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How Reverse for Purchase can help baby boomer borrowers

Housing Wire

These homeowners are seeking different retirement solutions to help allocate their home equity and make it more durable over the next 20 to 30 years. million homes bought and sold in the U.S. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) estimates that baby boomers made up roughly 39%, or 2.32 million, of those homes.

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Using an Escalation Clause When Purchasing a Home

Eppraisal

If you're in the market to buy a home right now, you're probably finding out that it's not easy. 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.

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Making the Decision to Stop Renting

Eppraisal

Today's Market Home values have been rapidly increasing over the past year. This is mostly due to the low inventory of homes available for sale. The National Association of Realtors estimates that the annual median home prices will increase by 8% in 2021 and by 5.5%

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

Listing Spark

There is more inventory available and home sales are down. months of inventory, well below a balanced market of 6 months of inventory. In August, the median home value in the greater Austin metropolitan area was $496,000 and that’s up 5%. And housing prices are still up! “In It was crazy.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

In this analysis, we also show you current data along with key lessons from both the 2015 oil price crash and the 2008 great recession. The data below covers the “average Houston home.” Get a free home valuation for your house and trends in your neighborhood. Top Ranked Realtors: Paige Martin & The Houston Properties Team.

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Exactly what to say when your clients ask these big questions

Cornerstone

The long answer: Here are several solid reasons why: Housing inventory remains at record lows , while buyer demand has reached record highs. A prospective home seller is looking at a great opportunity to sell rapidly and at a lucrative price. If there’s a surge of foreclosures, will home values start to decline?

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8 Experts: Sky-High Housing Prices Won’t Fall

Empire Appraisal Group

Exuberant buying – with multiple offers and bidding wars – has become common across the country, reminiscent of the fevered market before the 2008 housing crash. Home prices nationwide increased year-over-year by 18% in July 2021, the largest annual growth that CoreLogic Home Price Index has measured in its 45-year history.