Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. However, housing affordability worsened.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 17, 2022

The housing market boomed in 2021 like few could have expected. Of course, the construction industry has been facing some pressing challenges, including hitches in global and national supply chains. This makes new home construction a continued challenge, even as demand exists to accelerate new housing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

There’s no doubt we’re in a seller’s housing market. With inventory at record lows, demand surging and prices on the rise, buying — even just finding — a home in today’s market is quite the challenge. Are you hoping to buy a home in 2021’s hot housing market ? How much house can you afford to buy?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The labor market started off in 2023 with a bang, which could mean trouble for the housing market as the Federal Reserve continues to try and bring inflation under control this year. In comparison, the job market gained an average of 401,000 jobs per month in 2022. year over year, and non-residential increased 4.9%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Additional lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19 could put a dent in housing inventory and sales, potentially slowing down the market and putting increased pressure on buyers, the forecast said. More homes are expected hit the market. Plus, construction starts are projected to increase 9% over 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Walker said the prospect of lower mortgage rates is prompting many agents to feel more positive about the 2024 housing market. Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

2021 was an extraordinary year for the housing market: mortgage rates at an all-time low, record high annual growth in single-family prices and rents, lowest foreclosure rates in a generation and the largest number of home sales in 15 years. In addition, more for-sale inventory will likely be available on the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Interest rates and inflation continued to dampen activity in the housing market across all 12 Federal Reserve districts, according to the Fed’s latest Beige Book. Following dampened activity from buyers, sellers provided increased concessions, such as temporary rate buydowns or paying closing costs to complete sales, the report noted.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. A few months ago, I was asked to go on CNBC and talk about why I call this a housing recession and why this year reminds me a lot of 2018, but much worse on the four items above.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

New construction has been on fire, but the resale market has been cold. It’s been stunning to see the difference in volume between both markets. Let’s talk about the trend and look deeply into what’s going on with concessions. Scroll quickly by topic or digest slowly.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

If you’re looking to buy a home, you’ll stand the best chance in a buyer’s housing market, where listings are flush, demand is low and buyers have the upper hand — not to mention most of the negotiating power. Seller’s markets, on the other hand, are on the opposite side of the spectrum. Let’s take a look.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. The market is going to go into correction,” he said. “I

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 11, 2022

The housing market has been a roller coaster ride since COVID-19 began, and it hasn’t shown signs of stopping in 2022. It’s increasingly difficult for home appraisers to predict what will happen next, between seller booms and fluctuating mortgage rates. More Second Home Purchases. More Second Home Purchases. 2021 to Jan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Due to this reality, I have downgraded the housing market from unhealthy housing to a savagely unhealthy housing market. 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

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

home construction at the onset of the pandemic. Second, homeowners have been reluctant to sell their houses due to mortgage rates, which have reached a two-decade high point. Many potential sellers prefer to keep their low rates rather than move and trade in for higher ones. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Competition in the housing market is heating up heading into May and June. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

There are nearly six million more jobs now compared to pre-COVID highs, which suggests more aspiring home buyers exist in the market.” At the end of March, total housing inventory sat at 1.11 Meanwhile, new construction of both single-family and multifamily homes receded in March. million units, up 4.7% from one year ago.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, the competition from existing home sellers was somewhat absent. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 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. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Other would-be disruptors have not fared so well.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. What are the drivers of housing demand in 2022? 5 predictions for the 2022 housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This has the potential to add even more economic pressure for prospective buyers looking for homes in these parts of the country, the analysis stated. Fewer homes under construction and falling permits mean dwindling options for future buyers, adding more pressure to a market already strained by tight supply,” Point2 said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The housing market faced a lot of uncertainty when COVID-19 caused the real estate industry to pause under shut-downs, but low interest rates and the desire for more space has turned this year into a boom time for real estate agents. Lovern was actually on maternity leave at that time when open houses and contracts were paused. “In

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

This article is part of our 2023 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. Today, the average is 2.7

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

“Falling home sales and construction have hurt broader economic activity.”. Pending-home sales in November reflect a freeze in the housing market, as buyers remain on the sideline and sellers are staying put,” Odeta Kushi, First American’s deputy chief economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

I do a lot with new construction and homeowners’ insurance is cheaper on new builds because they are brand new,” Williams said. One of my recent new home buyers got their final quote on a property a 30-minute drive from the coast and it had gone up 40% from a year ago.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“Homebuilders are still benefiting from very low inventory of existing homes for sale, which has driven more buyers to consider new construction,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

But they face competition from large institutional investors in the housing market. These government-backed loans allow qualified buyers to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate. One truth is that housing isn’t Democrat or Republican.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 25, 2022

We’ve seen a massive change with housing inventory. But is it because sellers are rushing to list their homes? Let’s talk about supply and some things on my mind about today’s market. That’s not the culprit.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the possibilities of working remotely, more and more people are looking to buy a house in Vermont’s largest city, causing a huge swell in demand in an area that was already flush with prospective buyers. Buyers from across the country have set their sights on Burlington. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. Unlike site-built homes, which are always titled as real estate, over 40% of manufactured housing is titled as personal property (the same way a car is titled).

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

A new generation of digitally native homebuyers and sellers are expecting online experiences , in every type of transaction, and more convenient and seamless ways to find, tour, purchase, and sell homes on their own terms. Smart home features also pique the interest of two-thirds of new build buyers.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

TODAY’S HOME BUYERS ARE LIKE THE CARP. This fish phenomenon reminds me of the housing market today. As soon as homes hit the market, they often sell in days, with numerous offers that usually bid the list price up. This year, it appears that buyer panic is even worse than last year. That is a lot of bread!

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

The construction sector also saw job gains in May, adding 25,000 positions, thanks to a large uptick in heavy and civil engineering construction, which added 10,700 jobs. Residential building construction added 2,400 jobs during the month. year-over-year increase, further complicating things for the Fed. “For

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 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. The housing market is heading toward an inflection point — a rebalancing that will mean the end of the record-high price appreciation we’ve seen over the past year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

We can’t just show homes; we have to be a professional real estate business, which means being able to have real conversations when buyers and sellers ask us questions like, “Did we miss the market?” “Are Are we in a housing bubble?” However, it’s the sellers and buyers that we are working with whom really matter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2021

Record low inventory and strong buyer demand once again pushed up the cost of homes in the U.S., Though demand typically cools in the early winter months, CoreLogic deputy chief economist, Selma Happ, said housing once again exceeded expectations. as prices in November rose 9.5% gains seen in October.

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DW Slater Company

JANUARY 30, 2023

What’s happening in the housing markets? Mortgage rates impact housing as they affect buying power. As we look at the housing market for 2022, a clear shift has occurred. Sellers have been in charge as buyer demand was fueled by historically low mortgage interest rates.

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