Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . Since the summer of 2020, I have talked about what could change the housing market, which was a 10-year yield above 1.94%, which means rates over 4%.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5% We are witnessing a true V-shaped sales recovery as homebuyers continue their strong return to the housing market,” said Yun. Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. The lack of housing inventory is a major constraint to rising sales,” Lawrence Yun , NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. year over year in 2023 to 670,000 homes due to higher new home inventory than existing home inventory. year over year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. In February, NAR in partnership with Realtor.com released The Double Trouble of the Housing Market report. For Asian Americans the rate is 61.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Numerous other sales records were also set, including the median home sale price ($354,250) and number of days on the market (17, down from 36 one year ago). Diving deeper, for the two week period ending May 9, 2021, 57% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. Market their listings; go to their listings. All those guys weren’t doing that much volume in 2019,” Clark noted.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

One-third of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, a new report from Redfin found. In addition, the number of homes that went under contract within two weeks of listing rose to 46% from 42% during the same period in 2020. points from a month earlier.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The index plunged from record highs seen in late 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression. Improvements were driven by the conventional segment of the mortgage market, as lenders added ARM loans with lower credit score and higher LTV requirements,” Kan said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

over the next three years – nearly a percentage point lower than the average of the 2010-2019 decade. However, Nothaft expects that mortgages originated today, with a contract rate of 3% or lower, are more likely to have a relatively long life and lenders will not see them coming into refinance anytime soon.

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Listing Spark

JUNE 21, 2022

Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock, you have likely heard talks of a housing market bubble that could burst at any moment. Back then, terrible lending regulations, a surplus of inventory, and little to no equity for homeowners was a recipe for disaster. How do we know the housing market is shifting?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

But now sellers are coming back into the market. Total available inventory is gradually climbing about 1% per week — last year it was still declining in April. As we roll into the second quarter, we should have accelerating inventory growth each week. That brings us to 367,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MAY 11, 2022

So How’s The Birmingham Housing Market? We’ll take a look at some key metrics including sales volume, median sales price trends, days on market, the sale price to list price ratio, active listings, and months of supply. Median home prices continue to rise as a result of high demand and limited inventory.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

real estate market were for inventory growth, sales growth and home-price growth across the U.S. At the time, I observed that even if mortgage rates stayed flat, the momentum seemed to be in the cards for broad, slow growth in the market. I talk frequently about how rising rates creates rising inventory.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Last week, I asserted that housing inventory growth had finished for the year. This week, the available inventory of unsold single-family homes crept up minimally. It looks like this is evidence that housing markets are returning to normal rather than a case of sellers panicking, but it’s worth keeping an eye on.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Last fall when people were still expecting mortgage rates to be falling this year, it was common to assume rates would be in the low 6s or 5s this year and people asked me if lower rates would bring a flood of inventory. The only way inventory would grow in 2024 is if mortgage rates climbed. But the evidence is the opposite.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

In early March it was becoming clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. That’s because fewer homes are being placed under contract. Price adjustments/decreases were up across the country in May.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I According to Tiller, the tight inventory has caused homebuyers to spend up to six months searching for their new property, roughly double the time it took prior to the pandemic.

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Hank Miller Team

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Attention media Please stop; the greater Atlanta housing market was just fine in the 3rd Qtr of 2022. The Atlanta housing market in Q3 2022 did not melt down. Atlanta Housing Market in Q3 2022 Let’s have a look at factual data. We examine list price, contract price and sold price.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Buyers in this real estate market notice these affordability changes, and so we can see in the data fewer home purchase offers, slightly climbing unsold inventory, and slightly more price reductions for the homes that are on the market. Rising rates make more inventory. So how much inventory will we add this fall?

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Inventory increases aren’t occurring at a super fast pace, but the number of homes on the market across the country keeps expanding. The good news for the housing market is that the pace of sales is gradually improving due to the expanded supply. housing market as we roll into May 2024.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. Properties are still going under contract. Worried about missing out on a boom?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As we approach the end of another hot year for the market, homebuyers and sellers are eagerly looking ahead to the 2022 housing market. Will the market continue its streak of strong growth, or are we finally about to see a slow down? I’ll also highlight which variables we should be watching for unexpected market shifts.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Inventory is climbing vs. last year, and home prices have stayed flat for three weeks now. And as demand slows, inventory grows. Inventory is up over last year and is about to turn the corner and start climbing for the spring selling season, probably within a couple weeks. Is it too much inventory?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

housing market was the single best outperforming economic sector globally during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Due to the solid demand for homes, housing supply for both new and existing homes are at all-time lows. For now, though, the low inventory means housing starts have legs to move higher. New Home Supply.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 27, 2023

The 2022 Connecticut Year in Review Housing Report breaks down sales, new listings, new pending sales, active inventory, and average price compared to the 2021 market and analyzes what the data means for the current housing market and beyond. Sales Down 18.8% and Prices Up by 5.9%

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

Source: 2023 Real Estate Forecast: Market to Regain Normalcy (nar.realtor). But even though mortgage rates and home prices are expected to moderate, home sales may still sag under persistent inventory shortages, housing economists predict. NAHB: Sharp Contraction in Construction. Bright MLS: The Great Reset. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As mortgage rates remain higher than last year, inventory is higher than last year as well. Higher rates equals higher inventory. Lower rates equals lower inventory. Spring buyers’ market It’s the spring buyers market and inventory is falling each week. more homes on the market now than last year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The median price of the homes in contract is $385,000. There are now 376,000 single-family homes in contract. Maybe by Q4, we’ll have more homes in contract than there were at the end of 2022. When you look at just the new sales each week, you can see how the pace of the market has recovered. In 2022 there were 418,000.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A lot of the housing data was lagging the rate move, so it wasn’t apparent that higher rates impacted the data yet. Going back to the summer of 2020, the one factor that I said could change the housing market was the 10-year yield getting above 1.94%. However, the housing market changed once the 10-year yield broke over 1.94%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. The market was roaring — way too hot — with bidding wars, speculators and investors who thought they couldn’t lose. By October 2022, it looked like 2023 would have rising inventory and falling home prices. Inventory has fallen all year. I grew pretty bearish again.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 18, 2023

That’s because scarce inventory is driving up prices, pushing many homes on the cusp over the seven-figure mark. baths, 4,974 square feet, 6 acre lot 354 County Road 211, Bremen, AL 35033 Excerpts: The waterfront abode was built in the 1980s and previously tested the market waters in 2019, with a $4.6 Just over 8% of U.S.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

JULY 13, 2017

We are required to analyze the contract and where do you think contract analysis begins? If it’s not written on a real estate contract and other offers are received by text or email or whatever other means you might receive it, guess what it’s not an offer to purchase. You guessed it with the realtor answering these questions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

What does it mean for the housing market ? Home sales have been tracking below last year’s levels and are also more than 20% below 2019 totals, noted Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant. Higher mortgage rates probably signal “a further contraction in home sales activity,” she added. “We

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Cornerstone

MAY 4, 2021

But before you sign any contracts, keep in mind that there’s something unique going on in today’s housing market. Many more homebuyers are competing for available houses, and renovations might not be as necessary as they were to sell competitively just a few years ago. There aren’t enough houses to meet buyer demand.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Of course, that’s until you look at the housing completion data, which hasn’t gone anywhere in years. Housing starts data, like new home sales data, can be wild month to month, so the trend is always more important than any one report and the revisions are critical. Housing completions. From Census: Privately?owned

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2021

It’s the fourth consecutive decline, but many housing industry observers see big potential for the year ahead. However, contract signings rose 21.4% from December 2019, with all regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, West) reaching double-digit year-over-year increases.

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