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Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to ‘normal’

Housing Wire

And just like the bears who are starting to wake up from their long winter naps, homebuyers and sellers are coming out of hibernation… or at least they normally do. The pandemic definitely changed the real estate market ,” Todd Alperin, a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group agent based in Southern New Hampshire, said.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

Housing Wire

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. In addition, a vast majority of people spent more time at home in 2020 than ever before in modern history. In addition, on the real estate side, the days of having only the traditional open houses are gone.

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Are You A “Want-To-Be” Seller in 2022?

Lamacchia Realty

ARE YOU A "WANT-TO-BE" SELLER IN 2022? There are questions about housing market health and what the market is actually doing. Inventory started low in 2020, and then dropped even lower in March 2020 during the stay-at-home mandates. Worried about selling and buying at the same time?

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Price Adjustments in this New Housing Market

Lamacchia Realty

For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying. The low rates made it possible to offer more on a home as the cost of borrowing was lower and therefore, sellers weren’t the ones competing, buyers were. The same will be true for sellers.

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Flattening The Curve And Seeing The Shift From Greed To Fear

Miller Samuel

Since the 2020 DJIA peak of February 12, 2020, of 29,551.42, the market has fallen 28.13% to 21,237.88 However, all of these housing-related workers such as appraisers and agents, are starting to see that market conditions do not include the gift that it will be "business as usual."

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How rookie agents are faring during the pandemic

Housing Wire

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48 million members.

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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. KEY RESOURCES: Study Of How Previous Pandemics Affected The Real Estate Market.