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Can we still avoid a recession?

Housing Wire

housing market went into recession in June of this year, which I talked about a few months ago on CNBC. New and existing home sales are falling, along with housing permits and starts, as we have too many new homes for the builders to issue new permits. NAR total inventory data: 1,220,000 listings.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Many residents struggle to find and keep a home that they can afford, accentuated by soaring housing prices since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Researchers for Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies claim the median price for a single-family home in King and Pierce counties combined was 7.3 shy of the need.

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IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

Here’s how topsy-turvy our housing market has been this past year-plus. Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. The market may go into a brief lull – as it does during this quarter and into early next year. Estimated opening is 2026.

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JUST IN TIME: THE 15-MINUTE COMMUNITY

Will Springer Realtor

Create options for multiple modes of transport – bikes, cars and transit should all be factored in. David Goldberg, chair of the Land Use & Transportation Committee of the Seattle Planning Commission, is helping to lead the city’s own 15-minute neighborhood. Flipping the coin, in the fourth quarter of 2020, 1.8

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. Except for the pandemic year of 2020, last month was the slowest April since at least 2008 when easy access to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data became available. What might we see in local real estate?

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A CALL FOR MORE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AMID HOUSING CRUNCH

Will Springer Realtor

ADUs also help local economies by providing housing to people on the lower-to-middle economic scale to live within typically pricy urban areas that are closer to job centers and greater public transportation options. cities to determine the fastest-rising housing markets and two in our area ranked in the Top 25.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

Warns Danielle Hale, chief economist with realtor.com: “While younger Millennial and Gen Z buyers are expected to play a growing role in the housing market, fast-rising prices will create a bigger barrier to entry for the many first-time buyers in these generations who don’t have existing home equity to tap for down payment savings.”.