Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

For Universal Studios employees, the owners of the park are seeking to construct a 1,000-unit mixed-use development slated to open in 2026 that would promise a short commute to the Universal Orlando Resort, which is also aiming to open a full-scale third theme park called “Epic Universe” next year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would permit the construction of affordable housing units on land owned by faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges, even if local zoning ordinances and laws would normally prevent construction. The bill, introduced last December by Sen. Wiener told the Davis Vanguard.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. Despite increased rate of tech adoption, the mortgage industry still has room for continued development and processes.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MARCH 26, 2024

A Different Market I think we can all agree that the real estate market we are currently in, as of the writing of this post, is not the same one we were in from 2020 to 2022. They wanted to know if it was okay to use a new construction sale as a comp for an older home. The market dynamics have changed namely interest rates.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MARCH 26, 2024

A Different Market I think we can all agree that the real estate market we are currently in, as of the writing of this post, is not the same one we were in from 2020 to 2022. They wanted to know if it was okay to use new construction sales in an appraisal of an older home. The market dynamics have changed namely interest rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Retail lender Movement Mortgage has invested $200 million to expand its nonprofit Movement Foundation , and to accelerate the development of its growing charter school network. The investment will also aide in the development of adjacent affordable housing and health clinics in Central America, the company said in a statement this week.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Residential construction numbers were mixed in October. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development report an increase in construction permits but a small decline in construction starts. Overall, however, both single-family and multi-family production are running well ahead of their 2020 results.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2021

“While still strong, this sales pace remains below the 877,000-sales pace seen in the second half of 2020.”. of homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2020 that were affordable to households earning the median income of $78,500. of loan applications, followed by just 15.8% of FHA loans, 10.3%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This development did not occur overnight: Over the past 20 years, we have “underbuilt” housing by at least 5.5 Supply-side” solutions that focus on new construction and the preservation of the existing housing stock are equally important. In 2020, just? America suffers from a severe shortage of affordable homes.

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Eyes on Housing

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The missing middle construction sector includes development of medium-density housing, including townhouses, duplexes and other small multifamily properties. While townhouse construction has trended higher in recent quarters, the multifamily segment of the missing middle (apartments in 2 to 4 unit properties) has disappointed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Last year’s impressive list of winners used the challenges of 2020 to propel the housing economy into a digital era and made some industry-changing advancements along the way. The portal received a 2020 Stevie Award for Top FinTech solution. Nominations for the 2021 Tech Trendsetters close on Friday, Sept.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Hubacker joined the mortgage lender in October 2020 as chief accounting officer. billion and injected $925 million into UWM to develop new technology and grow the broker channel. It also introduced a product that covers the cost of building a home, converting to a permanent mortgage once construction is complete.

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Eyes on Housing

AUGUST 24, 2022

The missing middle construction sector includes development of medium-density housing, including townhouses, duplexes and other small multifamily properties. While townhouse construction has trended higher in recent quarters, the multifamily segment of the missing middle (apartments in 2 to 4 unit properties) has disappointed.

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Eyes on Housing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The missing middle construction sector includes development of medium-density housing, such as townhouses, duplexes and other small multifamily properties. While townhouse construction has trended higher in recent quarters, the multifamily segment of the missing middle (apartments in 2- to 4-unit properties) has disappointed.

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Eyes on Housing

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The missing middle construction sector includes development of medium-density housing, including townhouses, duplexes and other small multifamily properties. While townhouse construction has trended higher in recent quarters, the multifamily segment of the missing middle (apartments in 2 to 4 unit properties) has disappointed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. April’s new home sales are nearly double that of April 2020’s estimate of 582,000. lower than the revised March rate, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. While homebuilders grapple with supply constraints, demand has yet to be met.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Sales of newly constructed homes performed better than expected in August but remain well behind the pace set in August 2020. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development say that sales during the month were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 units.

