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DataDigest: How and where homebuilders are closing deals

Housing Wire

The Western pessimism is also unsurprising given the year-over-year declines Western states have seen in home values. Builders reported covering closing costs, offering discounted or free features, helping buyers sell their existing home and providing other incentives. 2019 level. 2019 level.

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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

Home prices are surging in major U.S. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers.

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Low inventory propped up price growth this spring

Inman

home values grew 1.4 percent between April and May of 2023 — slower than the past two springs but faster than both the 2018 and 2019 spring markets.

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Equity jumps for Black homeowners, but problems remain

Housing Wire

The positive: Homeowners in primarily Black neighborhoods earned an average of $59,000 in home equity in 2020, compared with $50,000 for homeowners in primarily white neighborhoods between 2019 through January 2021. That $59,000 gain represents a median home equity increase of 197%. By 2021, that number shrank to $24,000.

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Title insurance industry premiums spike $7B year over year

Housing Wire

billion in 2020, an increase that ALTA attributed to historic mortgage origination activity and the substantial increase in home values. Incredibly low mortgage rates (led) to an unprecedented increase in real estate transactions and substantially higher home values,” Diane Tomb, the CEO of ALTA said in a statement.

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Borrowers opt for permanent rate buydowns amid affordability challenges

Housing Wire

“On the surface, it may seem the market has been stirred by a full point decline in interest rates and home prices coming off their peaks – but it’s not that simple,” Graboske said. December did see home values post their sixth consecutive monthly decline, and prices at the national level are now 5.3%

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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

Inventory What does that mean for housing? Until then, home values will slowly decline, most assuredly in high-cost areas and in areas of the country that benefited the most from rampant appreciation during the pandemic. The inventory changed last year as rates finally rose higher, eating into demand.