Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Here are some of the big questions to ponder in 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. housing market now. That’s frankly surprising given how cold the housing market froze last fall. There are no signs of any surge in listings, and as a result we’ve seen a floor on home prices.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As we enter into 2024, we are stepping out of one of the most turbulent years for real estate in Texas in some time. In this article, we will recap what exactly happened to the real estate market in Texas last year and discuss some predictions for the rest of this year. National mortgage originations closed the year at less than $1.5

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Seattle/King County housing market appears to have come through the worst of times with a slightly stronger showing in January than in previous months. And, despite the rise in new listings, the number of homes still on the market on Feb. in Q1 2024 (previous forecast: 7.0%) 6.2% in Q3 2024 (6.6%) 5.8%

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While many thought it’d spell bad news, the total meltdown hasn’t happened. 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. At least, not yet.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. housing market is experiencing a price “correction,” defined as a 10% price drop from its most recent peak. OCTOBER HOUSING UPDATE. falls into a recession. We are nowhere near that!

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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 number of homeowners deciding to sell continues to lag, but inventory and time on market continue to [mostly] climb, reflecting still-hesitant buyers.”

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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. That includes 36 new cranes since the previous report, and it is more than larger U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% by the end of 2024. While there were 5.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades. 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. shy of the need. But for how long?

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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). on the Eastside.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. 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.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

Some developers are delivering smaller homes in the form of four- and six-plex townhomes on a parcel of land that once featured a single-family house. Others are specializing in the design and construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as detached backyard homes (also known as “ mother-in-laws ”). counties are in our region.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Current housing market dynamics continue to be fueled by the lack of existing homes available for sale, a trend that did not improve during the spring homebuying season , when more homes are typically put on the market. In 2024, about $1.90 on a Q4/Q4 basis while it downgraded its 2024 GDP forecast to 0.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Worsening affordability issues and lower-than-usual inventory have prompted many consumers to watch this housing market from the sidelines – without the picket lines. October figures from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service strongly suggest prospective buyers and sellers are taking a wait-and-see approach. in 2024 and 4.5M

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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

It’s the bacon and eggs of the housing market – two staples that are often linked to one another. 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. 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 DID SOMEBODY SAY, ‘HOUSING BUBBLE?’. Are we in a housing bubble? housing market is unrealistic.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To a happy 2024! = I wrote in this newsletter 12 months ago about the bumpy – maybe even bruising – housing market of 2022 across Puget Sound and most of the country. Prospective buyers this year have mostly watched the housing market pass from the sidelines. 19) at 10am PT. Our city came in at No. San Jose, Calif.,

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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. Icon is on a mission to change the way we house the homeless and others. housing market needs 3.8 That’s 52% higher than 2018, when Freddie first began looking at housing shortages.

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