Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” ” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!)

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Another week down in 2023 and we’re seeing crazier action in the housing market as purchase application data fell, mortgage rates rose again, and weekly inventory took another dive with a noticeable move lower in new listing data. Mortgage rates hit 6.80%, marking the high point for 2023 so far.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

The housing market saw inventory fall 4% last week from the week before. Traditionally, we do see housing inventory fall in the month of December, however, we clearly saw in the second half of 2022 that higher rates created more days on the market and inventory was lingering longer. That’s a big one-week change.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Housing professionals already know that high mortgage rates are bad for business. But with mortgage rates ascending past 7% according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center , those hopes have so far been dashed in 2024. Bad for sellers Prospective home sellers may not notice incremental changes in mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. Long-term mortgage rates responded by rising from 3.25% in early 2022 to over 7.25% in October 2022, more than doubling. The overall U.S. overnight.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory. It all started when mortgage rates jumped from 5.25% to 6.25% this year and I saw how home sellers reacted to that move.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Now that we are almost in July, we can safely say the premise that once mortgage rates hit 4%, the mass panic selling of American homeowners who need to get out at all costs, driving total inventory up in the millions, hasn’t happened. Now that mortgage rates have risen, demand is getting hit, while we are still showing 14.8%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. Imagine if mortgage rates didn’t rise this year. We are still showing double-digit home-price growth trends in the recent data as it takes time for higher mortgage rates to really increase supply back to normal levels. million or higher.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

Logan Mohtashami: Yes, purchase application data has always been a useful forward looking indicator for housing, especially when we are dealing with higher mortgage rates. The last time we had 5% mortgage rates was in 2018. HousingWire: How are existing home sales trends and inventory affecting the housing market right now?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. What a year 2021 has been.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

Growing supply shortages are holding housing prices higher, and affordability constraints coupled with elevated rates lock potential sellers in place. Home prices fell in January, pulling back by 0.24% from December to mark the smallest monthly decline in seven months, according to Black Knight ‘s mortgage monitor report.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Competition heats up In 2019, Watson Realty Corp.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

“In April, purchase open orders per day were up 4% over last year, but higher mortgage rates may temper purchase volumes going forward. In addition to sharing his thoughts on the housing market and macroeconomic landscape, Nolan also had some things to say about the recent title insurance proposals announced by the federal government. “The

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Competition in the housing market is heating up heading into May and June. metros, with coastal California cities and Seattle leading the charge in monthly home value growth, according to Zillow’s newest market report. Home prices are surging in major U.S. ” Competition is stiff for attractive listings.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

After 2010, qualified mortgage laws were in place, meaning everyone getting a mortgage has to be able to repay the loan. You can see the drastic change this made in the Mortgage Bankers Association Credit Availability index , below, which skyrocketed in 2005 and 2006 before an epic collapse in 2008.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

To say that mortgage rates have been on a wild Mr. Toad’s ride in 2022 is an understatement. People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% We saw this in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. million to 5.12

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Once that happens, I can finally take the savagely unhealthy housing market theme off my talking points. What does this mean? million to 1.93

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Mortgage rates have more than doubled from the beginning of the year and homebuyers facing affordability challenges are increasingly turning to adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) to reduce their monthly payments. The Freddie Mac’s index compiles purchase mortgage rates reported by lenders during the past three days.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Existing-home sales picked up in January as buyers took advantage of the lowest mortgage rates seen in several months. Listings were modestly higher, and home buyers are taking advantage of lower mortgage rates compared to late last year.” In fact, by the end of January, for-sale housing inventory was at 1.01 from one year ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

. “The principal factor was the rapid increase in mortgage rates, which hurt housing affordability and reduced incentives for homeowners to list their homes. Plus, available housing inventory remains near historic lows.” I have never believed in this concept because of how the housing market credit channels work.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On a positive note, however, the days on the market are no longer a teenager anymore: that metric grew from 18 days to 21 days. I cheer because the savagely unhealthy housing market theme I talked about back in February of this year was the same premise of the housing reset talking point the Federal Reserve uses.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. Mortgage rates followed suit, walloping buyers’ purchasing power. New data from the U.S. since the fourth quarter of 2018.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

million, something that couldn’t happen from 2008-2019 because we didn’t have the demographic profile to get to that level until household formation grew. However, the housing market did run into one problem in 2020. This time around, we have not seen the kind of housing credit boom that we did from 2002-2005.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. Unlike site-built homes, which are always titled as real estate, over 40% of manufactured housing is titled as personal property (the same way a car is titled).

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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. So, if you’re thinking of selling a home in 2022, here are a few tips to help you get started and navigate the housing market successfully. Hey, real estate fans! SOURCE: St.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

Fast-rising home prices and interest rates coupled with a slipping economy helped to cool the nation’s housing market in June leading to a nearly 2% increase in the number of homes on the market. That marks the first month since July 2019 (pre-pandemic) that housing inventory increased year over year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even though this was a beat of estimates, the sales decline trend due to higher mortgage rates and home prices continues. 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. . million in August.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

So let’s hope for more home sellers in 2024. Weekly housing inventory data Here is a look at the first week of the year: Weekly inventory change (Jan. As you can see, we are still a bit away from my ultimate goal of having total active listings back to 2019 levels. 2022 21.7% This assumes spreads are still bad.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

The effects of low housing inventory continue to cause significant ripples in the housing market, as a recent Redfin report shows home sale prices across the country have reached an average of $344,625 — an all-time high, and an 18% increase year over year. Average listing prices never approached $325,000 in 2019.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

The National Association of Realtors Confidence Index Survey for April reveals how hot the housing market is. However, there are signs that housing market demand may be reaching its peak, according to a recent study from Redfin. Mortgage purchase applications also decreased 4% week over week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2023

With mortgage rates currently at 7.04%, many first-time homebuyers – typically millennials – will be forced to continue to rent. housing market is not a monolith, so today we’re going to look at some markets where affordability is within the normal renter’s reach. But the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. When I came up with the “ savagely unhealthy housing market ” label in February of this year, it was based on the premise that the housing inflation story that we have had to deal with since 2020 was a historical event.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2020

in July, the third consecutive month of gains, fueled by low mortgage rates and unprecedented demand from consumers. We are witnessing a true V-shaped sales recovery as homebuyers continue their strong return to the housing market,” said Yun. gain compared with 2019. pending home sales rose 5.9% million, a 1.1%

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

The savagely unhealthy housing market is continuing as we get closer to August. I have been talking about the range of inventory that I need to see to remove the ‘ savagely unhealthy’ housing market theme. million, we will be in a much better place for housing. This means 4%+ mortgage rates. NAR_Research.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Relief from the rate-driven volume reduction afflicting both the primary and secondary mortgage markets is expected to be elusive for some time to come, at least in terms of any renewed refinancing boost. HousingWire spoke to a half-dozen industry pros in the primary and secondary markets for their takes on when normalcy might return.

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