Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

. “This transaction directly aligns with our stated strategy for growth in North America and will create a more resilient portfolio for Sekisui House,” Yoshihiro Nakai, president and CEO of Sekisui House, said in a statement. faces house inventory challenges. ” Sekisui claims it has delivered over 2.62

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand. Most LOs don’t expect traditional rate-term refinance demand to return until the second half of 2025 and into 2026.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It’s simple: inventory levels were at all-time lows in 2021 and they just got worse in 2022, don’t make it any more complicated than that. It can be stressful enough when the markets are regular, like they were from 2014-to 2019. By the summer of 2020, I started to worry about inventory levels getting dangerously low.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It’s simple: inventory levels were at all-time lows in 2021 and they just got worse in 2022, don’t make it any more complicated than that. It can be stressful enough when the markets are regular, like they were from 2014-to 2019. By the summer of 2020, I started to worry about inventory levels getting dangerously low.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. The market was roaring — way too hot — with bidding wars, speculators and investors who thought they couldn’t lose. By October 2022, it looked like 2023 would have rising inventory and falling home prices. Inventory has fallen all year. I grew pretty bearish again.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. At the end of the day if mortgage rates come down, I don’t just think that’s gonna solve the inventory problem right away,” said Ben Cohen, managing director at Guaranteed Rate.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 9, 2024

Despite a challenging financing environment, the Seattle/King County housing market is moving forward. And that is to be expected as the market wakes out of its early year hibernation into the spring buying and selling season. However, we are missing the typical boost of sellers. months (20 days) of available inventory.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Seattle/King County housing market appears to have come through the worst of times with a slightly stronger showing in January than in previous months. Total inventory remains low, however, keeping prices higher on an annual basis. months’ inventory, up from 1.4 months’ inventory (2.0 in Q1 2025 (6.3%) 5.6%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 14, 2024

Even after a few weeks of mortgage rate jumps, the Seattle/King County housing market is displaying surprising strength. The favorable boost in supply is the result of fewer buyers and sellers compared with most spring seasons. This is based on all homes on the market – single-family, townhome and condo – combined.

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Cornerstone

JUNE 1, 2021

Are we entering a housing bubble again? That’s the question on every homebuyer and seller’s mind. No matter what the headlines may say, experts have answers that can help you enter the market with confidence. The housing market right now is actually stable and has been a helpful driver of our economic recovery.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. 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. months’ inventory, down from 1.5

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beyond labor strife, America’s home buyers and sellers appear to be on strike as well. Worsening affordability issues and lower-than-usual inventory have prompted many consumers to watch this housing market from the sidelines – without the picket lines. months of inventory available in the county, down from 2.0

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 11, 2024

This includes diligent inquiries into the current insurance and utility expenses from sellers, alongside documenting the age and expected lifespan of crucial home components, from plumbing and electrical systems to major appliances and roofs. Prospective home sellers are smart people. ELECTION YEAR EFFECT?

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

GIMME SHELTER: AMERICA’S HOUSING PROBLEM WORSENS This country is struggling – mightily – to put enough roofs over the heads of Americans. Housing inventory nationwide flipped from oversupply to undersupply about a dozen years ago when consumers and the banking industry began to slowly rebound financially from the Great Recession.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sellers, meantime, could put nearly any home on the market and expect a reaction of irrational exuberance from financially sound consumers submitting high-priced offers without buyer-favorable contingencies. That real estate party of unquenchable buyer demand against a backdrop of low inventory is over. by the end of the year.

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