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Opinion: The baby boom wave is cresting

Housing Wire

Peak 65 serves as an historic demographic milestone of the new paradigm shift that is changing every aspect of the housing market , finance, retirement planning process and the fragile supply/demand balance of housing inventory for real estate at large. This sets the stage for the coming Transformational Decade of the 2030s.

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Rise in Black homeownership over past decade negligible, data shows

Inman

The National Association of Realtors said increasing the nation's inventory is one solution to address homeownership gap. The trade group is eying 3 million net new Black homeowners by 2030.

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Hispanic households to grow the most over next 20 years

Housing Wire

million in growth from 2020 through 2030 and 7.6 million in growth from 2030 to 2040. In today’s low-inventory environment, complicated by external factors such as forbearance and foreclosure moratoriums, it’s crucial for real estate agents and brokers to be proactive in order to grow their business.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Josh Mettle

Housing Wire

Josh Mettle: (1) Housing will continue to appreciate (albeit at a slower pace) until the supply of housing reaches balanced inventory levels. HousingWire: What are 2-3 trends that you’re closely following? It appears homebuilders will need a minimum of 3-5 years before they catch up. (2)

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‘Mortgage winter’ is expected to thaw a bit

Housing Wire

Last year, fast-rising rates and related volatility, coupled with liquidity challenges in the bank and nonbank sectors, high home prices and a shortage of housing inventory all worked together to suppress mortgage originations and the secondary market outlets for those loans as well. trillion, down considerably from the $4.4

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The Retirement Trifecta

Housing Wire

The massive age wave is cresting over the next three years, and by 2030 all boomers will have turned 65. The expensive and limited housing inventory today has created a scarcity mentality, that has Realtors struggling to provide appropriate housing for an aging population.

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DataDigest: The homebuilders are busy. But they’re not busy enough

Housing Wire

In other words, the multifamily deliveries will likely relieve pressure in the form of rents and help with overall supply, but the inventory deliveries likely won’t do much for the sales market. (We’ll know more when the existing home sales report is released on Thursday and new home sales next week.) Homebuilders today have a big advantage.

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