article thumbnail

Illinois Realtors partner with HousingWire to unlock The Full Picture 

Housing Wire

housing market, HousingWire has partnered with Illinois Realtors , bringing exclusive news, market data and housing research to the 50,000 Illinois Realtors that power the state’s real estate market. In our dedication to providing the full picture to housing professionals across the U.S.

Realtors 379
article thumbnail

The LO edge in 2022? Realtors, Realtors, Realtors

Housing Wire

But in the most competitive purchase market in years, they’ll have to scrap, leverage social media and add a personal touch. on Tuesday, LOs should focus on making inroads with real estate agents now, or else they will struggle to find their footing in a purchase market for years to come. The post The LO edge in 2022?

Realtors 407
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Mortgage lending volume in 2020 likely to break records

Housing Wire

in 2020 and 2.7% The housing market has boomed because of the low interest rates created by a Federal Reserve program to buy mortgage bonds. The post Mortgage lending volume in 2020 likely to break records appeared first on HousingWire. That’s an improvement from the drop of 4.5% the mortgage company forecast last month.

Lending 545
article thumbnail

What’s next for the overheated housing market?

Housing Wire

According to the National Association of Realtors, March’s existing-home sales came in at 6.01 Because March 2020 sales were slightly weaker due to the start of COVID-19, the year-over-year growth in sales for March 2021 came in at 12.3%. We now have what I would consider to be the unhealthiest housing market in the last 10 years.

article thumbnail

Existing home sales data: A bad sign for housing market?

Housing Wire

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales for April’s housing market came in at 5,8500,000. I have been saying we should expect home sales to moderate since the end of summer 2020, and that is what we see in this report. The post Existing home sales data: A bad sign for housing market?

article thumbnail

The housing market is now savagely unhealthy

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for February came in as a miss of estimates at 6.02 Total inventory data is deficient, and this was my biggest fear in the years 2020-2024, and it happened. I thought creating the term forbearance crash bros in the Summer of 2020 would help educate homebuyers.

article thumbnail

2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Mark Birschbach

Housing Wire

Mark Birschbach, Senior Vice President, Strategic Business, Innovation and Technology National Association of Realtors. The post 2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Mark Birschbach appeared first on HousingWire.