Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2021

Like new and existing sales, pending home sales felt the strain of exhausted home inventory in April ? Contract signings are approaching pre-pandemic levels after the big surge due to the lack of sufficient supply of affordable homes,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. from April 2020. dropping 4.4% to an index of 101.1

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2021

But the East Coast seaside town was gaining popularity way before then – millennials , especially, began flocking to the Portland housing market in 2020 to take advantage of the city’s growing startup scene of biotechnology , bioscience and biopharma. A balanced market, Davin said, requires five to six months.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . 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.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Homebuyer contract signings in the U.S. Increased inventory of homes for sale, near historic low mortgage rates and favorable demographics means more housing demand, ” Odeta Kushi, the First American deputy chief economist said in a statement. rose 8% month-over-month from July to August, though the figure was still 8.3%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

An index level of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Contract transactions slowed a bit in September and are showing signs of a calmer home price trend, as the market is running comfortably ahead of pre-pandemic activity,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. in 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

regions, only the West registered an increase in month-over-month contract activity. My premise was that the pending home sales data should moderate from the surge in make-up demand we saw in 2020 and then spill over into the first two months of 2021. “The We ended 2020 with 5.64 Of the four major U.S. million – 6.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Refinance activity dropped to its slowest pace since September 2020 – down a full 5% – with declines in both conventional and government applications, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Inadequate housing inventory continues to put upward pressure on home prices,” Kan said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5% We are witnessing a true V-shaped sales recovery as homebuyers continue their strong return to the housing market,” said Yun. Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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. Inventory remains low, but buyers are beginning to have better negotiating power,” Yun added. from December to a pace of 4.00 in January.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. The homeownership rate for Black Americans has actually declined between 2010 and 2020 and stands at 43.4%, while the homeownership rate for white Americans is 72.1%.

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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. Like I have often said, professional grifters have plagued the housing sector for many years and shouldn’t be looked to as fundamental economic sources of information.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Since hitting a survey low in December, the 30-year fixed rate has slowly risen, and last week climbed to its highest level since November 2020,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. On an unadjusted basis, the Market Composite Index decreased 4% compared with the previous week.

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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.” Now, believe it or not, fall home-buying season is in full swing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

With little inventory, home-price growth in the U.S. “While the housing market feels like it has legs that never get tired, inventory and affordability constraints are still expected to put a damper on price growth,” said CoreLogic Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp. from June 2020.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2021

It was the highest month-to-month growth since August of 2020. increase in FHA purchase applications could mean that some homebuyers are finding opportunities to enter the housing market. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA decreased to 3.06% from 3.08%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

One-third of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, a new report from Redfin found. In addition, the number of homes that went under contract within two weeks of listing rose to 46% from 42% during the same period in 2020. points from a month earlier.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

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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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

The typical luxury home that was for sale during the first quarter spent 61 days on the market — 38 fewer days than the same period in 2020. When looking at the largest markets in the U.S., When looking at the largest markets in the U.S., from a year earlier. from a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

Numerous other sales records were also set, including the median home sale price ($354,250) and number of days on the market (17, down from 36 one year ago). Diving deeper, for the two week period ending May 9, 2021, 57% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

According to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, mortgage rates continued to climb, with the 30-year fixed rate rising for the sixth consecutive week to its highest level since March 2020. For jumbo mortgage loans (greater than $647,200), rates climbed to 3.59% from 3.56% the week prior.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2021

While 2021 likely won’t approach the record breaking tizzy of 2020, the housing market will continue to flourish on the strength of the purchase market, according to economists at the Mortgage Bankers Association. How outsourcing gives lenders an advantage in 2021’s purchase market. trillion. .”

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather said the numbers are likely exaggerated because demand for second homes dropped 24% year over year in April 2020, the month after the coronavirus pandemic permeated throughout the U.S. When looking at the largest markets in the U.S., from a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

from July 2020 to July 2021, which is up from the 18.5% Home price growth remained scorching hot as the housing market entered the dog days of summer, but data released in the weeks since indicate cooler days in the months to come,” Matthew Speakman a Zillow economist said in a statement. increase recorded in June 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CoreLogic released its final three-year housing and mortgage outlook report for the year on Thursday, and if numbers hold up, the data company predicts 2021 will maintain its unprecedented sales and record low mortgage rates as the economy continues to recover. Especially when contract interest rates for refis are below 3%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The index plunged from record highs seen in late 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression. Improvements were driven by the conventional segment of the mortgage market, as lenders added ARM loans with lower credit score and higher LTV requirements,” Kan said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year examined. from June 2020. from June 2020. The “seesaw” nature of pending home sales could indicate a turning point for the housing market, according to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist. rise from a year ago.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

Robbin Sutton with DASH Realty Carolina has been a broker for 20 years, and she’s never seen anything like the current housing market in the Raleigh-Durham metro. I’ve had a few couples from New York — Manhattan and Brooklyn — that come down here armed with cash, but inventory is low and there’s nothing for them.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The housing market was hotter than ever last year, with pandemic-driven demand boosting home sales to their highest level in 14 years. 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.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Perhaps they were drinking the Kool-Aid that some are drinking today, that market value is whatever the purchase price is. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid that any contract price is reflective of market value.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Dubbed “Lock & Shop,” the product, rolled out in mid-June, has two terms: the 75-day lock, which gives borrowers 45 days to shop and 30 days to close the contract; or the 90-day lock, giving customers 60 days to find a home and 30 days to complete the contract. . The product also allows a one-time float down if rates decline.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

And on top of all that, any buyer in “contract” can get “gazumped” (contracted price goes up) at any time until the final weeks of that sale agreement. That market, which is fiercely competitive, allows consumers the best chance to see all inventory and make informed decisions. fell to new a new low of 4.94% in 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week — for several months now — inventory levels of unsold homes on the market has been expanding compared to last year. Even as inventory declined this week, it’s relatively growing compared to a year ago. This week, inventory fell by half a percent. Sellers are coming back to this housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

real estate market were for inventory growth, sales growth and home-price growth across the U.S. At the time, I observed that even if mortgage rates stayed flat, the momentum seemed to be in the cards for broad, slow growth in the market. I talk frequently about how rising rates creates rising inventory.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I I have buyers that are looking, but to find a house that you love enough to pay a high price for — and to be at over a 6.5% That represents a decrease of 44%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Many are eyeing scenic East Tennessee, where Knoxville and its surrounding suburbs have formed one the country’s hottest housing markets. Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

In early March it was becoming clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. That’s because fewer homes are being placed under contract. Price adjustments/decreases were up across the country in May.

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