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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index helps to dispel many of the myths and cut through the noise of what is currently happening in the market. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, at a time of turmoil in the real estate market.

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Using an Escalation Clause When Purchasing a Home

Eppraisal

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) existing home sales are -3.7% This is a direct result of the historically low inventory of homes available for sale as buyers are competing for homes. As some fear another recession, rest assured, the economy is not like it was when we experienced the last recession in 2008.

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Existing home sales will drop to 4.78 million in 2023, NAR predicts

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors predicts there will be 4.78 Fraud risk continues to rise even as the market contracts . Back in 2008 there were 8 million job losses in a single year,” Yun said. million existing home sales in 2023, down 6.8% from the 5.13 million existing home sales expected to close in 2022.

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Expensive regions see the biggest dip in home sales

Housing Wire

Higher mortgage rates continued to impact home sales over the last month, with existing home sales declining in September for the eighth consecutive month, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). . regions experiencing month over month contractions. .” on a year over year basis, dropping to 4.71

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Real Estate Real Fast EP4 (solo-show with Aaron talking Fall/Winter 2022 Texas housing market)

Listing Spark

How the housing market affects the rest of the economy How to approach the current housing market as a seller Final advice for buyers in the current housing market Are buyers pulling out of contracts at the last minute? There is more inventory available and home sales are down. How to vet real estate agents as a seller. It was crazy.

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

Housing Wire

million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Due to the minimal use of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), teaser rates and exotic mortgage products, relatively few current single-family borrowers are subject to payment shocks from rising interest rates in the way many borrowers were in 2006-2008,” the ESR group said.

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