Quicken Loans

APRIL 12, 2021

That’s why many home buyers turn to foreclosed homes in hopes of getting more space in a better area and with a much lower price tag. Foreclosure purchases thrived in 2009-2010 when a recession-battered housing market hit its peak foreclosure rate. Many banks won’t sell directly to home buyers.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

A three-year renovation, ending in 2009, converted the upper floors into the 7,000-square-foot penthouse. Some appraisers feel that lenders should not provide them with the purchase and sale contract. Then that contract does not serve to color, cloud, or otherwise bias a value opinion. We all know this is true. percent from 6.57

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 24, 2022

Two Trends Slowing Housing Market Normalization. Excerpts: You can’t buy what’s not for sale — and existing homeowners have little incentive to relieve the supply pressure, keeping a lid on housing market normalization. The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.05

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 11, 2023

The Seattle/King County housing market inched forward – and a little sideways – as the number of new and unsold listings continued to expand in June while fresh signs of a slowdown approached. Home prices continued to confound buyers by climbing toward record highs as summer began. Builders are now officially bullish.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 20, 2022

The housing market has shifted. Excerpt: How I’m describing the market: Overall, the market still feels elevated in that we are seeing a higher-than-normal amount of competition. It seems an inflection point occurred where we really noticed the effect of higher mortgage rates on buyers. Or, hit the reply button.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

The $180B kitchen and bath market is leading the home-improvement charge and, despite economic headwinds for many households, industry experts see no end in this modernization movement. month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 Kitchen and bath professionals are reporting 3.9-month

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But homebuilders big and small continue to run into the same problems – building permits are on file, contracts with buyers are inked, but subcontractors often don’t show, and access to materials have led to longer build times and cost overruns. Housing starts are also looking up, rising 1.4% Currently, over 1.7

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Is this the beginning of a housing bubble, 2021-style? “I Couple that with the return of international buyers – absent from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2020

economy into a recession and killed more than 208,000 Americans, the plan from the frontrunner in the presidential election is well-aimed to assist the only weak link in an otherwise booming the housing market: First-time buyers trying to scrape together a down payment. Now that the pandemic has plunged the U.S.

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