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Mortgage rates are projected to decline, but will that entice buyers?

Housing Wire

While mortgage rates have been trending lower, rates are still higher than 12 months ago, but some experts anticipate that the downward pressure on rates will provide opportunities for buyers. Investors are betting that the economic slowdown and the Fed’s eventual victory over inflation will result in lower rates over time,” Fratantoni said.

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Housing Shortage in Maryland

Robinson Appraisal Group

The low inventory of available homes combined with high interest rates has made it difficult for potential buyers to find an affordable home in the area. Landlords are also not willing to sell. Maryland is facing a serious housing shortage that is impacting the entire state, but especially the Baltimore Metropolitan area.

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FHA does a solid for mortgage credit rejects. Will it move the needle for loan officers?

Housing Wire

In a rate-rising environment where it has become more difficult for first-time buyers to get into the market, borrowers won’t have to deal with a file that has an MCR for six months. of the entire mortgage origination volume, up from 18% in Q2 2022, according to data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance and Urban Institute.

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Should You Sell Your Investment Property This Spring?

Eppraisal

Your decision will depend on the analysis, your rent and whether or not you are planning to be a landlord for the long-term. Real Estate Investors by Default Some homeowners became investors in the years following the 2008 crash because they were underwater when it came to the value of their homes. year-over-year to $368,200."

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Is FOMO Fueling the Real Estate Market?

Empire Appraisal Group

The current market, where higher prices and other factors are not resulting in a slowdown, is moving away from market fundamentals, they found, suggesting that buyer exuberance, in the form of fear of missing out, is driving the current trend. From there, they marked what time periods had significant levels of buyer exuberance.

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Logan Mohtashami: The 2022 housing forecast

Housing Wire

With those two factors still very much in play, here is my 2022 forecast. For 2022, my range for the 10-year yield is 0.62%-1.94% , similar to 2021. The economy won’t be as hot in 2022 as it was in 2021, but it will remain in expansionary mode. For 2022, I am forecasting the same sales trend range as 2021 of about 5.74

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Industrial Real Estate is Killing It! The Columbus, Ohio CRE Trend for 2023

The Robert Weiler Company

The Intel Factor Thanks in no small measure to Intel’s decision to build two $20 billion chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, already thousands of commercial land investors are beginning to buy up nearby industrial land for sale and other types of commercial land.