Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Federal Reserve recently updated its forecast, hinting at a potential decrease of about 75 basis points (0.75%) in its short-term lending rate by the year’s end – promising news for borrowers in 2024. 1, that requires buyers wishing to work with a licensed real estate broker to sign a services contract.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Builders are trying to catch up and, according to federal officials , there are more housing units under construction today than at any time in the last 50 years. An annual survey released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said renters put the probability of ever owning a home at 40%, down from 44% last year.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% Two data points stood out from the latest report by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service: The aforementioned new listings for all homes in the county – 2684 – is at a low not seen for an August since records were shared with brokers (like me) dating back to the mid-1990s.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

The season has been shaped by slumping new listings, a slowly climbing number of homes sitting on the market from previous months, fewer closed sales compared to last year and prices moving plus/minus five percentage points year-on-year (YoY). monthly decline in available Seattle listings (793). by the end of 2024.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 The council is seeking feedback from residents before the mandatory deadline to finalize its comprehensive plan hits on June 30, 2024, with changes enacted at the end of next year. Kitchen and bath professionals are reporting 3.9-month

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Suburban residents can be almost assured of the peaceful enjoyment of their home without worrying about a neighbor constructing a rollercoaster or baseball stadium next door. 7, would raise some $970M and could create about 3100 new affordable homes throughout Seattle. Seattle alone saw a 29% (1213) monthly increase in new listings.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 13, 2023

This means the negative YoY price decline – which is in a range of minus 7%-11%, depending on the submarket – will slowly return to positive territory, likely by early 2024. Supply of resale housing (as opposed to new construction) is shrinking across our region. In March, 33% of homes listed for sale in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

just as Google opens another office building in Kirkland and Microsoft expands its 120-structure Redmond campus with plans for 17 new office buildings. All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A BY THE NUMBERS. >> The average size of a newly constructed single-family home is now 2524 sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, is far more bearish, predicting prices will fall about 10% nationally over the next 12-18 months if the country avoids a recession (which is unlikely) and drop roughly 20% by 2024 if the U.S. The number of new listings in the previous month and remaining on the market as of Oct.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Roughly 20 million Millennials will be entering their 30s, typically the time they purchase their first home, between now and 2024. Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2 This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multi-family construction since June 2006. million individuals annually.

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