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Opinion: The “profitless boom” in residential construction

Housing Wire

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. Be cautious when signing fixed-price contracts.

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New home sales continue to climb in 2023

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. January marked a surge of people signing contracts to buy new homes. 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 months in December.

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The state of the homebuilding market

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average. Homebuilding Contract Values.

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Trade groups express concern to FHFA over historic credit data

Housing Wire

We hope that by providing early, proactive, and constructive feedback to FHFA and the GSEs, there will be adequate time to augment the data made available in the planned 3Q 2024 data release as well as in any subsequent data release.” “FHFA was comfortable approving VantageScore 4.0

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Mortgage rates continue their fall, to 2.93%

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae ‘s economic and strategic group mirrored a similar outlook on inflation’s transitory effects on both mortgage rates and the housing market. “With inventory tight, the slowdown in demand has yet to impact prices, meaning the summer will likely remain a strong seller’s market.”.

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Why Appraisers Don’t Depreciate Land

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

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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A look at Knoxville’s hot housing market

Housing Wire

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. Generally, they go under contract in a day or two.”