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With home sales down, why are home prices still up?

Housing Wire

Looking at the housing market in the years 2020-2024, one risk i identified early on was that home prices could accelerate more in this period than we saw in the previous expansion if inventory channels broke to all-time lows. Back then, we had higher sales, higher inventory, and less price growth, but we had a massive credit bubble.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Avoid 9 Costly Mistakes Sellers Make. We also believe these trends will create limited appreciation for inner loop neighborhoods known for small lots, choppy floor plans, with lots of construction from the 1990’s – 2010, especially zoned to not-top-ranked schools. 2020 ended favoring sellers. Do You Want To Buy A Home Now?

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DataDigest: The homebuilders are busy. But they’re not busy enough

Housing Wire

rise was the largest percentage gain since October 2016. Currently there are 695,000 single-family units under construction, which is actually 136,000 units below the peak in May 2022. And there are currently 994,000 multifamily units under construction, the highest level since 1973. million, 21.7% million and 5.7%

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OK to average adjusted comps on appraisals?

Appraisal Today

year over year in the third quarter to 48,667—the lowest level of any third quarter since 2016. High rates have forced some sellers to lower their asking price to make up for high interest rates on monthly payments. Sellers “had to sell” typically because of a job loss, divorce, or other personal reason. = homes dropped 29.7%

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Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions

Houston Properties

Why We're Fearful: Buyer & Seller Mistakes. Why We’re Fearful: Buyer & Seller Mistakes. "A Original Sale: 2016. In this case, buyer bought the property with flooding issue back in 2016. Case Study #2: Buying “Pretty” New Construction, Overlooking Limited Land & Freeway Proximity.

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Texas Real Estate Market Report: Analyzing Trends & Predictions for 2023

Listing Spark

But as potential buyers and sellers begin mapping out their plans for the future, understanding how the state’s real estate market is shifting is essential. This left sellers either frantically trying to unload their properties or riding out the storm and hoping for values not too badly impacted by this spike in costs.

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SELLERS’ MARKET? HOW ABOUT BUILDERS’ MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

Amid rising land and construction costs, permits for single-family homes in King County slowed in the third quarter to 940, down 7.8% Who said this is a sellers’ market? “In Lot availability is at multi-decade lows and the construction industry currently has more than 330,000 open positions.”. construction jobs in the U.S.,

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