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U.S. Housing Market Collapse? Nowhere in Sight

Empire Appraisal Group

Housing Market Collapse? Housing Market Collapse? The housing market has taken a few hits, such as a doubling of mortgage rates in 2022, but it remains solid even if legitimate news providers suggest doom and gloom. housing market is suffering some cracks, but an outright collapse is nowhere in sight. Nowhere in Sight.

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Value of a Pool for Homes?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Does your market look similar? NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on changing real estate market, interest rate forecasts, non lender appraisals, foreclosures way down from 2008, Freddie and ANSI, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Listed for $42.5

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How to grow housing supply in 2021

Housing Wire

housing market was the single best outperforming economic sector globally during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. months, builders will halt the rate of growth for new construction plans as they did in 2018 and again for a brief period this year. months, the builders are ok with construction as long as new home sales grow.

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Appraisals – Check the Water Source!

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. My Comments on Market Changes. Fannie and Freddie have long said that they want appraisers to tell them about their markets. Real estate market? ==.

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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course

Housing Wire

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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NAR Appraisal Survey 2022

Appraisal Today

If it had a market value of $345k, it would have listed at $345k!”. Other questions are not as relevant, such as fees, as the appraisal market in many areas is not as strong as in May when the survey was done. Of course, this is aggregated and does not focus on market segments such as neighborhood and price range.

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Too many appraisers?

Appraisal Today

Habitual practice of “comparing comps” over “measuring markets” will prevail (in the absence of change in the other “frictions”). NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on declining mortgage loans, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. To read more, click here.