Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Bright MLS released its National Housing Market Outlook on Wednesday, which shows that affordability will remain the biggest challenge for homebuyers next year. Homebuyer traffic will increase in 2024, fueled by lower mortgage rates and more existing-home inventory. Existing-home sales will end 2024 at 4.6 to $394,200.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024? It’s not what I wanted to see in 2024, but I have to be realistic since we are already in February. Weekly housing inventory data One substantial positive story for 2024 is that we have more housing inventory year over year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2024

I believe we should get more sellers in 2024 than in 2023, but that doesn’t necessarily mean home prices will fall. This is why following the housing market tracker tied to the 10-year yield, mortgage rates, and purchase application data will be as critical as last year to tell you what’s going on in the housing market.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Insurance has been a glaring mess in California, and it’s really starting to affect the housing market. The goal is to give some perspective and advice to sellers […] The post The insurance crisis is affecting the housing market first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“We are excited about how we are set up for 2024 and beyond,” CEO Carrie Wheeler told investors and analysts listening to the firm’s Q4 2023 earnings call on Thursday evening. Last year, we reduced our marketing spend by over 60% versus the prior year, as elevated spreads made our marketing spend less efficient,” Wheeler said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2024

It’s spring 2024 and we have a Federal Reserve meeting this week. For 2024, the 10-year yield running between 3.80%-4.25% looks perfectly normal to me as long as the economic data is firm and the Fed hasn’t pivoted. This means we will show more than normal inventory growth until we get past tax day 2024. Could this happen again?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“In a potentially improving housing market, we are excited to build on our competitive advantages, accelerate our strategic agenda, and deliver even greater value to Anywhere affiliated agents, franchisees, and shareholders in the year ahead.”

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The housing market has 80s vibes. The 90s are back for clothing, but it’s the early 1980s when it comes to housing narratives. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on […] The post The housing market has 80s vibes first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Pulling comps in 2024 is tough. I also have some market recap visuals to unpack what’s been happening in 2024 so far. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 2/19/24 Matt the Mortgage Guy YouTube […] The post The challenge of pulling comps in 2024 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Think about it this way.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

A fresh set of quarterly economic projections from Fed officials showed that borrowing costs are expected to end the year at 4.6%, suggesting that the central bank still plans to make three cuts of 25 basis points (bps) each in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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. Mortgage rates The experts unanimously foresee lower mortgage rates in 2024, although none expect rates to fall below 6%. million to 5.07

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

After a 2023 of real estate brokers saying they feel “neutral” or “pessimistic” about the housing market, some 48% of those surveyed for the Q1 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey are optimistic that the next three months will be positive.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Total inventory data is deficient, and this was my biggest fear in the years 2020-2024, and it happened. Inventory has been slowly falling since 2014, so if demand picks up in 2020-2024, it can collapse to shallow levels. Housing is the cost of shelter to own the debt; it’s not an investment.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Real Estate Standards Organization is welcoming many new and returning board of director members in 2024. Additionally, Jensen and Wurzer will continue in their executive committee roles in 2024, serving as board chair and vice-chair, respectively.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Even though Jerome Powell announced three rate cuts in 2024, Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group continues to forecast a modest downturn in 2024. As a result, home sales will begin a “slow but meaningful recovery” in 2024, according to the December 2023 commentary from the Fannie Mae ESR Group. million to 5.07

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, and it’s hurt first-time homebuyers the most. Inventory remains one of the driving forces in this difficult housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 11, 2024

But unlike housing markets of the past, this market isn’t being driven by low mortgage rates or low home prices – the current trickle of sales is coming mainly from people who are facing life events that require them to sell their homes and move. Currently, First American is forecasting March existing-home sales will rise 1.7%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The baseline conforming loan limit for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2024 will be $766,550, up 5.5% compared to the current limit of $726,200 , the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced Tuesday. Conforming loan limits are increasing at a slower pace, mirroring home prices, overall.

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Miller Samuel

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I joined the folks at 27East again for a discussion on the housing market outlook for 2024 in the Hamptons. 27east.com · Real Estate Analyst Gives 2024 Hamptons Outlook The post [27 Speaks Podcast] Jonathan Miller Provides A 2024 Hamptons Outlook first appeared on Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

For the housing market, the COVID crisis started in earnest the week of March 23, as that is the last week we saw positive year-over-year data in 2020 before COVID-19 really took us for a ride. housing market has been that home prices could escalate to an unhealthy level in the years 2020-2024. year over year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their downward trajectory at the start of 2024, incentivizing homebuyers to apply for loans. Meanwhile, an easing of the inventory shortage foreshadows the possible return of a stable housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales for April’s housing market came in at 5,8500,000. housing market for 2020 to 2024 is that home prices could escalate to an unhealthy level. The post Existing home sales data: A bad sign for housing market? Already a member?

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. The real story in housing has been the price boom that we have seen since 2020.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire’s Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami answered questions on what to make of the latest housing data, his forecast for the rest of this year, and whether or not the housing market is returning to normal. This was my big fear. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Anywhere Real Estate felt the brunt of the challenging housing market again in the first quarter of 2024 as the company reported a loss of $101 million during the three-month period. billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, which was flat on a year-over-year basis. It generated $1.1

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. I developed a specific home-price growth model for the years 2020-2024 which said that if home-price growth grew at 23% for five years we would be fine, with total housing demand —both new and existing homes together — getting to 6.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The housing market continues to be hot in most of the country, but there are signs that the party may be coming to an end. My home price model for the years 2020-2024, which is a big part of all my economic work, was that as long as we got only 23% peak growth in these five years, we will be fine. Become a member today.

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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. We first had to whittle down the excess inventory and get our financial house in order (i.e., million until 2020-2024. We still have not seen housing starts begin the year at the level.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Since the summer of 2020, I have believed the housing market could change in terms of cooling down, but it would require the 10-year yield to break over 1.94%. Also, I believed the risk to the housing market was if home prices grew more than 23% over the five years of 2020-2024. to a high of 7.37% — purely savage.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Based on annual changes to an index of national home prices, conforming loan limits for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on one-unit properties will be $766,550 in 2024. How higher loan limits might move the housing market needle Economists at Fannie Mae project home prices to increase by 2.8%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Total housing inventory has collapsed to all-time lows since 2020 and because this happened during the years 2020-2024, it created forced bidding and drove prices well above my 23% five-year home-price growth model in just two years. Regarding the monthly supply for housing, we want this to get above four months as soon as possible.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The housing market is hot. You may be told that future moderation indicates “cracks in the housing market, but don’t buy into it. You may be told that future moderation indicates “cracks in the housing market, but don’t buy into it. year over year. A normal trend will eventually materialize. Don’t listen.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

What’s going to happen to the housing market with a presidential election year coming? I’ve heard stuff like, “Rates usually go down during a presidential year,” or “The market is likely going to be stronger because one party is trying to stay in power.” There are so many ideas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. It’s a bifurcated market in that sense.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on Zoom here) 02/01/24 Gateway Event (private) 2/09/24 PCAR WCR Event […] The post The spring housing market is waking up & random stats first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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