Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Specifically, when housing inventory is 25% greater than a year ago, the supply/demand balance is obviously very different than it has been. So while we can see currently the prices of home sales holding up, the signals for the end of 2024 and into 2025 seem to suggest we’re heading for flat home prices. Now it’s on the rise.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When rates go down by a point, people sit on the sidelines because the consumers and the sellers want to know what the market is going to be when they sell the house. Most LOs don’t expect traditional rate-term refinance demand to return until the second half of 2025 and into 2026. in 2024, followed by 5.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

in 2025, indicating four more 25 bps cuts. While mortgage rates are expected to decrease, high home prices combined with low inventory still pose a challenge for potential homebuyers. “We Instead, fresh economic projections from central bank officials showed rates would be slashed to a median 4.6%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“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. But a combination of factors – high home prices , lack of inventory , elevated rates — temper expectations for even a moderately strong year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

“It will also allow us to achieve our goal of supplying 10,000 homes outside of Japan by fiscal year 2025, ahead of our initial expectations.” faces house inventory challenges. ” Sekisui claims it has delivered over 2.62 The transaction comes when the U.S. That’s a 1.2% ” Regarding the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

By October 2022, it looked like 2023 would have rising inventory and falling home prices. Sellers have not materialized, and buyers have been buying everything that becomes available. Inventory has fallen all year. The peak of inventory for 2023 so far was the week of the New Year — that is insane. is $450,000.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A buyer gets a seller’s disclosure statement for that information. Tomorrow, I’m supposed to become a data scientist and try to decipher the value of a property I’ve never seen, bought and sold by buyers and sellers I’ve never met. Appraising will be different in 2025. At least I would have some independent photos.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 9, 2024

It was particularly true on the Eastside, where sales surged 52% from February to March and 9% year-on-year (YoY) and inventory narrowed to under a month (29 days) before all homes for sale would theoretically be under contract if no others hit the market. However, we are missing the typical boost of sellers. Inventory stood at 1.3

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Total inventory remains low, however, keeping prices higher on an annual basis. People are seeking to move on as they experience life-changing moments – if they can afford what sellers are seeking. months’ inventory, up from 1.4 months’ inventory (2.0 Single-family inventory rose to 1.6 in Q1 2025 (6.3%) 5.6%

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Cornerstone

JUNE 1, 2021

That’s the question on every homebuyer and seller’s mind. ” Yun said this in response to the high homebuyer demand and rising housing prices we’re currently seeing — which he blamed simply on a shortage of inventory. percent 2025: 3.5 Reading Time: 3 minutes. Are we entering a housing bubble again?

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 14, 2024

The favorable boost in supply is the result of fewer buyers and sellers compared with most spring seasons. Pending sales (sellers in contract with buyers) climbed 14% year-on-year (YoY) for King (2775) and Seattle (1012); they are up 23% YoY on the Eastside (865). months of inventory, including 1.3 months in Seattle and 0.9

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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. Inventory was little changed from July to August. months’ inventory, down from 1.5 Single-family-home inventory was unchanged at 1.4 It remained at 1.5

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

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. America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades.

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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 in September.

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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.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 26, 2023

ANTHONY LAMACCHIA'S 2024 REAL ESTATE MARKET PREDICTIONS Anthony is obsessed with tracking the data and in this article written at the end of 2023 he explains how the market is shaping up based on trends and what Buyers and Sellers can expect in 2024. Second, sellers can only hold off for so long. It’s simply fascinating to see.

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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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