DW Slater Company

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

So what’s happening in the housing markets here? The past six months have been full of very drastic changes as the rapid mortgage rate increases causing many markets to begin to decline. Our markets are still strong. The demand for housing decreased with the higher mortgage rates as it decreased buyer power.

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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. Freddie Mac projects that home-price growth will average 12.8%

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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. In the New York and San Francisco districts, potential homebuyers opted to rent instead of purchasing due to elevated prices and higher mortgage rates. trillion from $2.34

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was stagnant at 2.88% for the week ending Sept. 9, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The week prior , mortgage rates also held steady at 2.87%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.86%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. In addition, the credit rating agency expects mortgage rates to move even higher in 2023 and home prices to decline by up to 5%. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

A few months ago, the United States housing market failed Econ 101. The table also reports the year-over-year percent change in new listings for each market. Table 1: 10 Hottest Housing Markets out of the Top 250 Metro Areas, February 2022. Table 1: 10 Hottest Housing Markets out of the Top 250 Metro Areas, February 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the fourth consecutive month , homebuilder confidence sank in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders /Wells Fargo Housing Market Index published last week. Confidence rose in the Northeast to 53, signaling that builders there are slightly optimistic about market conditions. 2019 level. 2019 level.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. Nobody was doing buydowns in 2020 and 2021 [when 30-year fixed mortgage rates were in the 3% range]. in year one, go to 5.2% in year three.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

Home price growth slowed in May, showing signs of a cooling housing market. But housing is the least affordable it has been since the mid-1980s as mortgage rates rise and home values soar, driven by low housing inventory, a new Black Knight report suggests. in May from a revised 20.4%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. markets; by December 2020, prices were already up 23.6% Pueblo, Colo. ,

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

The housing market is red hot. The Federal Housing Finance Agency house-price index rose 12% last year due to low inventories and high demand. Redfin , the popular real estate website, reports that nearly 40% of homes in the past month have sold above asking price. Justice Department charges of fair-lending violations.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

HousingWire: According to ATTOM Data Solutions‘ latest foreclosure market report, bank repossessions climbed 9% in the first half of 2023 compared to the first half of 2022. While credit cards and auto loans aren’t directly related to mortgages , they comprise segments within the three main consumer debt categories.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Elevated mortgage rates are continuing to give homeowners a reason to stay at their current homes, according to the 2023 Borrower Insights Survey conducted by ICE Mortgage Technology. Of those who plan to remain in their homes, about one-third (36%) specifically cite high interest rates as the reason for staying put.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

The pace of purchase-loan originations as well as transactions in the private-label securities market started to slow by the second quarter of this year as interest rates continued to spike, according to mortgage industry experts. Many of the mortgage loans traded through MAXEX’s platform find their way into PLS transactions. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. Both pose threats to access to capital, the cost of materials and labor, and future housing values.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Home prices growth and mortgage rates have come down from the peaks in 2022, but affordability still remains a challenge. In turn, borrowers who are entering the market are leaning heavily toward buying down their first lien interest rates by paying points up front. Prior to the pandemic, buyers paid closer to 0.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

August marked a slowdown in the purchase market, with existing home sales dropping by 2%, according to a monthly report published by the National Association of Realtors. Completed purchase transactions of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.88

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Redfin attributes these divides to a variety of factors , the most salient of which is that over half (54%) of baby boomers who own homes have no mortgage and those who do have a mortgage have a much lower interest rate than the rate they would end up with if they sold and bought today.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

housing market this year, and we’ll find out which one wins. 5 predictions for the 2022 housing market. Here are 7 trends to watch in the 2022 appraisal market. Here are 4 macro trends impacting the 2022 housing market. Our forecast is for home values to rise 16% from December 2021 to December 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

The American Land Title Association saw a nearly 36% year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume in 2021 for a staggering $7 billion spike, according to the trade group’s Market Share Analysis , published Friday. Despite the advancements in title technology, there are still broad misconceptions across the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

