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Do Wood Floors Increase Home Value?

Lamacchia Realty

Do Wood Floors Increase Home Value? If you’re thinking about selling your house, one upgrade that can increase your home’s resale value is hardwood flooring. Potential home buyers may be looking for that extra bit of charm that wood floors offer.

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February pending home sales disappoint, but maybe we’re turning a corner?

Housing Wire

Pending home sales decreased in all four regions compared to one year ago. from February 2022. Existing-home sales , pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.” The number of pending homes in the Northeast rose 6.5%

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Millennials struggle to compete with boomers for homes

Housing Wire

From 2009 to 2019, the share of recent buyers who are 60 years and old grew 47% , while the share of recent buyers ages 18-39 fell by 13%. From 2009 to 2019, the share of recent buyers who are 60 years and old grew 47% , while the share of recent buyers ages 18-39 fell by 13%. Presented by: Doma.

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Insurance carrier exodus rattles California and Florida housing markets

Housing Wire

I do a lot with new construction and homeowners’ insurance is cheaper on new builds because they are brand new,” Williams said. One of my recent new home buyers got their final quote on a property a 30-minute drive from the coast and it had gone up 40% from a year ago.

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Mortgage rates are down, but not enough for most borrowers

Housing Wire

Recent declines in rates have brought the cost of purchasing a home down by an average of $185 per month, relative to the recent peak in rates. The analysis considers a buyer of a median-price home for sale today making a 10% down payment. However, some analysts see some limitations to home price correction. drop in 2023.

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2022 Housing Market Predictions: What To Expect

Quicken Loans

In addition, home values and sales skyrocketed. So, it’s no wonder that a year like that left experts and new buyers guessing. Buyer demand continued. Here are a few housing market predictions for 2022 to help you prepare for the market’s future. And this trend will likely continue, and grow, into the year 2022.

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

FBC Mortgage recorded originations of about $8 billion in 2022, including its joint venture volume, Nunziata said, adding that about 70% of that volume “was new construction.” You can see that’s a really big impact for that first-time buyer, giving them the ability to kind of ease into that payment.” in November, down from a 9.2%

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