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Simonson Real Estate

JANUARY 23, 2020

I attended the 2020 Minneapolis/St. Paul Commercial Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal Forecast Summit held at the Golden Valley Country Club on Friday, January 17, 2020. This article shares the best insights and trends from 2019 and expectations into 2020. Midway Field, with Allianz Field development. billion from $2.0

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Though housing didn’t take center stage during the 2020 election season, those who work in affordable housing were keeping a close eye on the race, and are now looking expectantly at President-elect Joe Biden’s $640 billion housing plan originally proposed in February. To do so, Biden’s plan would invest $640 billion over 10 years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Eric Levin is EVP of Client Development at Model Match.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

from May 2020 ($283,500). months in May 2020. According to the NAR, properties typically remained on the market for 17 days in May, unchanged from April and down from 26 days in May 2020. While builders rush to construct these homes on the thousands of lots already purchased, existing homes may have a chance to enter the market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

from April 2020 to April 2021, with the median home price surging by more than $20,000. Municipal regulations, such as zoning restrictions, costly permitting and minimum lot sizes, must be reformed to expand developable land and reduce timelines and costs. According to the Radian Home Price Index , home prices rose 9.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

Azevedo initially joined HW Media in June 2020 as Fintech Editor for HousingWire, and was quickly identified as the right talent to lead the launch of FinLedger as managing editor. . FinLedger officially launched on August 17, 2020. The appetite for quality journalism specific to the fintech industry is great. About FinLedger.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2022

Construction Sites Will Stay on Schedule. construction sites. About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction. You can pay attention to many indicators, but the recent infrastructure bill will reveal the most crucial information.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

from 2020 to 2021, to $13 billion. It made way for the creation of 450 new jobs after the construction ended in summer 2021. Bryan Wright is the vice president of national sales and Cyndi Garza, the vice president of national business development, a new position created in the company. billion, up 65.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Later in 2020, eOriginal was acquired by Wolters Kluwer for $280 million in cash and continues to operate within the Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance business.

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DataMaster

JUNE 16, 2021

The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Home production slowly rose to 911,700 in 2020, still significantly lower than the high of the 2000s. According to Freddie Mac , at the beginning of 2020, the housing supply was short by 2.5 million units.

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The Robert Weiler Company

APRIL 7, 2023

Commercial real estate developers are ensuring that the goal of Earth Day is being met, as evidenced by widespread initiatives in green design and sustainable building. To be clear, some of these developments have been gaining momentum for decades. trillion in 2018, then surpassed $35 trillion in 2020. savings over five years.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

Arizona state officials announced last week that there is not enough groundwater for all of the construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area. It’s important to note that as of 2020, 41% of Arizona’s water supply came from groundwater, 36% from the Colorado River, 18% from in-state rivers, and 5% was reclaimed water.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2021

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there were 22 weather and climate disasters in 2020 which cost over $1 billion. San Diego, in particular, has seen the expansion of new construction and development into the wildlands, thus exposing a greater number of homes to the susceptibility of wildfire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Although this is up from 9,962 active listings one year earlier, it is still below the 13,442 listings recorded in early February 2020, just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. New construction is backed up,” she said. As of Feb. Inventory was the theme last year and it is shaping up to be the theme this year,” Ellison said.

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D Fritz Appraisals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

2020 has been a year of highs and lows for the Canadian Real Estate Market. As of August 2020, the CREA’s monthly stats and forecast was quite positive, showing home prices and sales increasing across Canada (on average). July 2020 was a record-breaking month for many markets, which otherwise floundered during April and May.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It is developing several single-family and multifamily communities in King and Snohomish counties. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. ” Forward-thinking developers will go beyond trails and lap pools, “which have become ordinary,” suggests the experts from Burns.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2021

of homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2020 that were affordable to households earning the median income of $78,500. “After a surprising gain for housing affordability in 2020 that was driven by historically low interest rates, housing emerged as a bright spot for the overall economy,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke.

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GoForrmz

JUNE 3, 2022

While the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted a decrease from 2019, in 2020 there were still 4,764 workplace casualties in the United States alone. It was staggering numbers like these that led the National Safety Council (NSC) to develop its “Work to Zero” program. nearly 20% of all work-related fatalities happen on construction sites.

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Simonson Real Estate

JANUARY 25, 2022

Apartment New Construction. New construction costs are reportedly up about 10% on average, or $20,000/unit more compared to 1 or 2 years ago. New Construction sales have been in the $250,000-$300,000 range. We will need to see rent growth to continue to justify new construction looking ahead. Let’s dive right in.

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DataMaster

JUNE 16, 2021

The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Home production slowly rose to 911,700 in 2020, still significantly lower than the high of the 2000s. According to Freddie Mac , at the beginning of 2020, the housing supply was short by 2.5 million units.

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