Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

But, there is one bright spot — inventory is rising. This has been a concern of mine after the summer of 2020 as inventory levels were breaking all-time lows, facilitating unhealthy home price growth during a more prominent demographic patch in U.S. The one positive: Inventory is rising. Unsold inventory sits at a 3.0-month

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

As the calendar has turned to May, and the Realtor Legislative Meetings have come to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on research that was released last month and throughout early 2022. These reports highlight the difference home buyers and potential home buyers have when embarking on the buying process.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales for April came in at 5.41 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.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It was the largest monthly jump in pending home sales since 2020. Looking ahead Confronted with limited existing home inventory, many buyers have pivoted to newly constructed homes. Pending home sales rose 8.3%

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

Low home prices, large lots, and an up-and-coming downtown area, said Toni Reinhart, a realtor for Iron Valley Real Estate in Harrisburg. And the conversations are different right now for buyers — you’re going to be competing for homes, and you have to bring your A-game and a really competitive offer.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

bidding-war rate Redfin saw in June 2020, when the housing market was starting to rebound from a temporary standstill triggered by pandemic shutdowns, said Laura Sechrist Molenda, a Redfin real estate agent based in Southern California. But recently, we’ve started to see buyers get cold feet. in May and a peak of 74.1%

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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.” Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

since the beginning of 2020, pushing home prices in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro up 11.1%. “You’ve got a lot of young buyers — the millennial wave — that are looking to buy in San Jose, because they work at LinkedIn, Google, or Apple, which are all in this area,” Wellman said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a report on Friday that found 88% of all first-time homebuyers in the U.S. The share of Black and Asian first-time buyers is down from 6% in 2021, while the share of white first-time buyers is up from 82% and Hispanic homebuyers up from 7%. million in 2021, up from 50.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

According to the National Association of Realtors 2020 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 47% of potential homebuyers said student loan debt was the biggest obstacle in saving for a downpayment. Over the course of this year, home prices have continued to tick upward due to low inventory and high demand.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell once again to 4.80 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. Total Inventory data fell in this report from 1.31 million to 1.28

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2023

million homes, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Tuesday. monthly gain reported in July 2020. Conscious of changing mortgage rates, home buyers are taking advantage of any rate declines,” Lawrence Yun , NAR’ s chief economist, said in a statement. in February on a yearly basis.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

million, the National Association of Realtors reported on Tuesday. from May 2020 ($283,500). “Lack of inventory continues to be the overwhelming factor holding back home sales, but falling affordability is simply squeezing some first-time buyers out of the market,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2020

mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to an all-time low of 2.88% this week, the eighth time in 2020 the weekly rate has set a record in a Freddie Mac series that goes back almost five decades. Low mortgage rates help to support real estate demand by making it possible for more buyers to qualify for loans. Average U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. The real story in housing has been the price boom that we have seen since 2020.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

in October – the second consecutive month the index has fallen as affordability strains the market, a recent report from the National Association of Realtors said. Realtors cited a combination of high demand and low inventory, which are making conditions more competitive and exerting upward pressure on prices.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

million , according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Wednesday. In essence, the residential real estate market was frozen in November, resembling the sales activity seen during the COVID-19 economic lockdowns in 2020,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. percentage points).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

On Friday, the National Association of Realtors released its pending home sales data showing a third month of declines. From NAR : “Pending home sales slumped in January, continuing what is now a three-month drop in transactions, the National Association of Realtors reported. We ended 2020 with 5.64 Of the four major U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Combine that with the lack of inventory in New Jersey and bidding wars are back, Kechian said in an interview with HousingWire. Buyers seem like they can’t get a break,” Kechian said. “I I really think they had about three months last year where it was a buyers market in the fourth quarter.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This can lead to home prices getting out of control , especially when total inventory gets to all-time lows. We finally paid the price — pun intended — of not having enough product, with massive home price gains from 2020-2022. million homes for sale, but in 2022 we got as low as 870,000 in total inventory.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Tuesday. 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. from December to a pace of 4.00 in January.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

I wanted to close before May 1, so I selected a buyer who was already in underwriting. My agent exchanged a few emails with the buyer’s agent over a few minor repair requests, but this was all buttoned up very quickly. She made clear in our first conversation that the commission would only drop to 5% if she also found the buyer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“It’s worth noting that there will be less inventory until the end of the year compared to the summer months, which happens nearly every year.”. Yun expects inventory levels to pick up again in 2022 and that buyers who have temporarily paused their search will return to the market in the new year. Presented by: Auction.com.

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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 23, 2024

Here are some charts reviewing today’s report with a host of data lines from the NAR existing home sales report: [link] A few critical glaring points: active inventory is still historically low, and so is monthly supply data. The recent move in mortgage rates from 8.03% to 6.63% pushed the purchase application data positive.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2021

A National Association of Realtors’ report from 2020’s end found the highest volume of home sales since 2006. But the NAR reported this week that home sales in March fell for the second month in a row as inventory plunged and home prices climbed to record levels. But with a third of U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

presentation to investors in the blank-check SPAC that took the company public in 2020. Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. “The largest, undisrupted market in the U.S.,”

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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. “It’s a full-on frenzy for buyers to secure a home.” ” And that low inventory is driving prices higher. year over year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

The progression of homebuying over the past year has seen prospective buyers adjusting their preferred destination plans again, and again, and again. For a time, Colorado Springs became the de facto destination for buyers priced out of living in Denver. Housing professionals need to find ways to better meet buyer needs.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

After filing a motion for a mistrial Wednesday morning, citing several grievances including “vulgar” footage from a Tom Ferry podcast featuring Allan Dalton and references to the Department of Justice’s investigation of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), defendant HomeServices of America learned it didn’t get its way.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for March came in as a miss of estimate at 5.77 However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again. Unsold inventory sits at a 2.0-month

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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. “Buyers are still lining up a feverish pace,” Yun said.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 11, 2023

THE HIDDEN COSTS OF SELLING YOUR HOME WITHOUT A REALTOR® There is no denying it, the housing market has been a rollercoaster over the last several years. From the Covid-19 driven frenzy in 2020 to the significant inventory slowdown this year , buyers , sellers , and agents have all had adapt and grow comfortable with change.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

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. The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5%

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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. in June, according to the National Association of Realtors , which tracks the metric. (An from June 2020. from June 2020. in 2022. .

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Eyes on Housing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As tight inventory continued to push up prices, existing home sales fell in August but remain above pre-pandemic levels, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1 midsized housing market to watch in 2020 , according to Zillow, because of its draw for young professionals, families, and retirees alike. In high-demand areas where only one or two properties come on the market, maybe in a month, we’re seeing [buyers paying] upwards of $100,000 to $150,000 over asking price.”.

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