Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. trillion and to nearly $9.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

An opportunity for commercial real estate investors and developers? It’s up to you to serve as their guide — some of these potential buyers are navigating these waters for the very first time. What does this sound like to you? I think so too. Let’s take a look at office space.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

We finally got mortgage rates to rise, and for people like me who have been concerned about how unhealthy the housing market was last year — and it got a lot worse this year — it’s a blessing that was much needed. This sector on an apples-to-apples basis is more expensive than the existing home sales market. percent (±11.9

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In Sacramento, Invitation Homes went on a rampage in 2012 and 2013, and purchased more steadily in subsequent years. The last unit they bought was in mid-2022 as far as I can tell… To read more, plus the 45+ appraiser comments, Click Here Investor Home Purchases Are Down Over 40% in Sun Belt Pandemic. Investor purchases of U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Earlier in the year, I labeled this a savagely unhealthy housing market based on the premise that Inventory would break to all-time lows, creating forced bidding and causing days on the market to collapse. My premise in the summer of 2020 was that a 10-year yield above 1.94% could change the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. The housing market shifted in March of this year. As the 10-year yield broke above 1.94% and mortgage rates rose, we saw the impact on housing data. Yes, crazy to think, but this is a survey trend data line, and the housing market was in free-fall at that time.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2022

Most home buyers focus on the direction of interest rates. However, as the news from Europe worsens many investors are shifting money into safer havens such as bonds that help provide temporary relief on rising rates. “It’s It’s all bad for the economy and housing. There is so much at play – and at stake.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 6, 2022

Buyers, sellers, investors, and builders are her business and she values every single client and loves getting people where they want to be. Since then, she has taken off running and has helped her buyers and sellers reach their goals. Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2022

One-size-fits-all parking requirements can lead to excess land dedicated to parking that might otherwise be used for housing. Parking stalls in the Puget Sound region increased by 13% from 2013 to 2018, while the population increased by 9% and housing rose by only 6%, according to local data sources. What does it mean to buyers?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Are big Wall Street investors really buying 44% of homes this year? Housing inventory is near all-time lows, but big institutional investors like Invitation Homes or BlackRock aren’t to blame. The first chart below, provided by Freddie Mac , shows where large institutional buyers rank as a percentage of the marketplace.

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