Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Altos considers any score above 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Did today’s existing home sales report give us a playbook for housing in 2024? I would argue yes, and the housing market today looks a lot like what we saw in late 2022. I give more details in this interview on why I believe the housing market dynamics shifted on Nov. So let’s take a look at the playbook.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

We’ve been a sellers’ market here for at least the past eight years, but probably closer to 10 or 11.“ On the existing-home market , agents say the lack of inventory is due to a rate-lock effect, as homeowners with mortgage rates at 5% or below are reluctant to give up their rate unless a major life change necessitates a move.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

HousingWire has partnered with New Hampshire Association of Realtors (NHAR) to bring original data, analytics and news to its members who are the voice for real estate in the state. Our strategy is simple – be the independent source of information housing leaders seek first, and trust the most,” Clayton Collins, HousingWire CEO, said. “By

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We In mid-June 2023, the statewide 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score hit a high for year of 53.99, before sliding down to a trough of 40.03

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

It is nearly April, which means temperatures in the Austin metropolitan area are heating up — and so is the housing market. The market is still strong,” said Wendy Cash, a broker at Austin area-based Century 21 Hellmann Stribling. “The Buyers are still buying and sellers are still selling.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is alarming because this was the moment last year when the market turned south. This “higher for longer” conventional wisdom is working its way through the housing market. I interviewed Dr. Jessica Lautz from the National Association of Realtors for the Altos podcast and we talked about the prospect of 8% mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends across the country. It is still kind of a weird market, but it is going back to a little bit more normal.” Given the current market, my business is at least about 60% renters and the other 30% to 40% is buyers and sellers,” Tsai said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The combined share of millennials, both younger (ages 25 to 33) and older (ages 34 to 43), made up a combined 38% of the home purchase market last year, up from 28% in 2022, according to the 2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The housing nightmare continues. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales for April came in at 5.41 Rates have risen at the fastest pace ever, which makes houses more expensive, so in theory, some homebuyers can’t move. I have stressed that housing doesn’t move like the stock market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

The recent settlement involving the National Association of Realtors and major real estate firms revolves around the practice of “broker cooperation,” where agents representing sellers share commissions with agents representing buyers. Last year, mortgage rates increased from 3% to 8% and home prices still increased in most markets.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

But the Scottsdale housing market, and Arizona as a whole, has seen an enormous uptick in out-of-state movers in the past 14 months — when the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the country, ultimately allowing people to work from home and seek larger, more cost-effective lots to live on. “COVID just accelerated everything.”

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

We all needed some rest from the crazy housing market we’ve experienced in recent years. Like most markets across the country, the Cleveland area housing market has been red hot for the past few years. How have the rapidly increasing mortgage interest rates impacted the housing market in Northeast Ohio?

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Our local market feature spotlights five different areas across the country for each HousingWire Magazine. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

“It is extremely competitive,” DeRoussel said of the Cincinnati housing market. “We According to data from Altos Research , the Cincinnati metro area (which includes portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana) currently has a Market Action Index score of 54, while the state of Ohio has a score of 55. Buyers are really struggling.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

But for the past 12 months, the metro’s housing market has been in complete chaos. “It The Provo-Orem market is growing at a faster rate per capita than really anywhere else in the state of Utah, including our capital, Salt Lake City.”. above the list price and sat on the market about 11 days before going pending.

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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Vacation areas and luxury housing markets aren’t the only ones benefitting from a wave of pandemic buyers : southeastern locales are also filling up. According to the Little Rock Realtors Association in Arkansas, listing count is down 40.5% million, then when she pulled up to the house it was already sold. “It’s

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

That renewed interest is being felt on the ground, according to Keller Williams Realtor Danielle Buchbinder. Inventory is too low, people need to decide to sell their houses,” Buchbinder told HousingWire. There are] a lot more buyers than there are sellers right now, causing an increase in purchase prices,” Buchbinder said. “A

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Redfin showcased pockets of growth in the first quarter of 2024 despite challenging housing market conditions. Market conditions recently got worse, but Redfin got better in the first quarter of 2024,” Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, said in a statement. The brokerage posted revenue of $225.5 But it also reported a net loss of $66.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I There is also some pent-up desire to sell being released by a steadier interest rate environment and an overall slower market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Last week, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced a settlement agreement in the Sitzer Burnett case that would take effect in July. The settlement in no way establishes a standard or limitation on Realtors for what they may charge, nor services they elect to deliver. Here’s the truth.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Bright MLS released its National Housing Market Outlook on Wednesday, which shows that affordability will remain the biggest challenge for homebuyers next year. However, market activity is still projected to remain well below typical levels. However, market activity is still projected to remain well below typical levels.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The housing market in the state of Florida saw higher median home prices, more real estate listings and a higher number of active listings during the month of January, according to data released Thursday by Florida Realtors , a state-based trade organization for real estate professionals. from the same time last year. .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

LenderPulse requests surveys from 24,000 mortgage professionals across the country on market trends and lender opportunities and challenges. Economic and Housing Market Outlook Amid the Federal Reserve ‘s efforts to tame inflation, 44.5% Of the 155 completed surveys, 32.3% of the respondents were from the Southwest, 21.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

million in February, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). 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 million, down from 4.38

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. That’s a swing of 17% fewer sellers in just a matter of days. The lower rates go, the fewer home sellers we have.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1 midsized housing market to watch in 2020 , according to Zillow, because of its draw for young professionals, families, and retirees alike. The demand is clear — the Boise housing market has just 0.3 The demand is clear — the Boise housing market has just 0.3 Boise, Idaho was the No.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that it had 1,509,195 members at the end of April, a decline of 2.96% from the 1,554,604 members it had at the end of 2023 but higher than its numbers in February and March. You can find more information in our recent update in Realtor Magazine.“ How many is unclear.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. The Federal Reserve wanted to see the bidding wars end and the days on the market grow.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession. Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

What helped Erica Davis, a loan originator at Guild Mortgage , in the current high-rate environment is a seller-funded temporary 2-1 rate buydown. In a high-rate environment, lenders call the temporary rate buydown a win-win strategy for both sellers and buyers when used appropriately. in the second year.

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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

according to data released last Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. 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

APRIL 17, 2024

The spring home-buying season got off to a slow start in California , where sales of single-family homes declined from February to March, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Association of Realtors (CAR). The organization reported that the state’s seasonally adjusted annualized rate of sales fell by 7.8% year over year.

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