Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale. This is why the Altos Research numbers we cite are always smaller than the NAR numbers, which accounts for all home types and those in contract.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Looking at the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo homebuilder confidence data and builder stock prices, I can say the homebuilders got very lucky this time around in the middle of a housing recession. They have less competition as they are working from low sales levels in today’s housing market. months of supply.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. housing market now. That’s frankly surprising given how cold the housing market froze last fall. There are no signs of any surge in listings, and as a result we’ve seen a floor on home prices.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Despite the decline, many industry observers see big potential for the housing market in the year ahead. It’s no secret that low mortgage rates and societal shifts brought on by COVID-19 have collided to form a red-hot housing market. Making housing more affordable by bridging the affordable supply gap.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While many thought it’d spell bad news, the total meltdown hasn’t happened. The 5 most notable changes to the Texas Housing Market To really understand how these rising rates have changed things, we need to look at the big shifts in the housing market. At least, not yet.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2023

After nearly a year, the housing sector’s contraction is coming to an end,” notes Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors® chief economist, speaking about the U.S. Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.” 

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 10, 2023

This marks the introduction of a new feature. Each month, this blog will publish a fresh assessment of the King County area housing market. A patch of foul weather and persistent economic challenges chilled an already cold housing market. The bar is so low on listings and sales data that one might trip over it.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. housing market is experiencing a price “correction,” defined as a 10% price drop from its most recent peak. OCTOBER HOUSING UPDATE. List: $2.9M ($853/sq. 1 were both up about 10% month-to-month.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Inflection points are important in finding those signals and since last month’s assessment of the market, we are beginning to see what appear to be important – possibly significant – upward inflection points in housing market data. Another positive sign: The number of new listings surged from the previous month.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades. Builders are trying to catch up and, according to federal officials , there are more housing units under construction today than at any time in the last 50 years. shy of the need. But for how long?

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. And many of the new projects are larger than in years past. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. Not “ Will the housing market crash?”

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 11, 2023

A patch of foul weather and persistent economic challenges chilled an already cold housing market. The Northwest MLS monthly housing report described it best: “December ends with a ‘whimper’”. Homes going under contract (Pending sales) dropped 25% from the previous month and 30% year-on-year (YoY) – staggering drop-offs.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% The new home market was 31% of the total U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

The season has been shaped by slumping new listings, a slowly climbing number of homes sitting on the market from previous months, fewer closed sales compared to last year and prices moving plus/minus five percentage points year-on-year (YoY). monthly decline in available Seattle listings (793). on the Eastside.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

It’s a positive shift that could soon reshape the landscape of the housing market, offering hope and opportunities for those eager to embark on a new homeownership journey. 1, that requires buyers wishing to work with a licensed real estate broker to sign a services contract. But by how much?

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Seattle/King County housing market appears to have come through the worst of times with a slightly stronger showing in January than in previous months. We know buyers are eager to purchase properties, as 39% more homes went under contract in January (1719 units) compared with the previous – admittedly quiet – month.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

Our urban area accounts for about half of the city’s economic activity, and the Seattle Chamber noted that rising office vacancies coupled with less construction could lead to $2B in decreased revenue. We certainly see that in all forms of residential real estate – from new construction to finding items for the home.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

The $180B kitchen and bath market is leading the home-improvement charge and, despite economic headwinds for many households, industry experts see no end in this modernization movement. month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 Kitchen and bath professionals are reporting 3.9-month

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Forced life events like death, divorce, job loss or transfer were the driving factors bringing resale homes to market. This is probably one of the factors that kept our housing market from spiraling completely off the rails. 2023 Texas Housing Data Austin The Median price for a home in the Austin MSA decreased 10.2%

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 11, 2023

The Seattle/King County housing market inched forward – and a little sideways – as the number of new and unsold listings continued to expand in June while fresh signs of a slowdown approached. The county saw the combined number of single-family, townhome and condo listings increase in June by 4.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s the bacon and eggs of the housing market – two staples that are often linked to one another. The pandemic housing market was super-charged by historically low interest rates and buyers seeking more spacious properties amid global health fears. In March, 33% of homes listed for sale in the U.S. in Seattle.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Some might argue the cold is emanating from the near-frigid Q4 real estate market, knocking the bloom straight off the housing-market rose in our region. The county saw a 33% drop in new listings and a 15% decline in active homes for sale since October. A little more than a third of inventory is under contract.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. The number of homeowners deciding to sell continues to lag, but inventory and time on market continue to [mostly] climb, reflecting still-hesitant buyers.”

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. County economists forecast a 2024 decline in new construction, slipping to $9.9B

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Suburban residents can be almost assured of the peaceful enjoyment of their home without worrying about a neighbor constructing a rollercoaster or baseball stadium next door. >> A full 19,396 apartment units are under construction in Seattle metro, according to a Q2 report from Berkadia, a U.S. . = Zoning laws in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

just as Google opens another office building in Kirkland and Microsoft expands its 120-structure Redmond campus with plans for 17 new office buildings. All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A DID SOMEBODY SAY, ‘HOUSING BUBBLE?’. Are we in a housing bubble? housing market is unrealistic.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Here’s how topsy-turvy our housing market has been this past year-plus. Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. The market may go into a brief lull – as it does during this quarter and into early next year. OCTOBER HOUSING UPDATE.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is true is that every time we lean in and face the headwinds of economic weakness the housing market is a welcome refuge.As cities to determine the fastest-rising housing markets and two in our area ranked in the Top 25. Inventories are on the rise, so much so that one area is now considered a buyer’s market.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 market during the pandemic – and there is great anticipation for strong demand. Some in the industry are pointing to these costs for a near 10% decline in housing production this spring (to about 1.6

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Warns Danielle Hale, chief economist with realtor.com: “While younger Millennial and Gen Z buyers are expected to play a growing role in the housing market, fast-rising prices will create a bigger barrier to entry for the many first-time buyers in these generations who don’t have existing home equity to tap for down payment savings.”.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

The National Association of Realtors® recently announced a new partnership with the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, a nonprofit that promotes homeownership and advocates for greater equality in housing. JULY HOUSING UPDATE. It is truly the epitome of a sellers’ market and experts I hear from are saying, basically, get used to it.

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