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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. 2020 was the best year in American history for personal income. So, what did they do?

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FHA Handbook 4000.1 Appraisal Changes

Appraisal Today

One of the most quoted experts on housing markets, Jonathan Miller of real estate appraisal company Miller Samuel, won an unusually large 30-way bidding war for a Connecticut house built in 1755.” Most buyers interested in a home that has not been electrified also rely on horse and buggy as a common form of transportation.

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What Impact Will the Infrastructure Bill Have on the Housing Crisis?

Appraisal Buzz

The infrastructure upgrades inside the bill could significantly impact some of the housing market’s problems. The Current Housing Crisis. In the past few years, home prices have risen to the point where we are in another housing crisis. In 2020, 30% of all households had “unaffordable” mortgage or rent payments.

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

Andrew Cuomo's office suggested last week that such a levy might reap $9 billion for the moribund Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the next decade and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reiterated his chamber's support proposal at a Crain's breakfast forum days later. That article came out in 2014 right as the housing market was peaking.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Many residents struggle to find and keep a home that they can afford, accentuated by soaring housing prices since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Researchers for Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies claim the median price for a single-family home in King and Pierce counties combined was 7.3 shy of the need.

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Expectations for 2023 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

By all measures, our region (and the rest of the country for that matter) experienced one of the worst six months (June-November) any housing market has seen in at least a decade. Yes, the great housing market reset is in full swing. In his estimate: “Homebuilding’s going to contract.”. in the first half of 2022.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

The $180B kitchen and bath market is leading the home-improvement charge and, despite economic headwinds for many households, industry experts see no end in this modernization movement. month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 Kitchen and bath professionals are reporting 3.9-month