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Employment gains could help housing inventory

Housing Wire

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. For housing, March gained 110,000 jobs in construction – a positive sign in an industry struggling with supply constraints. Labor Department.

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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

But what they do need is for the realtors that have buyers to have the complete and accurate information about their homes. So that those agents will bring their buyer to the builder. I never talk to a buyer. You said before 2007 that you were providing services for homebuilders manually. And we don’t do any of that.

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

This month, she is lucky to have $2 million in her pipeline thanks to closing deals on a construction loan, a condo and a vacant lot. Despite the market slowdown, it hardly resembles the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007, loan officers and mortgage brokers said. And it’s going to get worse.

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Low housing inventory a win for homebuilders

Housing Wire

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. This is a massive difference in inventory data and a plus for the homebuilders, which they didn’t enjoy in 2007. When supply is 4.3

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Homebuilders still need lower mortgage rates

Housing Wire

The builders don’t like to see supply of existing homes growing for fear that their buyers might cancel on them. The growth of supply means demand is getting weaker, which will require builders to give more incentives to buyers. 291,000 homes are still under construction: 5.7 months of supply. When supply is 4.3

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New home sales defy recession calls

Housing Wire

In 2007, we had more than 4 million total active listings, which was too much supply for the builders to compete effectively. 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. Now on to the report. When supply is 4.4-6.4

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Fla. Unlikely to Feel Impact from Slowing Market

Empire Appraisal Group

Wary buyers and rising interest rates may affect some U.S. s rising demand and lack of construction will probably offset a potential cooldown. Still, most economists are not predicting the catastrophic housing crash of 2007-2009 when there was a surplus of homes nationwide and a market saturated with bad mortgages.