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Dave Stevens on understanding this housing market

Housing Wire

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. Freddie Mac projects that home-price growth will average 12.8%

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Home equity is the bright gem of the housing market

Housing Wire

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. billion in the fourth quarter of 2021,” a recent market assessment by ATTOM shows.

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

Housing Wire

With many homebuilders feeling the impact of rising mortgage rates on new-home sales, delivering units for rent is expected to continue to become a larger segment of the overall single-family housing market.”. Single-family homebuilders, too, are looking to capitalize on the build-for-rent market, with Lennar Corp.,

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Home price growth slowed further in October

Housing Wire

These declines, of course, came after very strong price increases in late 2021 and the first half of 2022,” Craig Lazzara, the managing director of S&P DJI , said in a statement. The Case-Shiller home price indices for October is a three-month average of closing prices in August, September and October. Month over month, the U.S.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. The debt level, both current and anticipated in 2021, is worrisome.

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What Impact Will the Infrastructure Bill Have on the Housing Crisis?

Appraisal Buzz

Though the federal government has yet to pass legislation directly tackling the current housing crisis, some bills may affect it indirectly. A significant indirect influence comes with the infrastructure bill signed into law in November 2021. The Current Housing Crisis. This was due to an all-time housing shortage.