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Opinion: The end of seller speculation in US housing market

Housing Wire

metropolitan areas in February 2022, based on year-over-year growth in median listing price according to the residential real estate listing website, Realtor.com. Table 1: 10 Hottest Housing Markets out of the Top 250 Metro Areas, February 2022. Table 2: 10 Hottest Housing Markets out of the Top 250 Metro Areas, June 2022.

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Realtor.com reveals new tools to evaluate climate risk exposure 

Housing Wire

Amid escalating climate concerns , Realtor.com has launched enhanced tools to help homebuyers and sellers evaluate the climate risk exposure of a property, according to a company announcement on Wednesday. homes, valued at $19.7 of homes in the U.S., valued at nearly $7.7 And about 9% of homes, valued at nearly $6.6

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

Did you know that in 2022, both younger and older Baby Boomers made up the largest generation of American homebuyers? This cohort accounted for 1,950,000 properties — equating to 39% of total homes purchased! They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse.

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New American Funding partners with EasyKnock on sale-leaseback program

Housing Wire

California lender New American Funding has partnered with EasyKnock, a New York startup that buys homes and rents them back to sellers, allowing clients to access their home equity through non-traditional means. If the home value appreciates, customers get to keep the difference. The lender originated $14.9

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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After two years of runaway home prices, the Federal Reserve stepped in to reverse engineer rampant inflation, and it has been utilizing the housing market as one of the main economic engines to achieve its objective. in September 2022. They eased below 6.5%

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Home prices are dropping like it’s 2009

Housing Wire

Home prices are now posting the biggest monthly declines since January 2009, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor report from Black Knight. Median home prices in August fell 0.98% in August, only slightly better than July’s 1.05% monthly decline. With mortgage rates at 6.7% With mortgage rates at 6.7%

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The Rise in Interest Rates And How It Affects Buyers and Sellers

Boston Appraisal

The Rise in Interest Rates and How It Affects Buyers and Sellers When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the Federal Reserve was quick to act by substantially reducing interest rates, which resulted in many new buyers entering the market to purchase a home at low rates. This affected buyers and sellers.

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