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Rising home prices take a toll on pending home sales

Housing Wire

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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North Carolina’s low home prices luring buyers

Housing Wire

“I’m on my way with a client to show them a house that’s literally just gotten on the market, and by the time we get there, it’s already under contract with someone else,” she said. There’s less than 30 days worth of inventory for homes under $300,000 right now.” “It’s just insane.

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Settling on a New Normal for Appraisals in 2022

Appraisal Buzz

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. of homes are valued lower than the contract price. Total year-end sales volume ended at 5.64 Therein lies the problem.

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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

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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New home sales fall due to low inventory and high prices

Housing Wire

“Since reaching a survey-high 927,000 units in October 2020, the annual pace of new home sales has now fallen around 20 percent, weighed down by low housing inventory and rising prices,” said Kan. That’s more than 50% above above the May 2020 rate — when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height in the country — of 1.05

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Will Low Appraisals be a Problem?

Hank Miller Team

No More Appraisal Gimmies The real estate market coming out of Covid from about fall of 2020 through spring of 2022 was an anomaly. In this frenzy, many deals were cash, many had very high down payments and others had either lenders waive appraisals or buyers that had cash to cover any appraisal below contract price.

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Building With a National Builder

Eppraisal

percent above the October 2020 rate. This is partly due to the shortage of available housing inventory this year. Many national builder developments across the country are selling homes faster than they have in some time. Home values are increasing, so it is a smart idea to write a contract before they raise the prices.