Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

In this HW+ Slack Q&A , Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami gives the inside scoop on where rates are headed, whether or not he has updates to his 2022 forecast and more. HousingWire: To begin, how has your 2022 forecast changed so far? HousingWire: How will rising rates affect new home construction? What has remained the same?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

A total of 431,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in March, and employment in the construction industry is now above its pre-pandemic level, after the industry added 19,000 jobs. If monthly gains continue at the March pace, we could return to the pre-COVID employment peak by July 2022.”. The unemployment rate dropped 0.2 a year ago.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

“New home sales continue to be an outsized share of the housing market ,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. The market for new homes is booming because the number of existing homes coming on the market has slowed to a two-decade low. compared to June 2022. year over year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Housing affordability hit a record low in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released Thursday. The all-time high of $390,000 was set in the second quarter of 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Listings jumped at both the state and city levels in 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Limited inventory, supply chain disruptions and concerns about inflation have led economists at Fannie Mae to lower their mortgage origination forecasts for the remainder of this year and into 2022. It also downsized its 2022 mortgage origination volume forecast by $55 billion to $3.25 trillion from the $4.36 growth projection.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Our 10- and 20-City Composites each also rose in July 2023, and likewise stand slightly above their July 2022 levels.” Roughly 47.4% are pessimistic and 14.1% are optimistic.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Because of historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market, major insurance carriers like State Farm and Allstate are no longer issuing new homeowner insurance policies in California. That number will undoubtedly climb in the coming years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Nevertheless, while we view the trends described below as the most likely path for the economy and mortgage market in 2022, this news highlights the elevated level of uncertainty we’ve all been living with the past few years. A silver lining is that we are expecting both 2022 and 2023 to be record years for purchase originations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

million increase of 2022. While this is below the job growth in 2021 and 2022, when the economy was rebounding from the sharp job losses in 2020, it is still a much higher pace of job growth than we had before the pandemic,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said in a statement. With December’s numbers in, a total of 2.7

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

I do a lot with new construction and homeowners’ insurance is cheaper on new builds because they are brand new,” Williams said. Todd Armstrong, A COMPASS AGENT IN SAN DIEGO Since early 2022 many insurers and reinsurers who back insurance policies have either left the state, scaled back operations or fallen into insolvency.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. The supply-demand imbalance fueling the housing market shows no signs of abating in 2022, even as homebuilders attempt to bridge the gap.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As the end of the year approaches, housing market predictions for 2022 abound. Fortune reviews various 2022 housing forecasts, focusing specifically on home price growth. Redfin predicts a more balanced residential market in 2022. Predictions for the top housing markets of 2022 may surprise you.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million, falling somewhere between their March 2022 high (12 million) and their relative pre-pandemic November 2018 high (7.6 What to expect in the housing market ? In October, construction employment continued to trend up, adding 23,000 more jobs, aligning with the average monthly gain of 18,000 over the prior 12 months.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

since March 2022. The construction sector also saw job gains in May, adding 25,000 positions, thanks to a large uptick in heavy and civil engineering construction, which added 10,700 jobs. Residential building construction added 2,400 jobs during the month. The unemployment rate has remained between 3.4%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

A Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-sponsored Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) requires a borrower to be at or over the age of 62 to qualify for a loan, making baby boomers most of the new qualifying candidates for a HECM. A new report from Construction Coverage sourced by its researchers and data from the U.S. The top 5 U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

The housing market The construction sector lost 9,000 jobs in March, thanks to a significant decline in the specialty trade contractors segment of construction, which lost 13,900 jobs. In addition, residential construction gained 800 jobs, while non-residential construction eliminated 2,800 jobs during the month.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Job growth continued in February, but at a slower pace, suggesting that the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes are having at least a mild impact on the labor market. However, the continued job market resilience could equate to even tighter monetary policy , spelling hard times ahead for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

since March 2022. Manufacturing activity remains quite weak, while consumer spending has held up somewhat better, and new home construction and sales have picked up. Employment in the construction industry has increased by an average of 15,000 per month thus far this year, compared with an average of 22,000 per month in 2022.

