Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Last year might best be described as a risk-prone atmosphere for the single-family rental sector and the related fix-and-flip market. Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Housing experts expect that a boost in apartment inventory in 2024 will dampen rent growth. Real Estate Market Outlook 2024. Real Estate Market Outlook 2024. About 900,000 units are currently under construction , and 440,000 new units are expected to be completed in 2024, according to the report.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a supply-constrained housing market , even landing a deal at foreclosure auction has become challenging, but those deals tend to be more readily available in markets or neighborhoods that are off the beaten path. It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Home starts forecasts, meanwhile, don’t offer much certainty about the pace of construction next year. Among all the experts’ forecasts for 2024, there is no number more tightly watched than mortgage rates, as those rates will undoubtedly impact sales, prices and construction as well. million to 5.07

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is increasing the “floor” and “ceiling” FHA loan limits in 2024 to $498,257 and $1,149,825, respectively, the FHA announced Tuesday. Virgin Islands account for higher construction costs. The ceiling rate for these areas is $1,724,725 for a one-unit property in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Two complex factors are set to transform the rental market in 2024, creating new challenges and opportunities for property managers. The second is a more competitive rental market, driven by record-high construction of multifamily rental properties. At the same time, the data suggests several benefits for early adopters.

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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. The future production of housing units at risk I am bringing this up because economic recessions tend to see residential construction workers lose their jobs first.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Plus, seeking the most efficient tools to service this segment and help create income while the for-sale market remains challenged and provides less opportunities. While the single-family home market remains rather stagnant, the U.S. rental segment has been quite fluid.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The year 2024 has started with cautious optimism that mortgage rates will drop, sparking much-needed activity in the sluggish U.S. housing market. And according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average rate inched closer to 7% this week. trillion in 2024, down slightly from $1.98

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

To keep pace with current construction demand, and account for attrition, 740,000 new construction workers are needed each year for the next three years , a report by the Home Builders Institute contends. From 2022 through 2024, this total represents a need for an additional 2.2 million new hires for construction.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). “The bond market is forcing the Fed to pivot.”

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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. In Birmingham, ERA King Real Estate agent Anna-Maria Ellison said that even without lower mortgage rates, she is seeing buyers return to the market. “It New construction is backed up,” she said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a notoriously expensive housing market and maintains an estimated population of more than 260,000 people, according to data from the 2020 U.S. Like many localities across the country, Marin County leaders describe a housing crisis in their area that they hope to alleviate through the construction of more ADUs.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

I heard the best description of the market this week. I mean, how can you go wrong when relating the housing market to nachos? UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/19/24 WCR Gold Country (details here) 3/21/24 2024 […] The post The housing market is like nachos first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Eyes on Housing

MAY 10, 2024

High interest rates and construction costs are the most serious impediments for new multifamily development according to the Q1 2024 NAHB Multifamily Market Survey (MMS).

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Inman

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Building costs will rise between 3 percent and 6 percent throughout 2024, depending on the market, according to data released Tuesday by cost management firm Currie and Brown.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Although market asking rents have slowed and are even declining in some markets according to data like the Realtor.com March Rental Report, it takes some time for this to be reflected in overall shelter cost trends,” Realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale, said in a statement. The shelter component of the CPI came in at 5.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Census Bureau released their construction report for February, showing a positive trend in housing construction data with a lovely print in housing permits at 1,859,000 and housing starts at 1,769,000. So far, housing construction has done well during 2020-2022 considering the economic drama. Today, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fannie Mae maintains its baseline call for a recession to occur – forecasting it to begin in the first half of 2024. In its July ESR note , Fannie Mae projected a modest recession beginning in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. on a Q4/Q4 basis and revised its 2024 GDP growth prediction to a 0.2% decline from 0.1% down from 4.88

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Housing demand has shifted more toward the new home market, Fannie Mae ’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group noted in its May economic outlook. “As such, housing demand has shifted further toward the new home market, bolstering builder optimism and the ESR Group’s single-family starts forecast,” the group said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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. High interest rates, rising inflation , growing labor costs and worker shortages weighed the most on homebuilders in 2023, and they’re poised to remain top of mind 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. In Q1 2024, eight of 176 markets studied revealed that typical families were severely cost-burdened, spending more than 50% of their income on a median-priced existing home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

As homebuyers continue to grapple with a lack of existing homes for sale, the market for new homes continues to see strong demand, and some areas of the country — including Sun Belt states — are producing new homes at a relatively rapid rate. was $335,170, compared to $414,990 for new construction homes.” SmartAsset noted that U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

The government sponsored enterprise is projecting that rates will drop below 6% by the end of 2024, which in turn will boost refi volumes and help thaw the existing home sales market. Following years of volatility in mortgage rates, the housing market will begin its gradual return to a more normal balance in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Although what lies ahead in the world of real estate and mortgage services in 2024 remains a bit uncertain, it’s now crystal clear that, beyond the already-tired suggestion that we “survive until ’25,” quite a few businesses will be seeking to find additional sources of revenue.

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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. We have a fair amount of new-construction homes for sale, and thank goodness we do,” Nicole Dege, a Redfin Premier agent in Orlando, said in the report.

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Eyes on Housing

JANUARY 24, 2024

According to the January 2024 survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, high interest rates were a significant issue for 90% of builders in 2023, and 77% expect them to be a problem in 2024. Read More ›

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Looking even further ahead, we expect the economy to regain its expansionary footing in 2024 and resume positive annual growth of 2.2 In 2024, we expect home sales to rebound 14.7 It also matters how long they stay at that terminal rate. percent to 5.24

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

During the previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019, the housing market was subject to the constant refrain of build more homes. make corrections to the misguided lending standards) to have a stable, growing housing market once again — and this took time. million until 2020-2024. We ended 2020 with just 1,380,000 starts.

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Eyes on Housing

APRIL 11, 2024

The NAHB/Westlake Royal Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the first quarter of 2024 posted a reading of 66, down one point compared to the previous quarter. Demand for remodeling remains solid and an RMI of 66 is consistent with NAHB’s forecast for remodeling spending in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

It’s the end of May and unsold inventory on the market is increasing across the U.S. Every state in the country has more homes on the market now than a year ago and, in many places, new construction is being completed and added to inventory, so it’s not just resale inventory that’s growing. Let’s look at the details of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2024

Mortgage rates and the bond market have fallen a bit recently and the spreads between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rate have improved over last year’s levels. To see mortgage rates drop and stay lower, the bond market needs to know the labor market is getting softer. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Heading into 2024, there are continuing and emerging financing options, grant programs and legislation all designed to help homeowners and builders create much-needed infill housing. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac already have some guidelines for ADU financing, but they have yet to have a major impact on the overall supply in the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

housing market this year? If we stick to the facts, however, we can glean a few important take-homes as to what risks the housing market faces for 2021 and beyond. Following these years of doldrums, in the years 2020 to 2024 we have the best housing demographic patch ever recorded in history. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Despite recent data indicating a poor affordable housing situation in Texas , the city of Houston must return $45 million in unused affordable housing funds to the state after failing to use them for construction of new homes. Instead, the city failed to begin construction on the homes in a timely manner.

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