Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

This, in part, is causing the tight inventory we’re seeing in the housing market today, as two out of every three houses have mortgages with interest rates below 4% and aren’t motivated to sell their house unless a significant circumstance warrants it.” through the first quarter of 2024.”

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Advisory Opinions For 2024, the ASB has retired Advisory Opinion 16 (AO-16) and replaced it with two new Advisory Opinions, AO-39 and AO-40. These requirements are carried forward in the 2024 edition of USPAP. USPAP 2024 is effective January 1, 2024. To read more, click here My comments: Be sure to read this blog post.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

As a result, some homebuilders have doubled down on the construction of built-to-rent (BTR) homes. The momentum is continuing as another 99,000 BTR homes are under construction in 2024, although the breakneck pace is expected to ease in 2025. Many builders feel bullish about places that are low on rental supply.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 5, 2024

To see the listing with 19 photos, Click Here == LoanDepot Appraisal Discrimination Settlement By Peter Christensen, March 28, 2024 Connolly and Mott v. Significant developments have occurred in the case. The second development in the case is that on March 22, 2024, the attorneys for Drs. No pickleball court.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Walker said the prospect of lower mortgage rates is prompting many agents to feel more positive about the 2024 housing market. 9, 2024, Alabama had a 90-day rolling average of 11,894 active single-family listings, according to data from Altos Research. New construction is backed up,” she said. As of Feb.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. Let’s look at the new construction forecast for 2024. The business appears durable, too. million and 7.3

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

In certain parts of the Phoenix AMA that do not have a designated water provider, builders and developers need a certificate of AWS to obtain a building permit. Due to the restrictions these regulations have created, Kamps said the HBACA is concerned about the area’s housing supply and housing affordability moving forward.

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D Fritz Appraisals

JUNE 28, 2022

What do Experts Think the Victoria, BC Housing Market Will Look Like by 2027? The state of Victoria’s housing market is never far from anyone’s mind, especially for first-time home buyers, those moving to a new area or for people looking to sell. Pace of Real Estate Market Steady into Spring.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Bellevue will be abuzz in 2023 with the scheduled opening of a luxury development that will feature a blend of exclusive shops and restaurants, a five-star hotel and two condo towers. Construction is only a few floors away from topping out at around 25 stories. Also known as Mari Bellevue, the project is targeting a 2024 opening.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Five USPAP Myths Dispelled in 2024 USPAP By Daniel A. Bradley, SRA, CDEI, McKissock Learning On May 5, 2023, the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) voted to adopt changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), which will become effective January 1, 2024. Excerpts: 4 Bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 4,000 sq.ft.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

housing market and compare those to where we are today — in the middle of one of the most epic years in our country’s history, due to COVID-19. No doubt about it, the COVID crisis has taken some juice out of the 2020 housing market. The February housing data, pre-COVID, was juicy indeed. higher than a year ago.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development. single-family homes for sale were new construction, similar to the percentage from a year earlier and good for the highest level of any fourth quarter on record. In 2024, 52% expect it to remain an obstacle. About 58% expect this to remain an issue in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, 38% of a typical household’s income was needed to make a mortgage payment on a median-priced, new single-family home in the U.S. That’s according to the Cost of Housing Index (CHI) unveiled Thursday by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

We finally got mortgage rates to rise, and for people like me who have been concerned about how unhealthy the housing market was last year — and it got a lot worse this year — it’s a blessing that was much needed. million or higher during 2020-2024. The demographic bump in 2020-2024 is giving us a push in demand.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

According to this theory, we have more homes under construction than any time in history. I understand the lure of the housing 2008 story. In their haste, they miss the bigger picture of the housing market. Concerning the housing economics demand curve, it’s always about the net people living and working.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

However, we need to keep an eye on the housing construction data in this report because it has huge implications for the economic cycle, our recession risk and mortgage rates. As the chart below shows, the housing sector generally poses a future risk to labor if the single-family permits data continues to decline. percent (±12.0

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). However, new home sales were still up year-over-year due to a lack of housing inventory in the resale market. Builders have been struggling with the increased cost of borrowing, while many buyers were priced out of an unaffordable housing market.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

