caballero?

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Hank Miller Team

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Well that was until about Mid-March of 2020 when all hell broke loose. The Jan/Feb inventory bounce always happens; and it did in 2020 until the world stopped. Even 2020 started as it should until the bottom fell out. Is new construction the answer? The bump kinda sorta returned in 2021 but what happens in 2022?

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Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

percent above the October 2020 rate. They will ask for a deposit to hold the lot for a few days until an appointment is made to sit down together and write the formal sales contract. Home values are increasing, so it is a smart idea to write a contract before they raise the prices. It's an exciting appointment.

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Eyes on Housing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Median square foot prices in new custom single-family detached (SFD) homes started in 2020 increased 8%, according to NAHB’s analysis of the latest Survey of Construction data. Median sale and contract prices per square foot went up across all US regions, except for.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 14, 2023

After nearly a year, the housing sector’s contraction is coming to an end,” notes Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors® chief economist, speaking about the U.S. Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.” 

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

During the refinance boom of the early 2020’s, the majority of appraisers did not have time to come up for air. The main house is just the end modules of shipping containers, and the rest is steel construction.” This property is well above the median for El Sobrante and is unusual construction for this area, thus the price drop.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Census Bureau, Columbus, Ohio has ranked #1 for population growth among comparable large Midwest metro areas between 2010 and 2020. billion of new commercial real estate construction contracts in 2021. DSW, Bath & Body Works, Wendy’s International, Victoria’s Secret, and Intel (under construction).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

From BLS: Below are the areas where the report says jobs were created, and the construction job growth data is encouraging to see. Also, we must be mindful that multifamily construction has been good this year, with rental demand still solid. The economic data was getting better in late 2019, and in February of 2020, housing broke out.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Homebuilder sentiment dropped yet again in December, hitting its lowest reading since mid-2012, with the exception of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. Looking ahead, Dietz recommended that builders plan one year or more out when thinking about land and construction timelines.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

“Since reaching a survey-high 927,000 units in October 2020, the annual pace of new home sales has now fallen around 20 percent, weighed down by low housing inventory and rising prices,” said Kan. That’s more than 50% above above the May 2020 rate — when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height in the country — of 1.05

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Did anyone think in early 2020 that home values all over the country would go off the charts? USPAP and the Contract. Therefore, they say, keep the contract!

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

The June number follows downward revisions to the May estimate and marks the lowest rate since April 2020. Sales continued to trend lower in June as some builders slow sales contracts to manage supply-chains, amidst longer delivery times and higher construction costs,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke. on a year-to-date basis.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

According to the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors , the number of houses for sale in 2020 was down 47.5% You set your appointments the night before, and when you get there that morning, they might already be under contract.” How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data. year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A once-in-a-century pandemic, global inflation, supply chain shocks – 2020 truly was a pivotal year. Business Dynamic Statistics data reveal that 2021 was a year of major growth for homebuilders but steep contraction for landlords (called “lessors” in the BDS). Now, newly released data from the U.S. gain in 2005.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

Census Bureau released their new residential construction report for April, showing a miss on the estimate and a negative revisions data line, which I believe is lagging behind the current market reality. In the summer of 2020, I wrote that what would cool down housing is having the 10-year yield go over 1.94%, which means 4%+ mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

housing market was the single best outperforming economic sector globally during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. months, builders will halt the rate of growth for new construction plans as they did in 2018 and again for a brief period this year. months, the builders are ok with construction as long as new home sales grow.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 10, 2022

Not much work probably compared with 2020-2022. Construction started in 2001 and took three years to complete with two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a swimming pool. The rate environment of 2020/2021 is the biggest problem because it cleared out a vast majority of refi potential from the market. This is the past. percent from 5.33

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Eighteen of the 19 cities reported higher price increases in the year ending December 2020 versus the year ending November 2020. increase, noting home prices rose in all nine of the report’s regions in December 2020. December 2020’s 10.4% Digging deeper into the numbers, Phoenix saw a 14.4% Presented by: Fannie Mae.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

All four areas saw contract transactions increase from a year-over-year standpoint. Realtor.com’s Housing Market Recovery Index showed yet another month of significant contract growth, especially in Austin, San Antonio, Denver and Sacramento. million in 2020. Making housing more affordable by bridging the affordable supply gap.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

While this October reading is positive, it is still 10 points lower than the index’s all-time high set in November 2020. This will spur more construction and help ease upward pressure on home prices.”. NAHB attributes this increase to strong consumer demand for homes. Treasuries and mortgage-backed debt.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials. This means that the doors, windows, electrical all are done by contractors after the walls have been constructed.”. Khater wrote.

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GoForrmz

AUGUST 19, 2022

” — Exploring the Role of Social Media in Collaborative Learning: The New Domain of Learning, Ansari & Khan, 2020. Moving enrollment forms, everything from tuition contracts to a medical history form template , can streamline the admission process for your prospective students, as well as the staff processing those forms.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 1, 2022

Excerpt: What’s the difference between a newly constructed home and a hundred-year-old home? Also included is the median sales price in May 2022 and the percent drop from 2020 to 2022. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) decreased to 5.84

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Going back to the summer of 2020, the one factor that I said could change the housing market was the 10-year yield getting above 1.94%. Except now, we have had massive price gains in 2020, 2021 and 2022. million total home sales each year from 2020 to 2024. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The gain in existing home-sales in September reflects contracts signed earlier in the summer,” Mike Fratantoni, MBA SVP and chief economist said in a statement. MBA expects new home construction to help support growing inventory levels as we enter 2022, which will lead to a deceleration in home-price growth,” Frantantoni said in a statement.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

What’s shocking is (through the end of 2020) about 23% of Houston neighborhoods in specific areas are still selling at LOWER PRICES than before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. 2020 was the best year in American history for personal income. The personal savings rate averaged 7% from about 1995 – 2020. So, what did they do?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

So for now, the builders will take their time with the homes under construction and make sure they offer enough incentives to unload the new home supply they’re dealing with. Also, we had a supply spike in 2018, which caused builders to pause construction — and that was with rates only getting toward 5%. From Census: The seasonally?adjusted

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2021

During a four-week period ending March 21 and covering 400 metros, 58% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market. But that’s not stopping buyers from snatching up homes days after they’re listed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

growth is the largest annual growth reported since 1979, as supply and demand pressures endure and construction costs continue to rise, said Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic’s chief economist. An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year examined. from June 2020. from June 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

In much of suburban New Jersey, where new construction is rarer than cheap Bruce Springsteen tickets, the pandemic-era conditions never left. In May 2020, it was $425,000. It shows about 50 people waiting in line at an open house in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. The house ended up having five offers and sold for $50,000 over ask.

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DataMaster

JANUARY 15, 2021

Everyone agrees that 2020 was a highly unusual year in many ways. While we have no crystal ball, we will examine 2020’s real estate and make a foray into predicting what 2021 will do. Will appraising in 2021 be better or worse than in 2020? National Housing Prices in 2020. Housing prices in 2020 skyrocketed.

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Simonson Real Estate

JANUARY 25, 2022

Apartment New Construction. New construction costs are reportedly up about 10% on average, or $20,000/unit more compared to 1 or 2 years ago. New Construction sales have been in the $250,000-$300,000 range. We will need to see rent growth to continue to justify new construction looking ahead. Let’s dive right in.

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