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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

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There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. The only time this happened was 2006-2011 — the housing bust years. Home prices ebb and flow, pricing was working in the sense that sellers met homebuyers to a degree. Image by Brandon Johnson/HW Media.). Now fast forward to 2022.

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As home prices increase, sellers have the upper hand

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points, but has recovered more than half of its early pandemic-period decline when April’s HPSI hit its lowest reading since November 2011. August’s HPSI survey revealed both a confident seller’s and buyer’s market, however, Fannie Mae reported September buyers showing more hesitancy. Presented by: NAMB. As of Oct.

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Where home seller profit margins are shrinking

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Despite this drop, investment returns for home sellers is still up from 48.8% Metro results for home sellers. The post Where home seller profit margins are shrinking appeared first on HousingWire. This is the first decline in home prices in almost three years, down from 57.6% This is up from 6.7%

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Risks of nonbank mortgage sellers and servicers revisited

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These were 2000-2003, 2004-2008Q2, 2008Q3-2011, and 2012-2015. Note that for the 180DPD+ model the 2012-2015 period was collapsed with the 2008Q3-2011 period based on the machine learning results. The post Risks of nonbank mortgage sellers and servicers revisited appeared first on HousingWire.

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Seller Filed a Racial Bias Complaint Against Me

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Could it be because of the racial bias complaint filed against me by an unhappy Seller… Fannie Mae accomplished what they set out to do in July 2011, when they initiated their Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) and the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. So what’s caused the sudden loss of income?

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Buyers and sellers agree: it’s a good time to enter the housing market

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points, but has steadily recovered over 60% of its COVID-19 pandemic loss when April’s HPSI hit its lowest reading since November 2011. While the state of the market shines brightly for prospective buyers and sellers, the economy overall is showing some slight hesitation. Compared to this time last year, the HPSI is still down 7.1

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Elevated borrowing costs remain the top worry for homebuilders

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Additionally, the competition from existing home sellers was somewhat absent. In 2011, only 13% of homebuilders worried about the cost of labor, versus 87% in 2019. An estimated 668,000 new homes were sold in 2023, 4.2% more than the figure of 641,000 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.