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With low inventory, house hunters are in full safari mode

Housing Wire

The nation’s housing industry has entered a new normal in which the dynamics of the market appear perplexing — marked by high mortgage rates and high home prices, along with shrinking mortgage originations. trillion in mortgage originations in 2021. The perplexing part: Why are home prices not declining in this environment?

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

Inventory 368
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How to price homes properly in a volatile housing market

Housing Wire

High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year. We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If

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Opinion: SFR companies not to blame for lack of inventory

Housing Wire

A recent article, “Stop subsidizing Wall Street buying up homes,” perpetuates an uninformed stereotype of single-family rental home companies while revealing a serious neglect for the important contributions industry firms bring to today’s housing market. of the nation’s total housing inventory.

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ATTOM: 2023 Not a Good Year for Home Flipping

Appraisal Buzz

In yet another sign of down times for the home-flipping industry, profits and profit margins also sank on quick buy-renovate-and-resell projects. in 2021, hitting the worst level since 2007. “In Lack of inventory and ever-rising home prices are the main factors impacting the home flipping business. That’s down from 28.1%

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An inside look at local housing markets across the country

Housing Wire

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. This past summer, we only had 25 houses.”.

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Todman on HUD’s steps to increase supply, review rules and get the money ’out the door’   

Housing Wire

But they face competition from large institutional investors in the housing market. There’s been a fair amount of supply that’s been removed from inventory when we think about the large institutional investors who are buying and selling single-family homes. One truth is that housing isn’t Democrat or Republican.