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What are the drivers of housing demand in 2022?

Housing Wire

This article is part of our Housing 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. enters the third year of the pandemic, the 2022 housing market remains on stable ground. While interest rates are projected to rise in 2022 to 3.5% As the U.S.

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

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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The Bay Area is the country’s 4th-hottest housing market

Housing Wire

“The weather situation hasn’t been ideal, consumer confidence in the real estate market has weakened, interest rates are an issue and inventory is tight.” Although other local agents said they wouldn’t characterize the market as being in a lull, they agree that interest rates and inventory are two major challenges to overcome.

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Market Still Strong as Low Inventory Persists- February Newsletter

DW Slater Company

The biggest answer is inventory. The inventory is still at very low levels. There are multiple reasons that inventory is still low but two major reasons, are that building costs and supply chain issues keep new construction from building as much to meet demands and existing homes are not coming on the market.

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Appraisers raise alarm on AMC revenue-sharing models

Housing Wire

Fee pressure was followed by appraisal management company (AMC) requests for revisions (28%) and technology fees (26%), a category that was not included in 2022 survey responses. It’s] essentially redlining — neighborhoods of predominantly people of color are given lower market value,” said one non-appraiser respondent.

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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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The Cleveland Area Housing Market Was Skating Along… And Then This Happened

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

While we still have a significant shortage of housing inventory in Cuyahoga County, we had more active listings last month than we had in December 2020 and 2021. Sellers are starting to realize that we are no longer in the same market as we were in 2020-2022. In June of 2022, the list-to-sales price ratio was 103%.