Annarbor Appraisal

APRIL 9, 2020

In it I included a year over year chart of all sales through the local MLS back to 2005. This information clearly shows a declining trend from the 2005 data down to a low point between 2009 and 2011. Houses in blue, condominium units in orange, new construction included. Year to year trends. What happens if it only tops 15%?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Census Bureau released their construction report for February, showing a positive trend in housing construction data with a lovely print in housing permits at 1,859,000 and housing starts at 1,769,000. So far, housing construction has done well during 2020-2022 considering the economic drama. Today, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The housing market of 2002-2005 had four years of sales growth facilitated by credit. As we can see below, the purchase application data had four years of growth, peaking in 2005 and then collapsing. However, what isn’t identical is that we have not had a massive sales boom like we saw from 2002-2005. million in 2005.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, using new construction comps for existing homes, master planned communities, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. I was lucky to have never had to use new construction as a comp on an existing home. baths, 14,450 sq.ft.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

This means new homes — with all the bells and whistles — can peel some buyers from the existing home sales market, especially if they pay down mortgage rates. Also, in the chart below, we can all agree it isn’t housing 2005 or housing 2008 with new home sales. Now on to the report. When supply is 4.4-6.4 When supply is 6.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

But relief for buyers could be coming in the next 12 months. gain by this time next year, as ongoing affordability challenges deter potential buyers — as well as an uptick in new for sale listings. May’s 8% increase was the highest jump for that month since 2005, according to NAR. Home prices increased 2.3% ” The 17.2%

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Empire Appraisal Group

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On the supply side, a decade of underbuilding of homes, regulatory barriers, high construction costs combined with people staying longer in their homes have kept housing inventory low. years in 2005, respectively, according to Redfin, a full-service real estate brokerage. years in 2010, and 6.4 Not over-leveraged. million in 2018 to 3.8

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Robinson Appraisal Group

MARCH 22, 2018

Another hurdle is that builders do not tend to build homes for the entry level buyer. The vast majority of new construction is for move-up products vs. entry level homes. People that rented their home made up 36% of households in the third quarter of 2017, up from 31% in 2005, according to the Census Bureau.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 28, 2021

It was the year of the frustrated buyer, particularly in the first half of the year. The inventory of homes for sale and the number of homes being listed for sale were not nearly enough to satisfy the buyer demand. Remember only one offer can win so this caused lots of disappointment for both buyers and buyer’s agents alike.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

They don’t ever have to have the conversation about how low their total payment is in the new home they’re buying, unlike some of their buyers (which explains higher cancellation rates). If sales are working from an elevated number, like what we saw from 2003-2005, it’s a different subject altogether. When supply is 4.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

That’s not the case now because we have’t had a credit boom post-2010 as we did from 2002 to 2005. However, the spike in inventory that we saw from 2006 to 2011 can be attributed to the massive credit bubble we had from 2002 to 2005. Credit stress was evident from 2005 to 2008. What is going on here?

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Buyers will continue to outstrip sellers by a significant margin but less extreme than in 2021. Buyers are seeing rates inch higher – currently at about 3.25% in Seattle/King County for a typical 30-year mortgage (rates vary based on an applicant’s circumstances). What will the 2022 Seattle/King County housing market offer?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

So for now, the builders will take their time with the homes under construction and make sure they offer enough incentives to unload the new home supply they’re dealing with. can’t have a credit sales boom like we saw from 2002-2005. This time, we have less production of homes and more multifamily construction. months and above.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tuesday’s housing starts report clearly shows that homebuilders are going to be done with single-family construction until mortgage rates fall. If it wasn’t for solid rental demand boosting multifamily construction this year — 18% year to date —this data line would have looked much worse. Why do I call it a housing recession?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

This business model means that the builders are very mindful of the demand for their product and keep an eye out on their main competition, the existing home market, where supply is cheaper for a buyer. They can cut prices, pay down mortgage rates for their buyers, and do what they need to to make it work for them to move their products.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

According to this theory, we have more homes under construction than any time in history. As we can see in the chart below, it’s not like the new home sales market is booming at all; we aren’t anywhere near the top of sales in 2005 or in 2020. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. percent (±15.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

It’s also driven more by mortgage buyers who tend to be older and make more money than the new-home buyers. Compared to the existing home sales marketplace, it doesn’t have a high cash buyer or investor buyer profile. months and above, the builders will pull back on construction. percent (±11.9 percent (±13.7

