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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

Thanks to high mortgage rates , mortgage refinance rates, and even higher home prices , the vibe among homebuyers has been fairly bleak these past couple months. In Denver in particular, new listings increased 29.12% month-over-month and 22.63% year-over-year. To that I say, timing is everything in real estate.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

The seasonal housing inventory bottom evaded us again last week as active listings fell and new listing inventory decreased. Mortgage rates didn’t move much last week, but the 10-year yield rose even though inflation data was tamer than expected, and we had a weaker retail sales report number.

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

Housing Wire

Just when I thought it was safe to say we were getting more traditional spring housing inventory , we hit a snag last week, as active inventory and new listings declined. We had a lot of drama over the week between Federal Reserve meetings and banking stress, and mortgage rates and purchase applications both fell.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. Total Inventory had been growing from 2001-2005; total listings data in 2005 was at the higher historical range of 2.5 million listings. I don’t need to see total active listing get back to the historical range of 2-2.5 From Redfin.

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Appraiser Salaries

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, MLS hacked, appraisers and real estate agents, Humor, unusual homes, mortgage origination == Massive Missouri Lake Winnebago House for $12.6M But the MLS is also finding new benefits in its partnership with RPR®.

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Market Outlook for 2019 and 2020: Trends to Watch

Boston Appraisal

Despite the continued appreciation, both real estate economists and the general public are starting to worry about the shadow of a second recession (the dramatic downturn of 2007 still on their minds). The Housing Market Is Going Strong… for Now The year 2019 started with a bang, and this wasn’t even news. in the previous month.

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Market Outlook for 2019 and 2020: Trends to Watch

Boston Appraisal

Despite the continued appreciation, both real estate economists and the general public are starting to worry about the shadow of a second recession (the dramatic downturn of 2007 still on their minds). After estimating in late 2018 that 30-year mortgage rates could reach 5.1% The Housing Market Is Going Strong… for Now.