Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The residential construction industry is facing a crisis as builders manage the critical shortage of building materials and labor. Builders are having to delay project start times, resulting in cost blowouts and developments not being completed. Many people are referring to this time as a ‘profitless boom’ for the building industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors. Anchor Loans was acquired by investment firm Pretium in November 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

With low housing inventory and rapid home-price growth, homeownership can seem less and less attainable for several groups of potential homebuyers. HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Homebuilders are still benefiting from very low inventory of existing homes for sale, which has driven more buyers to consider new construction,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said. In August, the sales pace of new homes fell 8.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2024

However, this year, even though the spreads are still historically bad, they’ve improved over last year, which is a plus for the housing market. This can be partly due to a higher percentage of cash buyers in the sales mix that purchase applicatoins won’t account for. Right now, the difference between them is 2.60%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. The uptick in the sales pace resulted in just 439,000 new homes remaining on the market at the end of the month, representing 7.9 Looking ahead, experts are optimistic about the spring selling season for new construction.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Real estate markets also speak to resilient conditions, as buyers have accepted mortgage rates in the new normal of 6% – 7% range and kept a steady pace of sales over the past few months. The number of homes for sale has been growing, and properties are sitting longer on the market, giving buyers more options and time to decide.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

For the seventh consecutive month, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report rose month-over-month , gaining one-point to a reading of 56, according to a report released Tuesday. More housing supply is good news for future shelter inflation readings in the market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

But buyers and sellers aren’t just looking to startups and tech companies to create these experiences; they’re also expecting more innovative services and products from industry incumbents as well, including homebuilders. Smart home features also pique the interest of two-thirds of new build buyers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday announced a new series of affordable housing grants totaling $13.5 million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers. million in “sweat equity grants” will go to support four nonprofit housing providers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. Despite increased rate of tech adoption, the mortgage industry still has room for continued development and processes. Labor Department.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2022

The housing market has experienced a turbulent few years, so what can industry experts expect in the future? Construction Sites Will Stay on Schedule. construction sites. About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Another issue is home sellers’ bias against buyers using FHA loans, where offers from non-FHA borrowers are often selected even though lower in price. Another development in the focus on first-time homebuyers is CFPB’s recent announcement that it was going after junk fees and other non-competitive practices in the mortgage loan process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Additionally, apartment construction is strong , which puts an additional pressure on landlords to avoid vacancy. On the housing market, he noted that activity “picked up somewhat” although it remains well below the levels of a year ago, largely reflecting higher mortgage rates. a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2023

housing market is not a monolith, so today we’re going to look at some markets where affordability is within the normal renter’s reach. In a study published this week, First American economist Ksenia Potapov analyzed the share of homes that are affordable to the median renter in any given market. But the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some economists say that this development contributed to drive up the 10-year treasury yield to its highest level since November 2022. According to HousingWire’s analyst Logan Mohtashami , the stronger labor data had a bigger impact on mortgage rates and the bond market than the sale of long-term securities or the default rating.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

. “Lack of inventory continues to be the overwhelming factor holding back home sales, but falling affordability is simply squeezing some first-time buyers out of the market,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. The market’s outlook, however, is encouraging. Total housing inventory at the end of May grew to 1.23

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In order to account for uncertain prices and availability of materials, homebuilders are holding off on making homes available until they are further along in the construction process. ” Technology for navigating secondary market challenges. .

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. The subsequent lack of inventory, coupled with the high demand, has caused buyers to compete for properties, offering incentives and prices way above the asking price.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or LIRA, a measure developed by Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University , seems to support Mohan’s assessment, showing that year over year “expenditures for home improvements and maintenance will post a modest decline of 2.8%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

housing market — it now applies to the world economy. As I noted during my recent podcast on HousingWire, things are getting sloppy in the markets, and when chaos happens, you can’t ever be sure how bad the damage is going to be. Savagely unhealthy is no longer just a term for the U.S. He wants to see balance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Both buyers and sellers are coming back to the market,” Fischer said. From a seller’s standpoint it may make a bit more sense to sell now, so we are creating some more inventory and buyer are taking advantage of lower rates and more stable home prices.” Like elsewhere in the country, Indiana has struggled with housing inventory.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

What’s the difference between a newly constructed home and a hundred-year-old home? When developing an opinion of the market value of a property, what appraisers are really measuring is how much depreciation a property has suffered from, and more specifically how much depreciation the improvements on the land have depreciated.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Clearly, we love that the housing market supports so many professionals and households.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

The economic doldrums slowing growth in the overall housing market, including rental rates more recently, if not reversed, will continue to negatively affect both new loan originations in the year ahead and the profit margins for single-family rental investors. Empty sails in single-family.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. You can see that’s a really big impact for that first-time buyer, giving them the ability to kind of ease into that payment.”

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D Fritz Appraisals

JUNE 28, 2022

What do Experts Think the Victoria, BC Housing Market Will Look Like by 2027? The state of Victoria’s housing market is never far from anyone’s mind, especially for first-time home buyers, those moving to a new area or for people looking to sell. Pace of Real Estate Market Steady into Spring.

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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. Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends and data across the country. I absolutely love the Columbia Basin and the reason is that we are a unique market. Since relocating to the area in 2017, Covington said the local market has gone from a $500 million market to a $1.3

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DW Slater Company

JUNE 16, 2022

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. First time home buyers are having to compete with larger institutional investors that have more buyer power. Here is a look at the home price index in the Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington market. It was great!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Cutting prices is one of several mechanisms homebuilders have employed to keep buyers interested since rates began skyrocketing. Homebuilders are also pacing the number of homes they bring to market. The figure – up 17.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

We have so much new construction happening. You have a lot of apartment complexes and multifamily units, but there is not as much single-family construction happening, and if it is, it tends to be pretty far outside the city, or it is a custom home that is $2 million on up.” 6 state for inbound moves, with 60.1% being outbound.

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McKissock

AUGUST 14, 2022

The housing market has cooled since the intensity of the post-pandemic real estate rush, but the seller’s market we experienced has left us with plenty of discussion about what the nation’s housing inventory looks like. Housing Inventory So Low? Need for New Construction. Construction Workforce Concerns.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates? When this article was published, the unemployment rate is at 4.2%, inflation is above 6%, and both stock market and housing market values are elevated. The encouraging news?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Many are eyeing scenic East Tennessee, where Knoxville and its surrounding suburbs have formed one the country’s hottest housing markets. Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. The market is going to go into correction,” he said. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

David Meyer is thankful that his business is still plugging along during the wildest housing market in decades. With mortgage rates hovering around 7% and home prices still at record highs, buyers across America are calling off the house hunt and finding multifamily apartments. . It could be a while.

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