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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22 million Historically inventory levels range between 2 million and 2.5 NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22 Mortgage rates went from a low of 2.5%

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

Total Inventory data fell in this report from 1.31 It doesn’t even look like we will breach the lower level of my inventory wish list of 1.52 I am a big fan of inventory to 2019 levels. Even though 2019 inventory levels were historically low, they were at four-decade lows before 2020; they’re a more effective pricing market.

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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

Inventory, which has been falling for years, broke to all-time lows in 2020. We didn’t have a seasonal push in inventory in 2020, and things worsened in 2021. Of course, this has brought back some inventory, as demand weakness always creates inventory through accumulation. million active listings, but at just 1.28

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Appraiser Countersues Alleged Discrimination

Appraisal Today

Everything has been fully modernized. year-over-year to $396,100, marking the largest price reduction since December 2011.While However, the “mortgage lock-in” phenomenon—where homeowners are reluctant to sell after buying or refinancing at lower rates before 2022—could limit future sales and inventories.

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Appraisals – Check the Water Source!

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: the 14,500-square-foot modern home where almost every room offers an excellent view. EDI to UAD, 1994 – EDI maybe, 2011 – UAD. Two days ago the Fed raised rates by 0.75%. Lower inflation? Real estate market? ==. 50M Orange County Mansion Known as Ocean’s 13. Six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials.

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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, VA, flood and fires no insurance, retirement, few lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination $22M Modern Mansion on 130 Acres in Napa Has Its Own Cabernet Vineyard Excerpts: 6 bedrooms, 6.5+ percent, with points decreasing to 0.78