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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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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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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

We’re just trapped in this equilibrium of low inventory, house prices not coming down, high mortgage rates and current owners who have a strong incentive to just sort of stay where they are and wait this out.” Inventory was little changed from July to August. months’ inventory, down from 1.5 Condo inventory stayed at 1.8

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

This year’s buying and selling campaign will be marked by increasing inventory (good!), The costs of buying the same home this year compared to just one year ago have risen by 40% from a combined impact of higher home prices and soaring mortgage rates, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).