Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, the competition from existing home sellers was somewhat absent. single-family homes for sale were new construction, similar to the percentage from a year earlier and good for the highest level of any fourth quarter on record. In 2024, 52% expect it to remain an obstacle. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week’s above-consensus inflation figures brought the mortgage market back to a sour reality: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, an index closely watched by industry experts, may be close to or even above the 7% level for longer than previously expected. Where are mortgage rates headed? in second-quarter 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales slumped last month under the weight of elevated mortgage rates. The inventory of existing homes has been steadily increasing, despite elevated mortgage rates. This uptick in inventory is a function of high and rising mortgage rates , according to Mike Simonsen, founder and president of Altos Research.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

We finally got mortgage rates to rise, and for people like me who have been concerned about how unhealthy the housing market was last year — and it got a lot worse this year — it’s a blessing that was much needed. million or higher during 2020-2024. The demographic bump in 2020-2024 is giving us a push in demand.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

To say that mortgage rates have been on a wild Mr. Toad’s ride in 2022 is an understatement. People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% It’s savage man, truly savage with the mortgage rate rise.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Census Bureau released their report for March, showing a solid number of housing permits and starts — but these were boosted by multifamily construction. In addition, this data lags behind the current reality of a housing market dealing with much higher mortgage rates. history for this to happen, it happens in 2020-2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. As we get into 2024, if interest rates touch the 5% mark, we can assume a market that heavily favors sellers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In October 2023, the firm — which is known for its “buy before you sell” product that enables a mortgage lender to treat the client’s current home as sold while giving them the ability to sell their home on the open market for up to 90 days after buying their new property — launched a partner channel.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today, we need context for the growth we’ll see in existing home sales in 2024. We don’t have any data that shows sales are crashing from this low level: this is key when looking at the future because it does give us a place to grow sales as long as mortgage rates fall. This is a positive for housing in 2024 as most sellers are buyers.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

New USPAP Q&As January 16, 2024, the Appraisal Standards Board released new Questions and Answers covering important topics in the profession today including: Demographics Does demographic information relating to race (such as Census data) constitute “information relating to” a protected characteristic? baths, 16,225 sq.ft.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. Supply of homes for sale is very low, and most of the year we’ve had more buyers than sellers. Last year inventory was about to start climbing again with that autumn spike in mortgage rates. housing market now.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Real Estate Law: Covers Real Estate Law and Legal areas Impacting real estate professionals Examine the law of agency as applied to real estate brokers and sales personnel, law of fixtures, estates, mortgages and liens, OH license laws of Ohio, zoning & more.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2022

Looking at the housing market in the years 2020-2024, one risk i identified early on was that home prices could accelerate more in this period than we saw in the previous expansion if inventory channels broke to all-time lows. Mortgage rates of 4%-5% weren’t doing the amount of demand destruction I thought they would.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

According to this theory, we have more homes under construction than any time in history. population growth means we will become Japan, but I’ve been focused on demographics and how that will affect housing from 2020-2024. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. For years, people said slowing U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

As I have said many times over the last few months, the builders are efficient sellers and they’re taking advantage of an existing home sales market that is suffering from low inventory and higher mortgage rates. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. Does this mean the housing recession is over?

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Here are some of the big questions to ponder in 2024. by December 2024. by the end of 2024. by the end of 2024.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As we enter into 2024, we are stepping out of one of the most turbulent years for real estate in Texas in some time. On the heels of the largest run up in home values in recorded history, we saw an abrupt and heavy shift that’s been challenging to grapple with for sellers and buyers. trillion compared to $2.75 trillion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. Mortgage rates. So where does all that drama leave us for 2023?

