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Urban home values growing faster than ‘burbs in Midwest

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A Zillow report released Thursday shows urban home values in Midwest cities — namely, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus and Indianapolis — have risen faster than suburban home values over the past several months. rise in urban home values, and St. growth in urban home values.

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2021 housing market outlook: No signs of slowing

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Sales volume has remained elevated compared to last year since about mid-June, home values are growing more quickly than they have in 15 years and homes are typically selling a full three weeks faster than a year ago. million homes sold in 2020, a solid 6% growth over 2019. million homes sold – 21.8%

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conforming loan limits increase for 2021

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced new conforming loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2021: $548,250. For high-cost areas, where 115% of the local median home value exceeds the baseline CLL, the maximum loan limit will be higher than the baseline loan limit. This is a 7.5%

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Homeowners gain $2.9 trillion in equity in Q2 2021

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trillion in equity in the second quarter of 2021, a 29.3% The amount of equity for a property is determined by comparting the estimated current value of the property against the mortgage debt outstanding (MDO). million homes. In total, homeowners of 163,000 residential properties regained equity in Q2 2021.

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Cash-out refis reach $1.2T in 2021, highest level since 2005

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trillion in cash-out refis in 2021, up 20% compared to the prior year, the highest volume since 2005. Cash-out refis went from 36% to more than 60% of all refis from the beginning of 2021 to the fourth quarter. In 2021, homeowners tapped $275 billion in equity. trillion in 2021, up from $4.3

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Homeowners gain $9.1 trillion in housing value in 2021

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trillion of housing value over the last year, according to a report published by Redfin this week. The report noted that home-price growth and a severe shortage of inventory worked in tandem to push housing values to record highs in 2021. As a result, the value of U.S. homes grew by 31.4% to $8 trillion.

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Millions will enter housing market in 2021: Zillow

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And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. The Texas capital saw the largest rise in median list prices for homes among the 50 largest U.S. Presented by: Propertybase.