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Housing inventory falls under 1M again as sales collapse

Housing Wire

The one period where this didn’t happen was from 2006-2011, when credit forced Americans to sell, to rent or to be homeless. From NAR : “December was another difficult month for buyers, who continue to face limited inventory and high mortgage rates ,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Also, this is what the Federal Reserve wants.

Inventory 540
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US home prices hit record level (again)

Housing Wire

below its 2006 peak. In addition, homebuyers are continuing to enjoy low mortgage rates , boosting the demand for homes even higher. For-sale inventory levels charted their fourth consecutive monthly increase in August, and sellers appear to be taking a less aggressive approach when putting their homes on the market.

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Value of a Pool for Homes?

Appraisal Today

Often, the MLS mentions that the sellers will fill in the pool, but I don’t know if that has ever happened. The sellers originally bought the land for $12 million back in 2010. The national foreclosure activity total in Q2 2023 was 65 percent below the pre-recession average of 278,912 per quarter from Q1 2006 to Q3 2007.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants about listing and offering prices, and market rent. Built in 1961 (renovated in 2006 by architect Hal Hayes), 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2100 sq.ft. billion and a 27.4%

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Home sales are going to nosedive in 2023, Fannie Mae says

Housing Wire

The latest forecast also projects total mortgage origination activity at $1.6 The mortgage market is projected to slip further to $1.3 The slowing effect on the housing market of the higher mortgage rate environment has been largely predictable, and home prices appear to have already begun trending downward.”. million in 2023.

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VA Approves Desktops and Exterior-Only Appraisals

Appraisal Today

My comments : The big push to cut down on appraisal turn times because of the appraisal shortage is Very Old News since mortgage volume has plummeted. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc.

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Are new home sales flagging a recession?

Housing Wire

A few months ago, I wrote that the new home sales sector is at risk because of rising mortgage rates. I know some people don’t agree with me on this, but the price gains in both the existing home and new home sales sector show that homebuilders and sellers had too much pricing power and needed to be checked. What do we have now?