Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. After this series wraps, join us on May 30 for the next Housing Market Update Event. As broader economic events have taken center stage since last summer, the market has grown increasingly volatile. To register, go here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. months nationally.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

During this Thanksgiving week, we went from higher yields and the first Fed rate hike storyline to a big drop in bond yields and scary headlines on a new COVID variant, Omicron. How do we make sense of all this? As we can see below, oil prices got rocked as the dollar was getting stronger before the first Fed rate hike.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

The housing market was crazy again last week. Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? This bond market is screaming at the Fed to cut rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. What can we expect in 2023?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

With new home sales, pending home sales, housing starts, housing permits, and purchase applications already in v-shape recovery mode, this last metric completes the v-shaped recovery across the board for housing. COVID didn’t get the housing market, but it did pull a fast one on those pesky bears. Look, I get it.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2021

Trying to meet deadlines, keep my clients informed, and put out a quality product in this busy market is enough to make my head spin. Lately, though, I’ve been trying to carve out some extra time to find out about what other appraisers are saying and doing in this unusual market. Let me summarize the theory of a normal distribution.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends across the country. We are typically super busy from March through August and sometimes even into October,” Tsai said. “We We are typically super busy from March through August and sometimes even into October,” Tsai said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2023

Housing inventory finally broke under 2022 levels last week. Mortgage rates rose last week after the better-than-anticipated jobless claims data but even with higher rates, we also had a third week of positive purchase application data. We have often discussed that the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. economy has remained resilient, backed by a very strong labor market, sky-high job openings and low unemployment. They eased below 6.5%

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This article was originally published in the latest edition of the Fall 2022 Appraisal Buzz Magazine! We have rules, we have standards, and we all know the exact definition of value. The “official unofficial” government-related loan definition of market value is clear. There were many owners and “wannabe” owners.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for next year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. Boise is in a full-fledged housing crash!”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More than a mortgage app Developed by the company’s in-house technology team, the Rate App took two-and-a-half years to bring to market and an investment of “millions of dollars,” Ciardelli said, though he declined to provide a specific figure. He knew he needed to make changes. “I Ciardelli told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. Annual house price growth hit a record high in 2021, over 17%, and growth remains in the double digits thus far in 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

I have been a happy camper lately, particularly with the rise of the 10-year yield as I am seeking balance in the housing market. I love these times in the market and the San Francisco 49ers are making an epic run in the playoffs, so what else can a person ask for? Today, as I write this article, the 10-year yield is at 1.793%.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JULY 5, 2021

It’s good to a little normalcy coming back. Our summer has a bit of a different feel than it did a couple of weeks ago, and Murphy’s Law is in full effect as we are also in the middle of a first-floor renovation, including a kitchen remodel, which my wife has reminded me for years that we were overdue for.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recently, some of my well-intentioned clients have asked if it is possible to appraise a home, based upon a “normal market”. Others have expressed concerns that we are headed for a housing crash, like in 2008. Others have expressed concerns that we are headed for a housing crash, like in 2008. Pretty cool!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

In February 2019, we wrote an article predicting this seismic shift, detailing how mortgage lenders could and should prepare to not only survive the shift but thrive in the future digital age. When we wrote the “Seismic shift” article in 2019, less than 50% of mortgage applications were taken digitally. The COVID shift.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We know who the borrowers are. We service their loans. We have their email addresses. We have their phone numbers. We have their phone numbers. We know where they live. Larry Goldstone is tired of being ghosted. Goldstone has tried contact via phone calls and emails consistently. of the U.S. population.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We would go out to dinner a lot on the beach in Asbury Park on the Jersey shore,” recalled Jacki Wilfinger, an erstwhile Redfin agent in New Jersey. Way back in the drab plaid of the 1970s, brokerages often classified agents as employees and offered them health care and pension plans. I started at Redfin 12 years ago,” she said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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Genworth MI Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Remember when manufactured housing used to equate to mobile homes? Remember when loan officers avoided underwriting loans for manufactured housing for fear of low commissions, foreclosure risks, and the added complexities of underwriting those types of “unreliable” homes? Myth 4 : Manufactured Homes Represent a Small Market.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

From opening up restaurants for dine-in service to loosening restrictions on travel, the country is getting back to normal in a mostly post-pandemic world. However, some things may never go back to “normal” — like the way we work. How Will the Hybrid Model Affect Commercial Market Value? It’s not likely.

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Boston Appraisal

APRIL 5, 2021

However, in this article we’ll summarize the most salient points that most economists are talking about, and discuss what we think might happen with the Boston real estate market. According to Freddie Mac, one of the nation’s largest federally-backed mortgage companies, the rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is at 2.8-3.0%.

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Boston Appraisal

APRIL 5, 2021

However, in this article we’ll summarize the most salient points that most economists are talking about, and discuss what we think might happen with the Boston real estate market. Boston, MA Real Estate Market Values over the Past Ten Years. Boston, MA Real Estate Market Values over the Past Ten Years. 2011: $400k.

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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. Buckle up as we look at each factor individually.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2023

The housing market has been wild the last few years, making weekly data more critical. This is why I’ve created the Housing Market Tracker — a weekly analysis of purchase apps, housing inventory and mortgage rates that will be published every Monday. Purchase application data.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

New home sales are up 20% year over year, and existing home sales are down 20% year over year; this is something we don’t see very often. One group has the advantage here while the other doesn’t: The new home sales market is minuscule versus the existing one, and the builders sell their homes like a commodity. Now on to the report.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Knowing your key business metrics and keeping track of where your money is going will help you survive your first year in real estate This article is for first-year Real Estate Agents, whether you're six months in and still searching for your first deal OR you just received your license in the mail.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2023

Active housing inventory grew while new listing data fell. But, last year we had the biggest waterfall collapse in purchase application data ever for a single year, and since Nov. This dynamic changed the housing market from one where home sales were crashing to one that is now stabilized. The growth we saw from Nov.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

At the least we ought to describe the market as showing a downward seasonal shift, though it’s possible we can call this a downward cycle if the trend persists over time. “At This spike basically peaked one year ago as size has started to normalize. Will we see fewer sales at the highest prices? To be determined.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

This data line confirms what we all know to be the case: The housing market, at least as it relates to construction, is in a recession. Since the summer of 2020, I have genuinely believed the housing market could change once the 10-year yield broke over 1.94%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

The running average of CPI going back to 1914 has been 3.3%. So, what should we take away from this number, seeing that market participants are still worried about 1970s inflation and some don’t want to see any rate cuts this year? For this to happen, we would need to see a few big key variables which aren’t happening currently.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Even in the extreme conditions of COVID-19, my general premise on housing economics predicted that the two variables with the most influence — demographics and mortgage rates — would hold up the housing market. We had a few times in the previous cycle where the 10-year yield was below 1.60% and above 3%. The forecast.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today, we saw existing home sales slip a bit month to month, which isn’t surprising to me as purchase application data started its positive run in November. Since making some holiday adjustments, we have seen a seven-week positive trend in purchase apps since November. It happened in 2008 and then didn’t happen again until 2023.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 7, 2023

To read more, click here My comments: Long article and worth reading. I don’t cross the street when I see a young black man coming towards me, and I smile when we pass, but I do get a little nervous. Tate-Austin v. Janette Miller, filed in California in Dec. 2021, was one of the first (and perhaps the most publicized).

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