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

From the National Association of Home Builders : Looking at the housing starts report, the numbers came in slightly better than anticipated, driven by multifamily construction. Still, it’s backward-looking and the growth in multifamily construction, which we desperately need to cool down rental inflation, has recently been positive.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I am so glad I quit doing residential lender appraisals in 2005! = single-family homes for sale in the fourth quarter were new construction. Construction also jumped during the pandemic as builders responded to surging homebuyer demand fueled by record-low mortgage rates. Nationwide, 31.8% That’s comparable with 31.9%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Similarly, companies like Zillow and Trulia launched in 2005 and 2006 as “real estate search engines” to help buyers more easily find a home online. Having everything in-house enables iBuyers to lower closing costs for buyers and sellers, offer real-time, 24/7 customer support and provide unique financing solutions for buyers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This is the reason construction workers still have jobs, and that backlog needs to be finished; this is a positive outcome. The bigger story here is that if we want to see mortgage rates fall, we need more rental units, and right now we have a massive backlog of 2-unit homes under construction — over 900,000. percent (±12.3

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Will Jazz Icon Dave Brubeck’s Former Midcentury Treehouse in NorCal Sway a Buyer for $3M? Thorne, was best known for his use of steel in residential construction. Most modern homes are constructed on a hillside lot on a downslope or upslope, with the house clinging to the side,” Morris says. Too cyclical.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It didn’t help the builders that they had a global pandemic and we still have many new homes either in construction or that haven’t been started yet. months 290,000 new homes are still under construction, about 5.5 The builders will pull back on construction when the supply is 6.5 Here is the breakdown of the 8.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

I have said for many years that we wouldn’t see total housing construction start a year at 1.5 2020 is looking great on that front for the new home sales market and housing starts, which need more new home sales to warrant more single-family construction. It is not out of the question that we can get to 6.2 Context is key!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In an odd twist of fate, the delays due to COVID-19 are currently an infrastructure and jobs program for Americans in the construction industry. As you can see below, housing completions are slowly moving along; the homebuilders have more new homes under construction that they haven’t even started yet than active new homes for sale.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A buyer gets a seller’s disclosure statement for that information. Values are so high that buyers are putting a lot of money down to lower the monthly payment as much as they can. I never had more than one assistant and no appraisers after that, and finally quit doing lender residential appraisals in 2005.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Architect Adam Dayem designed the unique 2,500-square-foot residence, which was completed in 2017 after several years of construction. My comment: If you appraise new construction or are interested in the trends, subscribe to their email updates on the upper right side of the web page. 2,500 sq.ft., three bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

The new home sales market doesn’t have a 28% cash-buyer profile as we saw in the last existing home sales report. So, while cash buyers as a percent of sales have been growing, this sector is driven by mortgage buyers primarily. Builders have to find buyers for canceled homes, then think about their demand.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Construction of single-family homes dropped 2.3% from November to 1.172 million units, the construction of multifamily units again posted a sizable increase of 13.7% 2021 was a strong year for construction.”. But while this is good news for new housing construction, homebuilders still have plenty of obstacles to overcome.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

Census Bureau released their new residential construction report for April, showing a miss on the estimate and a negative revisions data line, which I believe is lagging behind the current market reality. We simply cannot finish homes in America promptly, and now that mortgage rates are over 5%, some buyers won’t be able to purchase a home.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

As rates rise, this will impact the builders more as they try to find buyers for current homes in cancellation. Multifamily construction is different than single-family homes. As you can see below, housing completion data hasn’t done much for many years, unlike 2002-2005. Then, they need to manage what they can or can’t sell.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Also, the market we have today doesn’t look like the credit boom we saw from 2002-2005. I have never believed in the housing construction boom premise as mature economies don’t have construction booms with slowing population growth. However, one thing is for sure: demand has been solid and stable in 2020 and 2021. The X factor.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The frame is built with 60 tons of steel and construction took over 6 years utilizing artisans from all over the world. 31% of women and 27% of men signed up for Social Security at age 62 in 2018, down from around 54% of women and 50% of men in 2005, according to Social Security Administration data. Qualified buyers and listing prices.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

The number of potential buyers will decrease as rates go up in many markets. Today is NOT the same as 2008+, with its massive fraudulent loans made to unqualified buyers. The way that we did that was through cantilevers and using structural engineers and steel to help us to construct the home that we absolutely wanted.”.

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