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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. I have documented the history of these housing price crash addicts for a decade now. Housing inventory issue with no booming demand. million listings.

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Pending home sales shock 2021 housing crash bears

Housing Wire

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.” ” One of the themes that I wanted to give to my readers is that housing data had surged toward the end of 2020, which created a high that couldn’t be sustained. in October. Year-over-year, signings fell 1.4%. Remember, be the detective, not the troll.

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Clear Capital Announces Universal Data Collection in Support of Fannie Mae Appraisal Modernization Policy Changes

Clear Capital

We have seen seismic shifts across the housing market in the past year, and the appraisal modernization policy work being done by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provides a welcomed change as alternative valuation approaches provide a crucial path forward for lenders and homeowners alike,” said Kenon Chen , EVP of Strategy and Growth at Clear Capital.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Agents for the Mid-Year 2021

Lamacchia Realty

Click here to learn more about Kelly Dimbat Angela Harkins has been a REALTOR® since 2001 and built her own team back in 2008. Lamacchia Realty is steadfast in enriching agent success with weekly company-wide training and coaching sessions as well as by recognizing outstanding agent performance.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Agents for May 2021

Lamacchia Realty

Angela Harkins has been a REALTOR® since 2001 and built her own team back in 2008. Lamacchia Realty is steadfast in enriching agent success with weekly company-wide training and coaching sessions as well as by recognizing outstanding agent performance. In 2020, she was awarded Most Sales Volume & Most Transactions companywide !

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for June 2023

Lamacchia Realty

To learn more about Shauna, click here: Shauna Fanning Angela Harkins has been a REALTOR® since 2001 and built her own team back in 2008. Most recently, Shauna was ranked on the 2023 RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals list. Angela has made President’s Club in 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2022.

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Opinion: Solutions to restore housing as an economic growth engine

Housing Wire

As a driver of the economy, housing should be bolstered by: Non-bank lending institutions to lend in lower-income areas and to minorities in the same way that CRA provides for banks Reducing government-insured and guaranteed mortgage loan fees. in 2001 to 44.8% Black homeownership rates have declined from 48.4%

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