Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Homes typically go under contract a month or two before the closing, which means the October data largely reflects purchase decisions made in August and September. Multiple offers, however, are still occurring, especially on starter and mid-priced homes, even as price concessions are happening in the upper end of the market.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

in September despite significant affordability hurdles weighing on the market, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Despite the slight gain, pending contracts remain at historically low levels due to the highest mortgage rates in 20 years,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Although more agents are fielding questions about the commission lawsuits than they were a quarter ago , they also remain optimistic about where the housing market is headed in the second quarter of 2024, according to the RealTrends Q2 2024 AgentPulse survey.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. NAR expects the economy to continue adding jobs throughout 2023 and 2024, and the 30-year fixed rate mortgage to steadily drop to an average of 6.1% in 2024 Despite these conditions, Yun still expects annual existing home sales to drop 11.1% annual jump in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Mortgage Insurers — sent a letter on Monday to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to express concerns about the FHFA’s intent to publish the VantageScore 4.0 historical dataset. The VantageScore dataset that is scheduled to be made available includes information going back to 2013, which is not far enough, the groups assert.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

On Wednesday evening, during the firm’s Q1 2024 earnings call with investor and analysts, CEO Rich Barton took a contrary view: Zillow is just beginning to unlock its revenue generating potential. “In In a hostile housing market and a noisy industry environment, why is Zillow outperforming?” he posited.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. Meanwhile, new home sales , which are also a measure of contract signings, reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000 in January, up 1.5% from December’s annualized rate. Overall active inventory improved 7.9%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pennymac Financial Services is the latest mortgage company to issue debt in a challenging housing market. Analysts see mortgage companies issuing debt as a sign that market conditions may improve in 2024. The offer is subject to market conditions and other factors. times, lower than its target of 3.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. I was already using buyer broker contracts, but now use them 100% of the time.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. annually in February 2024. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index increased to 75.6 in February, up from 74.3 in January. On a year-over-year basis, pending sales were down 7%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. The recovery has not taken place, but the housing recession is over,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. The presence of multiple offers implies that housing demand is not being satisfied due to lack of supply. in 2024, according to NAR’s forecast.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. Even though the rates are higher now, I think it’s a great market for a first-time homebuyer,” Saghafi said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. SmartZip’s analytics are based on over 250 data points related to the properties and homeowners in your target market. Then, it deploys marketing campaigns on your behalf.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. The lack of housing inventory is a major constraint to rising sales,” Lawrence Yun , NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. in 2024, and housing starts will fall 7.3% annual in 2024 to 1.54 to $390,000 in 2024. year over year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and December is well under way, we can start looking ahead to the 2024 housing market. It’s looking like we’ll end 2023 with higher housing inventory than this time last year. It’s looking like we’ll end 2023 with higher housing inventory than this time last year. Inventory is 1.2%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It’s impossible to be an agent if you can’t see which homes are for sale, or unlock the door to those homes, or even write an offer.” “In fact, I’m not even sure that Redfin does not renew its Realtor membership for 2024, because they kind of have to.” “In about half the U.S., We see some retirements.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Opendoor continued to feel the market’s headwinds in the second quarter of 2023, which led to fewer homes sold and lower revenues in the period. housing market,” Wheeler said. Opendoor ended the quarter with 1,390 homes under contract for purchase, up 22% versus Q1 2023. in Q2 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. percent to 5.24

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . With the home-price growth we had in 2020 and 2021, my five-year price-growth model that I set for 2020-2024 of 23% was already smashed in just two years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

real estate market is in and it may surprise you, but pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are pointing for growth now. We have more homes going into contract each week now than we did a year ago — supply and demand are climbing together. There are now 258,000 single family homes in contract.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

regions, only the West registered an increase in month-over-month contract activity. Unlike the surge in make-up demand we saw at the end of 2020, this recent outperforming data should moderate just due to traditional demand limits with the housing market at record low inventory levels. Of the four major U.S. This is critical.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house. Binney said.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs GSE Effective date is August 29, 2024 HUD Effective date is September 2, 2024 Editor’s note: This long section includes, In order: McKissock/Dave Bradley post with a good summary including links to HUD and GSE documents. It was and is controversial. Try this this bigger oar.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

held up in 2023, sales volume in the housing market cratered. The industry is in a deep housing recession this year. If we get lucky with mortgage rates, though, we might just be at the bottom of the housing market recession right now. To get the weekly picture of the housing market, watch the video above.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Watch the weekly housing market recap video above to get the latest housing market data download from Altos Research. Here are some key housing market data takeaways: Inventory peaks for the year There are 567,000 single-family homes on the market, which is unchanged from last week.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. Inventory (finally) peaks for the year Housing inventory was down by 0.7% Inventory hit 566,000 homes on the market, meaning there are 0.5% A few more sellers appear to be braving the market each week. Short on time? from last week.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s not a black and white answer: There’s not one black-and-white answer that applies to every house, price range, location, or market. I’m always looking for something new = Shifting Tides in the Housing Market: A February 2024 Perspective By Kevin Hecht Excerpts: As we navigate through the early months of 2024, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

It’s still April, so there could be as many as eight more weeks of seller growth in the spring housing market. In addition to a higher number of new listings, there were also more new contracts started this week than in any week in 2023. housing market at the end of April 2024. of the market.

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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. The second development in the case is that on March 22, 2024, the attorneys for Drs. a state-of-the-art home gym, salon, yoga room. No pickleball court. District Court, Maryland.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

And just like our agents have had to adapt with the market, I have had to adapt to this shift, and we are now focusing on profit.” ​​Reffkin has set the ambitious goal for Compass, the largest brokerage in America by sales volume , to be cash flow–positive by the end of June, even amid the biggest housing market slowdown in years.

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

2023 Real Estate Forecast: Market to Regain Normalcy. Source: 2023 Real Estate Forecast: Market to Regain Normalcy (nar.realtor). But even though mortgage rates and home prices are expected to moderate, home sales may still sag under persistent inventory shortages, housing economists predict. by the end of next year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Meanwhile, trade groups representing lenders believe that more details on the settlement are needed to understand its coming impact on the housing market. NAR said that the changes , if approved by the court, will go into effect in mid-July 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The defining characteristic of the 2023 housing market has been dramatically fewer home sellers than any recent year. In this week’s Altos Research video, I look at how home sellers and sales are up, but that doesn’t mean prices will climb in 2024. Housing inventory climbed late in the year as mortgage rates rose.

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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

JANUARY 8, 2024

Based on the trends we can see after the start of the year, I’ll project 2024 will see about 15% home sales growth over 2023. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. But, 2024 is starting stronger than last year. Could the housing market change and slow again in 2024? That’s certainly possible.

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