However, a closer examination reveals potential drawbacks, raising questions about its efficacy and impact on the housing market. It involves analyzing data collected in mass quantities, developing statistics from the data, and applying the results to value properties. Later a conventional commercial building was constructed. =

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Elevated mortgage rates sank builder confidence again in November, but recent economic data suggests housing conditions will pick up in the coming months. On the construction side, homebuilders as well as land developers found it hard to finance projects because of high short-term interest rates. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“The market saw a brief reprieve in lot availability as starts slowed, but the fourth quarter data captures the return of tightening as builders step up construction activity,” Zonda chief economist Ali Wolf said in a statement. “75% 75% of builders intend to start more homes in 2024 compared to 2023, and those starts require lots.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

A key conclusion is that while new construction creates additional supply for first-time and move-up buyers alike, it comes with an additional expense. While many metro areas currently offer an advantage where you can purchase a new construction home for a similar price or even less than the average area home, there is still a 23.8%

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

during the first quarter of 2024 remained steady compared to last year, fueled by a continued shortage of existing-home supply. home construction at the onset of the pandemic. Second, homeowners have been reluctant to sell their houses due to mortgage rates, which have reached a two-decade high point. two years ago.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Temperatures are slowly starting to rise in many parts of the country as we head into spring — and so is homebuilder sentiment, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Wednesday. Builders are continuing to offer a variety of incentives.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 22, 2024

To read the listing and see 39 photos, Click Here Fannie Appraiser Update March 2024 Excerpts: This edition touches on hot topics including zoning changes, hybrid appraisals, subjective language, and recent Selling Guide updates. For those who don’t know, I’ve been involved in appraisal form development, from scratch.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When some people say millions of new homes are about to hit the market because we have so many homes under construction, this means they don’t read or understand the new home sales report. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. months , this is just an OK market for builders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I have been consistent in my stance that during the years 2008 to 2019, we had the weakest housing recovery ever. I said that housing starts would never start a year at 1.5 million until we reached the years 2020-2024. Only then would we see enough demand from the new home sales market to warrant that much construction.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Despite lower mortgage rates , housing starts ended the year on a downturn, after posting a large monthly gain in November. New construction starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.460 million units, down 4.3% Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Census Bureau and the U.S. compared to 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From the National Association of Home Builders : For many years I have stressed that the most important housing data I follow is the monthly supply of new homes. It gives an idea of what to expect for housing construction. adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of January was 406,000. When supply is 4.4

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A lot of the housing data was lagging the rate move, so it wasn’t apparent that higher rates impacted the data yet. Going back to the summer of 2020, the one factor that I said could change the housing market was the 10-year yield getting above 1.94%. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) climbed four points to 48 in February, its highest level since August 2023. Meanwhile, NAHB is forecasting that single-family starts will rise about 5% in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Housing starts rose in November, significantly beating expectations. New construction rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,560,000, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Single-family building activity drove November residential construction activity. from October.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Exponential growth in any housing market data will eventually moderate. From the Census Bureau: “Sales of new single-family houses in November 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 841,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. months, builders become cautious about oversupplying a market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

In reality, as we talked about many times on HousingWire, housing data was going to moderate, find a base and work from that COVID-19 surge in the data. However, with that said, it’s still just an OK housing market for me based on how I view the new home sales market. months, this is an OK market for the builders.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Retrospective appraisals, drive-by (exterior inspection) appraisals, and valuations from plans and specifications, are all valuation assignments where an appraiser develops an appraisal opinion without personally inspecting the property. I was lucky to have never had to use new construction as a comp on an existing home.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI that can be used to streamline the appraisal writing process. The home was essentially hand-built from scratch, and it took two years to construct,” says listing agent Damian Hall, of Blackstream International Real Estate. The answer is, Yes!

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The 5 most notable changes to the Texas Housing Market To really understand how these rising rates have changed things, we need to look at the big shifts in the housing market. Here are five of the biggest change in the Texas Real Estate market. At least, not yet.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 10, 2023

MARCH HOUSING UPDATE The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. The structures have been topped out and construction cranes are coming down. It’s a 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath bath , 4527 sq. 2-story with basement.

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