Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2021

Another month of steadily increasing home prices and insatiable demand led Fannie Mae ‘s Economic and Strategic Research Group to alter many of its 2021 predictions – in particular, its outlook on the symbiotic relationship between the housing market and inflation measures.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Despite the decline, many industry observers see big potential for the housing market in the year ahead. It’s no secret that low mortgage rates and societal shifts brought on by COVID-19 have collided to form a red-hot housing market. million in 2020. And inventory shortages are the culprit.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

housing market went into recession in June of this year, which I talked about a few months ago on CNBC. New and existing home sales are falling, along with housing permits and starts, as we have too many new homes for the builders to issue new permits. NAR total inventory data: 1,220,000 listings.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Median Sales Price: $270,000 (up 12%) Closed Sales: 9,660 (up 28.1%) Active Listings: 29,948 (down 27% from this time last year) 2.2 In my 50 years in the real estate business, I have never seen a market defy supply and seasonality the way Houston has – amid a pandemic, no less,” said HAR Chairman John Nugent with RE/MAX Space Center.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While many thought it’d spell bad news, the total meltdown hasn’t happened. The 5 most notable changes to the Texas Housing Market To really understand how these rising rates have changed things, we need to look at the big shifts in the housing market. At least, not yet.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 10, 2023

This marks the introduction of a new feature. Each month, this blog will publish a fresh assessment of the King County area housing market. A patch of foul weather and persistent economic challenges chilled an already cold housing market. The bar is so low on listings and sales data that one might trip over it.

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Raleigh Realty

JULY 12, 2022

A healthy housing market indicates a healthy national economy. It’s no secret Raleigh is an up-and-coming city, but how’s the local real estate market doing? According to the latest census, the population in Raleigh grew by almost 64,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. The largest population in Raleigh is 25 to 34 (18.9)

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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. Not “ Will the housing market crash?”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

fell to a four-month low in January as builders expressed concerns about higher house prices, COVID-related supply chain issues and construction costs. Builder confidence in single-family homes dropped to 83 in January from 86 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades. Builders are trying to catch up and, according to federal officials , there are more housing units under construction today than at any time in the last 50 years. shy of the need. But for how long?

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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. Our urban area accounts for about half of the city’s economic activity, and the Seattle Chamber noted that rising office vacancies coupled with less construction could lead to $2B in decreased revenue. The city was No.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. Washingtonians won this session,” said Dan Bertolet, Director of the Housing and Urbanism program for Sightline Institute, a Pacific Northwest regional think tank. They include Nexus , The Emerald , KODA and Spire.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

It’s a positive shift that could soon reshape the landscape of the housing market, offering hope and opportunities for those eager to embark on a new homeownership journey. BY THE NUMBERS >> Seattle metro leads the nation with construction cranes – 45 – according to a Q3 summary from the RLB Crane Index.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. County economists forecast a 2024 decline in new construction, slipping to $9.9B

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. The number of homeowners deciding to sell continues to lag, but inventory and time on market continue to [mostly] climb, reflecting still-hesitant buyers.”

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Here’s how topsy-turvy our housing market has been this past year-plus. Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. The market may go into a brief lull – as it does during this quarter and into early next year. Estimated opening is 2026.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Some might argue the cold is emanating from the near-frigid Q4 real estate market, knocking the bloom straight off the housing-market rose in our region. The county saw a 33% drop in new listings and a 15% decline in active homes for sale since October. The chill in the air may not be coming from an Arctic blast.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

The median down payment on single-family homes and condos purchased with financing jumped 19% in Q4 of 2020 from the previous quarter. Of course, most of these figures pale in comparison to our market, where median home prices across King County are more than twice the national average (see the market report for March further down). >>

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

just as Google opens another office building in Kirkland and Microsoft expands its 120-structure Redmond campus with plans for 17 new office buildings. All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A DID SOMEBODY SAY, ‘HOUSING BUBBLE?’. Are we in a housing bubble? housing market is unrealistic.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Suburban residents can be almost assured of the peaceful enjoyment of their home without worrying about a neighbor constructing a rollercoaster or baseball stadium next door. >> A full 19,396 apartment units are under construction in Seattle metro, according to a Q2 report from Berkadia, a U.S. . = Zoning laws in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is true is that every time we lean in and face the headwinds of economic weakness the housing market is a welcome refuge.As percentage points over the 58 cumulative months of a recession between 1980 and 2020: Average 30-year mortgage rates stood at 5.3% YoY, a far cry from the double-digit price increases in 2020-21.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

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 market during the pandemic – and there is great anticipation for strong demand. Some in the industry are pointing to these costs for a near 10% decline in housing production this spring (to about 1.6

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Warns Danielle Hale, chief economist with realtor.com: “While younger Millennial and Gen Z buyers are expected to play a growing role in the housing market, fast-rising prices will create a bigger barrier to entry for the many first-time buyers in these generations who don’t have existing home equity to tap for down payment savings.”.

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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. The direction this country is heading on housing affordability and supply is dangerous for people and communities.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

The commodities market saw prices reach an all-time high of $1711 per thousand board feet in early May of this year after a pre-pandemic price of $303 (March 2020). King County’s 855 single-family permits marked an 8% increase over Q1 of 2020, while Snohomish County’s 656 permits were just 5% above a year ago.

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