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Keeping Current Matters hires George Ratiu as chief economist

Housing Wire

” Ratiu said KCM’s focus on providing relevant insights and information to agents so they can educate buyers and sellers was one reason he joined the company. Although he noted similarities to the market of 2008, Ratiu stressed the current market has some important differences.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Stacy Esser

Housing Wire

We can’t just show homes; we have to be a professional real estate business, which means being able to have real conversations when buyers and sellers ask us questions like, “Did we miss the market?” “Are Of course, the answer is about why this is not the same market — in any way — to post 2008. Are we in a housing bubble?”

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Comparing this housing market recession to 2008

Housing Wire

There are similarities and significant differences between the housing recession we’ve seen this year versus 2008, and looking at specific factors in both timeframes gives us an idea of what to expect in 2023. Let’s look at the recessionary factors we see now versus 2008. First, we must define what we mean by recession.

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Can first-time homebuyers afford homes today?

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, a time of turbulence in the real estate market. In March of 2022, sellers received an average of 5.5 One such measure is who is entering the market. Homebuyers placed competitive offers on homes while inventory grew increasingly difficult to find.

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Home prices surge to six-year high in November

Housing Wire

According to the CoreLogic Buyer/Seller Market Indicator, which measures the ratio between sold price and list price, buyer competition reached a new peak nationally in October and November when the ratio climbed to 0.996 – the highest level since 2008, when the data series began.

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Recap: Valuation Expo 2021

Appraisal Buzz

The country’s largest lending institutions, real estate corporations, and appraisal management companies (AMCs) are each aligned this year in their projections that the housing bubble and prime seller’s market we’re currently experiencing is headed for a substantial correction. Buyers and sellers? The construction industry?

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Why I Still Love Real Estate Appraising

DW Slater Company

From large, elaborate luxury homes, to industrial buildings, to large tracks of acreage, to equine facilities, to new construction and old historic homes and buildings. The number of non-appraisal valuation products on the market is concerning as so much the economy can be impacted by wrong valuations (just look back at the 2008 crisis).