Pending home sales rose for the third month in a row in February, but at 0.8%, the uptick over January was less than is typically seen in the run-up to the spring housing market. Pending home sales decreased in all four regions compared to one year ago. Pending home sales rose 0.4% Overall, contract signings were down 21.1%

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Inman

AUGUST 14, 2023

homes valued at $1 million or more stopped shy of a record notched last summer as high mortgage rates and low inventory drove home prices upward in June, a Redfin analysis shows. The share of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

At the end of February, an estimated 407,000 new homes were still for sale, which at the current sales rate represents a 6.3 Buyers are facing a housing market that looks to be as competitive as ever,” Handy said in a statement. Year over year, all regions saw decreases in new home sales, except for the Northeast which recorded a 7.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

How auction buyer data foreshadows housing market shifts. The retail housing market data, released by Redfin at the end of June, shows the median asking price for newly listed homes for sale in the four weeks ending June 26 dropped 1.5% National Home Price Index is a leading measure of housing prices.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

NAR’s Housing Wealth Gains for the Rising Middle-Class Markets study examined the distribution of housing wealth between 2010 and 2020 across income groups in 917 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. Despite this decrease, some markets such as Los Angeles and New York, still saw housing wealth rise due to increasing home prices.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

High mortgages and stubbornly elevated home prices are worsening the housing affordability crisis. starter” home, up 13% from a year ago, according to a new report from Redfin. In June, the typical starter home sold for a record $243,000, up 2.1% In June, the typical starter home sold for a record $243,000, up 2.1%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” takes a deep dive into what the heck is going on with purchase applications, housing demand and inventory levels. This article, for example, asks why, if purchase applications are down to 2009 levels, are inventory levels still so freaking low?

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

Older Americans are sitting on more than $12 trillion in home equity, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)/ Riskspan Reverse Mortgage Market Index. million homes bought and sold in the U.S. Why is this market underserved? last year.

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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”. Just as different types of leaven can be used to make bread rise, and even change the flavor of the bread, increasing home prices can result from different situations.

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Eppraisal

OCTOBER 31, 2023

   Property Valuation Your home value is the primary determiner of your asking price. Unless you’re desperate to sell and willing to accept less than what you still owe on your mortgage, price your house based on what these sources say it should be worth. Pay attention to rental inventory, too.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

Residential brokerage and mortgage lender William Raveis is buying its clients’ homes across New England, the tri-state area and Florida. Ours is to buy at the market price and sell it at higher-than-market price and give 100% of the upside to the consumer.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Busch is vice president and senior mortgage banker at First Savings Mortgage Corporation , a Virginia-based lender that produced $2 billion in mortgages in 2022, less than half the $4.2 billion volume of the previous year, per the mortgage data platform Modex. And he hasn’t done so voluntarily.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

” Technology for navigating secondary market challenges. In this webinar, MCT COO Phil Rasori and expert guest panelists will review how mortgage lenders can overcome common challenges selling their loans on the secondary market. Presented by: MCT.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JANUARY 11, 2023

A Look At The Housing Market in 2022. Over the past three years, the real estate market has seen unprecedented milestones. From record-high sale prices to record-low inventory, the market has shown us that just when we think we know what will happen it will show us something different.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

In 2019, the typical homeowner in a primarily white neighborhood had $33,000 more home equity than the typical homeowner in a primarily Black neighborhood. “Significant gains in home values fueled equity gains from 2019 to January 2021 for homeowners of all races,” the press release stated.

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 28, 2022

Historically, the real estate market slows down over the winter months and prices level off or sometimes go down. The 2021 real estate market was a record-breaking year. It is predicted to go from a record-breaking market to a hot market in 2022. Home sales are expected to increase another 6.6% in 2020 and 16.9%

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

As you can see above, other countries have experienced steep home-price growth and Canada is leading the way. housing market follow Canada? In short, the answer is no, we won’t have the type of home-price velocity that Canada has experienced because our housing market is more diverse than theirs. Will the U.S.

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