Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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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. buyer hovers around $2,866, an all-time high according to Redfin. In Newark, buyers need $160,000.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“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. At the current sales rate, this represents a supply of 7.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found. In some markets, more than 50% of active listings have experienced a price cut, according to Altos Research. the month prior.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. Mortgage rates followed suit, walloping buyers’ purchasing power. New data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. From NAR : The median existing home price for all housing types in March was $393,500, an increase of 4.8% All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Affordability has been a chief topic of concern in the housing industry for the past several years, and the lack of affordable options in the state of Colorado is pushing that state’s school districts into action. Rents also remain challenging according to data the Post cites from Zillow.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Acra Lending is doing what it can to help free up inventory. By working with borrowers in unusual circumstances, Acra is helping create opportunities for inventory to open up.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

“New home sales continue to be an outsized share of the housing market ,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. The market for new homes is booming because the number of existing homes coming on the market has slowed to a two-decade low. At the current sales pace this inventory represents 7.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

There’s no doubt we’re in a seller’s housing market. With inventory at record lows, demand surging and prices on the rise, buying — even just finding — a home in today’s market is quite the challenge. Are you hoping to buy a home in 2021’s hot housing market ? How much house can you afford to buy?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

However, high home prices and growing affordability challenges are the two factors weighing on prospective home buyers, said Sturtevant. She expects a market contraction this fall in the housing sector.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Cash buyers are pouring into the housing market this year, and they’re picking off more than half of available inventory in certain areas in Florida and New York. “I’ve never seen more cash in Boise’s housing market than I’ve seen in the past year,” Pendleton said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. It’s also what keeps Andrew Marquis, regional vice president at CrossCountry Mortgage and Scotsman Guide ’s seventh top LO, up at night, especially as he sees more buyers entering the market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

” Canada’s housing market reached record heights over the last year due to increased demand for bigger living spaces combined with other factors, Falcomer said — leaving Canadian homebuyers facing the tightest market on record. “This is crucial in Canada’s nuanced marketplace, which is moving at lightning speed.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Elevated housing prices, lack of inventory on the market and loans falling through were the three biggest challenges surveyed professionals face in Q4. Roughly 47.4%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And while real estate agents repping luxury homes aren’t seeing as many bidding wars as they did this summer , their respective housing markets are still crazy right now. Koch said that since this summer — typically the home-buying off-season — was busy for buyers, he thinks it will only get crazier. “We Presented by: NAMB.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

The cost of financing a median-priced U.S. Buyers searching for starter homes in today’s market are on a wild goose chase because in many parts of the country, there’s no such thing as a starter home anymore,” said Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari. “The Austin buyers must earn $92,000, down 3.3% The typical U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

house prices rallied again in the third quarter of 2023. year over year in Q3, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index. In fact, home prices rose 2.1% quarter over quarter and 5.5% Month over month, the FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index ticked up 0.6% in September.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“These areas have seen substantial price growth over the last year as buyers sought affordability near strong economic centers,” Realtor.com senior economic research analyst Hannah Jones said in a statement. “Relatively sustained demand in these markets has taxed available inventory and driven home prices and rents higher.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“The latest weakness in existing home sales still reflects the buyer bidding process in most of October when mortgage rates were at a two-decade high before the actual closings in November,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. “A Housing inventory fell 1.7% Housing inventory fell 1.7%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Listings jumped at both the state and city levels in 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

But they do agree on one thing: Higher interest rates will quell housing demand, which will allow inventory to rebound and, eventually, spur the return of reluctant buyers. If mortgage rates peak, Fratantoni said, “potential buyers who had been scared off by the rate spike, might find their way back to the housing market.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

This article is part of our 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. Today, the average is 2.7

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MAY 17, 2023

Catching the headwinds Brandon Lwowski , director of research at HouseCanary , a proptech firm that provides institutional investors, lenders and other clients with residential real estate analysis, said the 2021-2022 time frame was an “optimal market for flippers” because of strong home-price appreciation, tight home inventory and “huge demand.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Historically high rates harmed the housing market in October Annualized existing home sales remained below 4 million in October, the lowest rate since 2010. In today’s tough housing market, the rental market is cooling off, giving some relief to homebuyers. New home sales fell 5.6% above the previous year’s level.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Mortgage rates have been rising above 7% since August, which has diminished the pool of home buyers,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said. Some would-be home buyers are taking a pause and readjusting their expectations about the location and type of home to better fit their budgets.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“Given the erosion of housing affordability due to higher home prices and mortgage rates , the household income for those who successfully purchased homes jumped by nearly $20,000 and topped six figures for only the second time in our records,” Jessica Lautz, NAR deputy chief economist and vice president of research, said in a statement. “In

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Looking ahead, while Nolan believes that the housing market will rebound, he noted that the timing is “uncertain and largely dependent on lower mortgage rates.” “In In the scenario where more inventory comes into the market and rates come down, we are well positioned to capture upside to last year’s performance,” Nolan added.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

The purchase market is locked up with a lack of inventory thanks to elevated rates and homeowners already having secured low mortgage rates during the pandemic years. Slower housing market With mortgage rates remaining elevated, many sellers feel locked in by their current low mortgage rate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

In 2023, home purchases slowed across the board due to low levels of inventory, high mortgage rates and soaring home prices. Nationwide, 90,772 mortgages for second homes were originated in 2023, down 40% from a year earlier and down 65% from the height of the post-pandemic housing boom in 2021, according to a new report from Redfin.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory. Typically we have a natural set of new listings each year; inventory rises in the spring and summer and then falls in the fall and winter.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

It’s a unique housing market.” Despite much higher mortgage rates than those seen a year prior, sales prices have only decreased slightly, thanks in large part to the continued inventory pinch. At the end of March, NAR reported that the inventory of unsold existing homes was up to 980,000, an increase of 1.0%

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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. The NAHB attributes the continued rise in builder confidence to low existing home inventory.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2020

Low mortgage rates help to support real estate demand by making it possible for more buyers to qualify for loans. This is because cheaper financing lowers monthly mortgage bills, which are compared to income to qualify applicants. Low rates also support price growth because buyers typically qualify for bigger mortgages.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the fourth consecutive month , homebuilder confidence sank in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders /Wells Fargo Housing Market Index published last week. Builders reported covering closing costs, offering discounted or free features, helping buyers sell their existing home and providing other incentives.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The self-employed homebuyer found an $800,000 home in Texas, but with the conforming loan limit for 2023 being $726,200, the buyer needed a jumbo loan or a bank statement loan. How higher loan limits might move the housing market needle Economists at Fannie Mae project home prices to increase by 2.8% on an annual basis in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Despite elevated interest rates and tight inventory, the national Hispanic homeownership rate reached 49.5% While rising interest rates affected all homebuyers, this impact was more pronounced among Hispanic households, many of whom are first-time buyers with lower median incomes and who live in higher priced markets,” according to NAHREP.

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