Remove 2022 Remove Mortgage Remove New Listings Remove Transportation
article thumbnail

Affordability boosts Indianapolis housing marketĀ 

Housing Wire

Indianapolis, which had 880,600 residents as of July 2022, offers a very strong and steady real estate market that attracts buyers looking for a more affordable lifestyle. It also boasts a strong labor market, adding 28,500 jobs in November 2023 compared to November 2022, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

article thumbnail

Can we still avoid a recession?

Housing Wire

did not go into a recession at the start of 2022. In addition, prices paid for transportation of products from China to the U.S. Now, this stressful aspect of transportation costs is gone and the fear of a downturn in the freight industry is taking hold. However, getting mortgage rates lower with duration will help housing.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

Housing Wire

The report noted that ā€œmost bankers reported that residential mortgage demand remained weak.ā€ Available home inventory has remained low since the previous Federal Reserve Beige Book report, which was released in November 2022, as many sellers decided not to list ā€” affecting the New York and Boston districts in particular.

Inventory 375
article thumbnail

Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Data experts mapped out this cohortā€™s gradual decline ā€“ from about 32M in 2022 to 23M in 2035, or approximately 9.2M were flipped last year, down 29% from 2022 and the largest annual drop since 2008. Thatā€™s up from 36% of sales in 2022 but far from the peak this century of 45% in 2011, according to ATTOM. >>

HOA 36
article thumbnail

PREDICTIONS, PARKING, POLLUTED PIPES

Will Springer Realtor

= I wrote in this newsletter 12 months ago about the bumpy ā€“ maybe even bruising ā€“ housing market of 2022 across Puget Sound and most of the country. It was a year of gyrating mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices. Mortgage rates rose and rose again to more than 8% but have since mercifully fallen by nearly a percentage point.

article thumbnail

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. this chart shows, each time the economy slowed significantly, mortgage rates declined. year-on-year (YoY).

article thumbnail

IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

The Federal Reserve, which has been buying mortgage-related securities for more than a year to artificially keep interest rates low, has signaled a desire to taper its bulk purchases within the next month or so. A 30-year mortgage in our area could be had for about 3.125%, up from about 2.875% a month ago. New listings are up 6.3%