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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. If you look at the monthly supply for new homes from 1996 to 2005, it was always lower than what we saw from 2008 to 2019. Once total inventory can get back into the range of 1.52

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. If you look at the monthly supply for new homes from 1996 to 2005, it was always lower than what we saw from 2008 to 2019. Once total inventory can get back into the range of 1.52

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Opinion: Can tech and iBuyers fix the real estate market?

Housing Wire

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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Appliances for FHA appraisals

Appraisal Today

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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What is Your Appraiser Level? Why Does It Make a Difference?

Appraisal Today

The real estate appraisers of old used to network more, market their services, and sell themselves more than today’s modern appraiser,” remarks Mark Skapinetz, an independent real estate appraiser in Georgia who operates a 100 percent non-lender appraisal firm. Budget cuts. Retraction. In the early 1990s, my market crashed.