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DataDigest: Construction costs easing for homebuilders

Housing Wire

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. High mortgage rates and home prices quelled the surge in buyer demand, and time seems to have moderated the supply chain shocks.

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Opinion: Proptech’s big miss

Housing Wire

As a marketer by profession, I tend to put these companies into categories to create a narrative and to develop brand specificity. There are hundreds of companies that help with various parts of the transaction and process “supply chain,” from search and valuation to closing, from appraisal to title, from targeting to closing.

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June Newsletter-Easing Off the Pedal

DW Slater Company

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. Economic changes, policy changes, supply chain issues, social changes, and buying power can all impact real estate. Month’s Supply of Inventory. Supply is slightly up from last month. It was great!

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates? The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 This additional inventory is sorely needed. What if it doesn’t?).

Marketing 458
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Fewer housing permits equate to further inventory, affordability challenges

Housing Wire

This has the potential to add even more economic pressure for prospective buyers looking for homes in these parts of the country, the analysis stated. Fewer homes under construction and falling permits mean dwindling options for future buyers, adding more pressure to a market already strained by tight supply,” Point2 said.

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Despite queue of buyers, homebuilder sentiment drops again

Housing Wire

The NAHB/HMI report is based on a monthly survey of NAHB members, in which respondents are asked to rate market conditions for the sale of new homes at the present time and in the next six months as well as the traffic of prospective buyers of new homes. The component tracking traffic of prospective buyers, however, rose two points to 67.

Buyers 393
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The Forecast for the Atlanta Real Estate Market in 2024

Hank Miller Team

How can variables like local and national economic conditions, consumer debt, consumer confidence, the Fed, global supply chains, wars and conflict and a hundred other wild cards be corralled? Buyers have largely adjusted to the rates and the expectation is that the Fed will begin cutting by mid year. They cannot.