Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Refinance activity dropped to its slowest pace since September 2020 – down a full 5% – with declines in both conventional and government applications, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Inadequate housing inventory continues to put upward pressure on home prices,” Kan said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Homebuyer contract signings in the U.S. Increased inventory of homes for sale, near historic low mortgage rates and favorable demographics means more housing demand, ” Odeta Kushi, the First American deputy chief economist said in a statement. rose 8% month-over-month from July to August, though the figure was still 8.3%

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2021

drop in applications to the lowest level since January 2020. “We continue to see ebbs and flows as housing demand remains strong, but for-sale inventory remains low,” he said. The prior week ‘s report showed a 1.8% The refinance share of activity of total mortgage applications increased to 64.1% from 61.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The good news for homeowners is that home values in most areas remain stable, and inventory levels for homebuyers are still low. MC: The demand for REO assets remains strong, with inflows and overall REO inventory levels remaining significantly less than post-Q1 2020 inventories.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With the home-price growth we had in 2020 and 2021, my five-year price-growth model that I set for 2020-2024 of 23% was already smashed in just two years. 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%. million in August.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

in October — and since we are days away from December, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears as even worse than the 2020 housing crash bears. From the National Association of Realtors : “The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, rose 7.5% in October.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is the lowest level of home sales activity since May 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic had shut down much of the economy,” Lisa Sturtevant, the Bright MLS chief economist said in a statement. Inventory remains low, but buyers are beginning to have better negotiating power,” Yun added. from December to a pace of 4.00

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

from a week earlier, “close to lows last seen in the spring of 2020 when a significant portion of activity was put on hold due to the onset of the pandemic,” said Kan. Currently, higher rates, low inventory, and high prices are keeping prospective buyers out of the market.”. The seasonally adjusted purchase index rose 0.2%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

However, borrowers are still maintaining a strong pace, as contract signings are up 20.2% Realtors cited a combination of high demand and low inventory, which are making conditions more competitive and exerting upward pressure on prices. compared to a year ago. Year over year, pending sales are showing promise in every region of the U.S,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

“The purchase market has suffered from persistently low housing inventory and the jump in mortgage rates over the past two months. These worsening affordability challenges have been particularly hard on prospective first-time buyers,” Kan added. In May, the inventory of homes for sale rose 8%, marking the first rebound since June 2019.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

These reports highlight the difference home buyers and potential home buyers have when embarking on the buying process. The homeownership rate for Black Americans has actually declined between 2010 and 2020 and stands at 43.4%, while the homeownership rate for white Americans is 72.1%. While the homeownership rate in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s now October, we’ve had the biggest spike in mortgage rates we’ve seen in decades, and all the signs of a slowdown are here: Inventory is rising. The big question is: how long will the market contraction last and when should we expect things to heat back up? Home buyers got spooked when mortgage rates passed 5.5%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Realtors can usually count on their biggest season being spring, followed by summer, but nothing about 2020 has been normal, including home-buying patterns. Kanacki said that when it came to seasonal buying, “we’re still riding the wave with 2020.” Now, believe it or not, fall home-buying season is in full swing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

regions, only the West registered an increase in month-over-month contract activity. My premise was that the pending home sales data should moderate from the surge in make-up demand we saw in 2020 and then spill over into the first two months of 2021. “The We ended 2020 with 5.64 Of the four major U.S. million – 6.2

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5% year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We million annualized pace in the second half of 2020.

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Hank Miller Team

JANUARY 23, 2023

That message however, is often taken at face value and some home buyers expect a bargain basement spring. Best advice as to what home buyers should expect in the spring of 2023.understand Home buyers had a rough couple of years. Overnight and over the months, buyers fell out, unable to qualify as rates rose.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

Pending home sales reached its highest mark for the month of May since 2005, up 8% from the previous month of April as low inventory continues driving buyers to snatch up available real estate. “Buyers are still lining up a feverish pace,” Yun said. ” Contract signings on new homes increased 13.1%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The red-hot housing market of the past 2 ½ years was characterized by sub-three percent mortgage rates, fast-paced bidding wars and record-low inventory. Six percent mortgage rates have also priced some buyers out of the market. But relatively low inventory will be the primary driver of subdued transactions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

It was the highest month-to-month growth since August of 2020. With low for-sale inventory keeping home-price appreciation in many markets at record highs, the jump in FHA purchase applications is potentially a sign that more first-time buyers are finding purchase options despite the high prices,” Kan said. Last Friday, the U.S.

