Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

More buyers are making larger down payments. The median down payment on single-family homes and condos purchased with financing jumped 19% in Q4 of 2020 from the previous quarter. Buyers in the U.S. trillion in equity in 2020 from a year earlier, according to S&P CoreLogic, a property information and analytics business.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This year’s “cold down” is stark, with 36% fewer new listings and about 26% fewer homes under contract (Pendings) for all King County home types combined as well as single-family structures alone – and that’s simply from October to November. The number of active King County listings, as of Dec. 1, was about 17% lower than Nov.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A report by RentCafe claims Seattle metro added 36,952 units to the rental market between 2020 and 2022. >> This is the season when buyers can take advantage of homeowners wishing to sell before the holidays and who show a willingness to budge on price or make other concessions. >> The rate of homelessness in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

That’s where buyers are paying about 42% more in their monthly mortgage payments for the same house today than they did a year ago. Sidenote: Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), which typically have lower interest rates than fixed-rate mortgages, have become an attractive option for new buyers financing a home. two years earlier.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. And many of the new projects are larger than in years past. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. BY THE NUMBERS. >> Buyers secured 3.8 That’s fair.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

Also known as a mother-in-law or cottage, the dwellings can offer viable housing to younger buyers seeking to save for their first home or enable seniors to age within a familiar neighborhood. percentage points over the 58 cumulative months of a recession between 1980 and 2020: Average 30-year mortgage rates stood at 5.3%

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

Even stock investments, the source of many down payments for buyers, have taken a heavy blow. Any prospective home buyer working outside the tech sector may be watching from the sidelines until the economy becomes less volatile. FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS, NOW WHAT? The portion of first-time buyers among the pool of U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Amid the challengers for buyers, there is an expectation for housing activity to continue puffing its Thomas the Tank Engine without a misfire – at least through early summer – before possibly lowering a gear. One of the reasons for the continued home-sales intensity – in any season – is a key group of “new” buyers.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

You are not going to get people to come back into the office to the same degree as they did before 2020. JULY HOUSING UPDATE The Seattle/King County housing market inched forward – and a little sideways – as the number of new and unsold listings continued to expand in June while fresh signs of a slowdown approached.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 range won’t last forever.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

And, Seattle’s attempt to force building developers to incorporate more affordable homes within their new residential endeavors yielded only 21 units in 2020 out of a swell of 224 construction projects. from April 1, 2020, to the same day in 2021, to 7.77M residents. POTENTIAL TAX SAVINGS. The state grew 1.5%

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

As home prices surge and people delay – or forgo – nuptials, buyers are pooling their finances with unmarried partners, roommates or friends to purchase a place. >> Since 1980, cash buyers paid about 11% less on a home than those using a mortgage, according to a study from researchers at the University of California-San Diego.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

In addition to “more space,” prospective buyers were on the hunt for a quiet location (28%) and updated kitchen (25%), as the chart notes. While most buyers focus on the standards of kitchens and bathrooms, research shows the best ROI is from replacing the garage door. THE ROI OF HOME RENOVATION. They are often surprised by my answer.

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