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Build-for-rent is a bet on the ‘new normal’ housing market

Housing Wire

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. Both pose threats to access to capital, the cost of materials and labor, and future housing values. Thus, the [single-family] BFR market will expand in the quarters ahead.”.

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Expectations for 2023 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

Sellers, meantime, could put nearly any home on the market and expect a reaction of irrational exuberance from financially sound consumers submitting high-priced offers without buyer-favorable contingencies. In its place, rising everything – home prices, mortgage rates and inflation (Why are eggs so expensive? What’s next?

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Expectations for 2024 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. Welcome to our sixth annual look back at the year that was and to predictions and projections for the coming 12 months in real estate for Seattle/King County and beyond. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution.

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Expectations for 2022 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

They took advantage of multiple bids, price surges, waived contingencies and all-cash offers. days (November 2021). =. days (November 2021). =. Home prices will climb at a slower rate than in recent years. =. . =. Welcome to the fourth annual Living the Dream blog predictions and projections in real estate and beyond.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

With each stall in a commercial garage costing tens of thousands of dollars to build, parking requirements can impose significant costs on property developers, owners and renters. State and local lawmakers are inching in the right direction. If living or working in an urban area, how much is a parking space worth to you?

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

Shortages are chronic, housing prices skyrocketing. They include strict zoning regulations, rising materials costs, skilled labor shortages driven by unfavorable immigration policies, and unprecedented demand as Millennials enter their prime home-buying years amid historically low interest rates (which crashed below 3.0% million to 6.8