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Hank Miller Team

APRIL 6, 2022

It's time to answer the nagging question…did housing inventory in Atlanta increase during the first quarter of 2022? The broad market was strong and largely balanced through Jan 2020. Detached homes are the most popular type in the Atlanta market; this is a look at them since Jan 2020. consider this a broad overview.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

The number of buyers who locked in mortgage rates for second homes soared 178% year over year in April, marking the 11th straight month of 80%-plus growth, according to a recent Redfin study. Lack of inventory , which has reached a crisis point nationally, isn’t necessarily an issue in the luxury segment. from a year earlier.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JULY 27, 2022

Do Buyers Have a Leg Up In Today’s Market? The smell of a market shift is in the air but what does this mean for the average buyer? Over the past two years, buyers have been put through the wringer. The steep rise in home prices, and the market’s competitive nature, have tested the resolve of buyers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

Though the desire for buyers to purchase a new home remains strong, skyrocketing prices are putting the dream out of reach for some buyers, economists in the housing industry said. An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year examined. from June 2020. from June 2020.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Lotsoff and Brok spent nearly 10 years at loanDepot and the branch they managed originated $1 billion in volume in 2020 and 2021, Lotsoff and Brok said. “We We liked that we’d have the opportunity to be more entrepreneurial and have more freedom.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

With little inventory, home-price growth in the U.S. “While the housing market feels like it has legs that never get tired, inventory and affordability constraints are still expected to put a damper on price growth,” said CoreLogic Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp. from June 2020. Presented by: Flueid. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

According to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, mortgage rates continued to climb, with the 30-year fixed rate rising for the sixth consecutive week to its highest level since March 2020. For jumbo mortgage loans (greater than $647,200), rates climbed to 3.59% from 3.56% the week prior.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2021

Portland, Maine, has emerged as a popular destination for current homeowners and prospective buyers looking to move out of metro areas into more spacious secondary cities. With demand that high, homes for sale are going under contract 24 to 36 hours after they are put on the market. from February 2020, according to Davin.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Similar to iBuying firm Opendoor , startup Ribbon and a host of other new companies, Accept.inc provides cash to buyers so they can submit a competitive offer, or buy a new property prior to selling their existing home. The home is then sold back to the buyer at the same price that it was purchased for.

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Hank Miller Team

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It's not a rosy outlook; expect home buyer frustration to increase in 2022. So what's in store for home buyers and sellers that have to make a move this spring? So what's in store for home buyers and sellers that have to make a move this spring? Well that was until about Mid-March of 2020 when all hell broke loose.

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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 I have buyers that are looking, but to find a house that you love enough to pay a high price for — and to be at over a 6.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. Home buyers like my mother and father outside the U.S. If a showing is to happen, buyers must make appointments with each seller auctioneer to view those homes. An additional $6,400.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid that any contract price is reflective of market value. It is interesting that inventory levels were increasing rapidly in the years leading up to 2008. Months of Housing Inventory Historically.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

from July 2020 to July 2021, which is up from the 18.5% Additionally, there are move-up buyers with larger budgets who are relocating to more affordable areas where they’re financially able to outbid local residents. The Case-Shiller 10-city home price index rose 19.1% increase recorded in June 2021. a month earlier.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

2020 proved that we all need to work to find new ways to generate business. The country was paralyzed amid the current health crisis and many borrowers and sellers alike are frightened to enter purchase contracts and move forward with transactions already in progress.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 27, 2021

million units , and some experts say it could reach 8 million if there were more inventory. Beginning in January 2020, 7% of purchase transactions had a contract price above the appraisal value. Meanwhile, buyers are plucking up homes left and right. of homes are valued lower than the contract price.

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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. Of my initial expectations this year — rising inventory, rising sales rates, rising prices — only rising inventory remains clear at this moment as we finish Q1 with rising interest rates. As we started 2024, the signals in the U.S.

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