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DW Slater Company

JANUARY 30, 2023

What’s happening in the housing markets? Well, 2022 started out with a bang as prices soared like a rocket. Mortgage rates impact housing as they affect buying power. As we look at the housing market for 2022, a clear shift has occurred. Gone are the days of bidding wars and multiple offers.

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BiggerPockets

APRIL 17, 2022

When choosing a 2022 housing market strategy, you’ll need a few key ingredients. Things like job growth, population growth, affordability, and new construction are just a few ways to see […].

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The pace of hiring continued to cool in August, with job gains of 187,000, which is lower than both the 204,000 monthly average for the previous six months and the 399,000 average of 2022, said Realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale. It is a low rate by historical standards, but is at its highest level since February 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

The national unemployment rate ticked up for the first time in four months to 3.9%, its highest level since January 2022, but still below the full employment rate of 4%. In February, employment continued to trend up in construction, adding 23,000 jobs month over month. Lower rates this spring could give housing market demand a boost.”

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Quicken Loans

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Anyone keeping an eye on the real estate market watched for predictions in 2021. Along with the pandemic, 2020 brought a chaotic whirlwind for the housing market. In combination with low housing inventory and labor shortages, that drove up selling prices. real estate market is hot. Buyer demand continued.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Compared to 2022, NAR expects the sale of new homes to grow by 4.5% For those new construction units, the national median new home price is projected to drop by 5.9% This underscores the importance of increased inventory in helping to get the overall housing market moving,” Yun added. between 2022 and 2023, settling at 1.39

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

below its June 2022 peak.” Low inventory , maintained by an extremely low level of new listings coming onto the market, has fueled demand amongst the few buyers who can afford to stay shopping. “As Relatedly, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recorded a 4.3% House prices were up 0.5% from February.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Job gains came in lower than both the 278,000 monthly average for the first half of 2023 and the 399,000 average of 2022. since March 2022. Employment in the construction industry continued to trend up in July, adding 19,000 jobs, especially in the residential construction space. In June, job openings eased back to 9.6

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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. The housing market is heading toward an inflection point — a rebalancing that will mean the end of the record-high price appreciation we’ve seen over the past year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2022, rent growth rates spanned a much wider spectrum of 4.8% An abundance of new apartments recently hit the market, giving renters more options to choose from. Meanwhile, more apartments are under construction. Landlords have less pressure to fill vacancies in these markets, Redfin reported. in the West to $2,358.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. This marks the second consecutive month of increases and the strongest sales pace since March 2022. The uptick in the sales pace resulted in just 439,000 new homes remaining on the market at the end of the month, representing 7.9

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

This article is part of our 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. Today, the average is 2.7

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

For the seventh consecutive month, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report rose month-over-month , gaining one-point to a reading of 56, according to a report released Tuesday. This is the index’s highest reading since June 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. 2022 marked a unique time for homebuilders. of builders who experienced an increase in their sales revenue in 2022. Quality Leads.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

This is an encouraging development for the housing market and in particular first-time homebuyers who are sensitive to changes in housing affordability. Housing starts declined 9% in 2023, an indication that homebuyers looking to purchase a new construction home may continue to struggle with the lack of inventory this year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

January’s pending home sales picked up right where they left off in 2022, posting the second consecutive month of increases, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Instead, expect a bumpy road on the way to a more normal housing market in 2023.” After posting a 2.5% in 2024 to $474,000.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

” This is the old and slow part I have been discussing since the end of 2022. The Fed already has a restrictive policy and if the labor market was breaking today they would be cutting rates aggressively. This has been a theme of my work since 2022 and is why I favor labor data over inflation data at this stage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. Much of this market dysfunction is also attributable to a lack of lenders.

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