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New home sales fell again in February

Housing Wire

At the end of February, an estimated 407,000 new homes were still for sale, which at the current sales rate represents a 6.3 from a month prior and a 40% increase from the February 2021 level. Inventory is at a record low and homes are selling within a week of being listed – more than two weeks faster than they did in February 2020.”.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Several leading housing-market economists also are projecting the deceleration in home prices will continue in near the future as homebuyer demand ebbs — with one economist even predicting that prices will decline in some particularly hot markets across the nation. Freddie Mac projects that home-price growth will average 12.8%

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How Biden’s Neighborhood Homes proposal impacts real estate investors

Housing Wire

The goal is to support rehabbing or constructing homes at scale, so we could potentially see comprehensive community revitalization projects that affect 50, 100, or even more units.”. The Neighborhood Homes Coalition , the coalition led by NCST in support of the proposal, has created a map showing which Census tracts qualify.

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A closer look at housing markets across the country

Housing Wire

That’s reflected in home prices, where the median Honolulu home sold for $975,000 in the second quarter of 2021, according to the National Association of Realtors , a climb of 20% year-over-year. The “Queen city of the Ozarks” needs more homes. Still, Augusta home prices are not immune to national trends.

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Build-for-rent is a bet on the ‘new normal’ housing market

Housing Wire

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) also recognizes the potential of the build-for-rent (BFR) sector. In addition, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

Interest rates, though down slightly in recent weeks, are still double what they were at the end of 2021, and the Federal Reserve continues its monetary tightening policies to fight inflation. Nobody was doing buydowns in 2020 and 2021 [when 30-year fixed mortgage rates were in the 3% range].

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How Will the Fall Market in 2021 Be Different?

Eppraisal

The market normally remains strong, and home values rise, through the spring and summer months. The 2021 fall real estate market is going to be different. These pandemic-related changes interacted with the existing housing inventory shortage, resulting in sharp price increases for both owned homes and rental units."