Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

annual gain for the year ending in July 2021, up from 18.7% from July 2020 to July 2021, which is up from the 18.5% increase recorded in June 2021. The tight market conditions that have fueled the skyrocketing prices are finally showing signs of loosening. The index showed a 19.7% a month prior. a month earlier.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) decreased to 7.06% on Wednesday from last week’s 7.16%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. . “The million in September 2021. Tables have turned for some sellers. million units from 6.18

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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

JANUARY 2, 2023

These declines, of course, came after very strong price increases in late 2021 and the first half of 2022,” Craig Lazzara, the managing director of S&P DJI , said in a statement. Because most home sales take several months from contract to closing, the data likely includes some deals struck in June and July.).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin. A lot of sellers are also willing to let buyers slip away because they don’t want to concede to repair requests,” Morre said. Home prices not expected to fall Home prices are high due to competition among buyers for limited inventory in the market.

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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. In February, NAR in partnership with Realtor.com released The Double Trouble of the Housing Market report. For Asian Americans the rate is 61.7%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In August, Zillow ‘s 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report proclaimed that half of all homebuyers are purchasing their first home, the highest share that Zillow has ever recorded. One of the primary reasons for this surge is the strong presence of millennials in the housing market, particularly those at the peak, around ages 33 and 34.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There are still notably not a lot of sellers. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. Any time inventory rises, you start to see housing crash hyperbole on social media. There were 66,000 new listings this week, of which 14,000 are already in contract. It’s not a ton of sellers.

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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. There’s too little supply and too high a demand, a predicament that’s disrupted the housing and appraisal industries. of homes are valued lower than the contract price.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

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. Avoid 9 Costly Mistakes Sellers Make. Do You Want To Buy A Home Now?

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

HW Media : What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2022-2023? Many media outlets are fretting about a possible housing crash because panic gets them more clicks than reason. But the truth is that the market is moderating, not imploding. Katherine Mechling: A big one is moderation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

20, the National Association of Realtors said that contract signings were up 23% year over year. There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9 Usually, Merchant said the Sacramento housing market slows down after Labor Day, but doesn’t see that slowdown this year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Homes priced between $100,000 and $250,000 were down 23% from January 2021, while sales of homes priced between $750,000 and $1 million rose 33%. Homes went under contract in just 19 days on average, down from 21 a year ago. Indeed, January saw the strongest pace of existing-home sales in a year, even though home prices increased 1.8%

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2022

trillion compared with 2021, according to estimates by Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). He points out that in 2021, 85% of the U.S. mortgage market was ripe for refinancing, but today closer to 10%. . So far in 2022, he added, “there are over 25 already, and the pace is picking up.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. trillion and to nearly $9.3

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Realtor

JULY 13, 2021

In our current seller’s market, the national inventory of active listings is down 43.1% year over year, according to the Realtor.com June 2021 Housing Market Trends Report. They’re making sky-high offers and writing heartfelt letters to sellers about why they should get the house.

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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. We’ll never know.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 20, 2021

Earlier in the year, I appraised a home to have a market value that was twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) higher than the contract price. Contrary to popular belief, good appraisers do not magically appraise homes at their contract price simply to rubber-stamp a sales price. The seller will probably never know.

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GoForrmz

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Get ahead with real estate automation The real estate market has seen a lot of unusual trends in the past couple years, and it’s no surprise things have been pretty weird. In 2021 , we saw houses receive multiple offers and sell for thousands of dollars over asking price within hours. That’s where we come in.

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Listing Spark

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Is that the case for all major Texas housing markets? What should buyers and sellers be doing right now? What should they expect in this housing market? We’ll dive into the state of the Texas real estate market with Real Estate Real Fast host Aaron Jistel. How to vet real estate agents as a seller.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

This fish phenomenon reminds me of the housing market today. As soon as homes hit the market, they often sell in days, with numerous offers that usually bid the list price up. When an appraiser’s opinion of value is below the contract price, that’s when the carping begins. That is a lot of bread!

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Hank Miller Team

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Home buyers and home sellers dabble in the “persuasion” arena during the purchase process as they roll through the deal. Home Sellers & Appraisers When an owner decides to list, their first move to solicit a real estate agent. Provided that proper and adequate support exists for the contract price, the appraiser is a minor player.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 20, 2021

Earlier in the year, I appraised a home to have a market value that was twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) higher than the contract price. Contrary to popular belief, good appraisers do not magically appraise homes at their contract price simply to rubber-stamp a sales price. The seller will probably never know.

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Cornerstone

JULY 1, 2021

Housing inventory still sits far below the six-month supply threshold required to uphold a healthy market.* Sellers who list may find a golden opportunity: Right now, you’re likely to sell your house quicker and at a better price. What really sticks out about this summer is a lack of seller competition.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. in 2021, Freddie Mac reports. in 2022 but will drop to 4% in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

But housing experts say a new phase of financial aid needs to be issued imminently to help those who are exiting forbearance and are still struggling to pay their mortgages. Black Knight data shows that roughly 450,000 forbearance plan expirations are expected to occur through the end of 2021, representing more than a third of active plans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As we approach the end of another hot year for the market, homebuyers and sellers are eagerly looking ahead to the 2022 housing market. Will the market continue its streak of strong growth, or are we finally about to see a slow down? Demand will continue to be strong into 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 27, 2023

The 2022 Connecticut Year in Review Housing Report breaks down sales, new listings, new pending sales, active inventory, and average price compared to the 2021 market and analyzes what the data means for the current housing market and beyond. In 2022, there were fewer sales in Connecticut than in 2021, down 18.8%

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Record Share Of Sellers Give Concessions To Buyers Excerpts: ‘Buyers are asking sellers for things that were unheard of during the past few years.’ ’ Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9% ’ Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9% Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9%

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

Some housing markets may see an uptick in homebuying activity at the beginning of the year, especially if mortgage rates continue receding from a recent high of 7%. Existing-home sales are expected to end the year 16% down from the same time period in 2021, marking their lowest level since 2014, Yun said.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sellers and their agents use comps to help determine a proper list price for a property. Closed comparable sales, also known as ‘comps,’ are used to approximate market value for residential properties. Comps in the Post-COVID Market. The market dynamics are changing quickly and drastically in this post-COVID world.

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Hank Miller Team

AUGUST 14, 2022

All of the media outlets have already concluded the housing market is doomed. What if the Atlanta real estate market isn’t going to crash? Granular data (by the week or two) is critical tactically; what do buyers and sellers in the market right now need to know? Q2’19 to Q3’20 has a nice slow and steady rise.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Now, that extra little boost of demand seems to be gone from the housing market. See how the tan line of 2021 peaked right about on the same curve we’re seeing this year? Look for that decline to start in September with fewer sellers, unless rates jump like they did last September. We measure the housing market.

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Genworth MI Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

The housing market has seen many changes over the past couple of years, some as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and some from the rapid changes in the economy. With an increasingly competitive market for buyers, many homebuyers have taken new steps to secure a successful offer.

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