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A few months ago, I wrote that the new home sales sector is at risk because of rising mortgage rates. I know some people don’t agree with me on this, but the price gains in both the existing home and new home sales sector show that homebuilders and sellers had too much pricing power and needed to be checked. When supply is 4.4

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

Rent growth will decrease because apartment construction – entry units coming on the market – is already in the pipeline. Yun also noted that he is forecasting mortgage rates to fall closer to 6.0% He also anticipates new and existing home sales to bottom out in 2023 before rising again in 2024.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

People are seeking to move on as they experience life-changing moments – if they can afford what sellers are seeking. Active listings typically fall when mortgage interest rates fall and rise when interest rates rise. He cited “meaningfully lower” mortgage rates when compared with two months earlier. higher than in January 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The housing sector — especially real estate and mortgage — has seen significant layoffs , while the general economy will create more than 4 million jobs in 2022. Then we had the biggest mortgage rate shock in recent history and yet even with that, we will have over 5 million total home sales this year. Production falls.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. I’ve been writing for many years that years 2020-2024 would have the best housing demographics ever recorded in history. mortgage rates, so on the mortgage rate side of the equation, it’s never been better.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. It is an embarrassment, but construction productivity — which has been terrible for decades — is now also dealing with shortages that delay finishing homes. When supply is 4.4 months, this is an OK market for the builders. When supply is 6.5

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

Variations between the two years are stark, to say the least: A “re-evaluation” for future buyers can be defined as consumers determining when to jump (or jump back) into the home-search pool as mortgage rates appear stuck around 7.0%. Mortgage rates are high, home prices are high, there’s no inventory.” on the Eastside. is in reach.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

However, since I had the possibility of the 10-year yield getting to 2.42% and 4% plus mortgage rates, I accounted for that in the range. HousingWire: How will rising rates affect new home construction? Housing construction will be impacted if the monthly supply for new homes breaks above 6.5 months on a 3-month average.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2024, Tate received Coldwell Banker’s International President’s Premier Award representing the company’s top 1% of all sales professionals. Both buyers and sellers value the combined benefits of his individual talents along with membership in one of the most respected real estate firms in New York City.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 5, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraiser discrimination lawsuit, waivers, staying positive with slow business, appraiser’s economic forecast, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The second development in the case is that on March 22, 2024, the attorneys for Drs.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, using new construction comps for existing homes, master planned communities, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. I was lucky to have never had to use new construction as a comp on an existing home.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

Then in 2018, when mortgage rates got to 5%, we had a supply shock for the builders, which in essence stalled out construction for 30 months. million total housing starts until 2020-2024, when demand would warrant that many housing starts. We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

Then in 2018, when mortgage rates got to 5%, we had a supply shock for the builders, which in essence stalled out construction for 30 months. million total housing starts until 2020-2024, when demand would warrant that many housing starts. We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 12, 2024

This divergence of data put the mortgage market on its heels over the past several weeks and essentially reset rates after trending lower in December and January. As a result, home buyers and sellers across Seattle/King County saw a mixed bag of activity in February, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

But even though mortgage rates and home prices are expected to moderate, home sales may still sag under persistent inventory shortages, housing economists predict. Next year, mortgage rates are expected to stabilize while home sales and prices moderate after recent highs, according to NAR’s forecast. compared to 2022.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 26, 2024

The 7 Sale Types Explained Excerpts: An arm’s length sale – a sale in which the buyers and sellers act independently and in their own self-interest is the most common type of real estate transaction. A non-arm’s length sale in real estate is a transaction between a seller and buyer who have a connection by marriage, family, work, etc.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. Many economists believe a recession isn’t likely in the last months of this year but they aren’t ruling out a downturn in 2024 and 2025. There are 7.4%

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Appraisers Riding the Waves of Up and Down Mortgage Rates Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! single-family homes for sale in the fourth quarter were new construction. Acre lot, built in 2023 as a spec home. .

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From late summer of 2022 to now, the Texas real estate market has experienced one of the most unpredictable corrections in recent history, leaving a lot of home-buyers and sellers scratching their heads and trying to make sense of what is going on. The big twist? A sharp increase in interest rates.

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