Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Demand from the buyer side has remained steady or increased, however, and new home builders have responded to inventory shortages by increasing speculative inventory production, according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book, released Wednesday. Chicago – Residential construction activity has been down modestly in this District.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2023

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. New single-family home sales rose 23.8% million lost in Q1 2022.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Across the major markets in Texas, our December real estate market update shows clear data points that we are ending the year in one of the strongest seller’s markets we have seen in modern history. . What’s driving the strength of our Texas real estate market?

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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. It’s like a horse race.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. However, housing affordability worsened.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

Mortgage applications for new home purchases in June decreased 3% from May and 23.8% year over year, suggesting a slowdown in the housing market, according to a recent report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. “Last year was the strongest year in the housing market for new home sales in over a decade,” he said.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s been a wild ride for Texas real estate this year! Navigating Texas Real Estate with Rising Interest Rates We’re heading into Q4 of a tough year for the real estate market. While many thought it’d spell bad news, the total meltdown hasn’t happened. At least, not yet.

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Raleigh Realty

JULY 12, 2022

A healthy housing market indicates a healthy national economy. In fact, it’s estimated that owner-occupied real estate accounts for over a quarter of American households’ net worth. It’s no secret Raleigh is an up-and-coming city, but how’s the local real estate market doing?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Builders are taking advantage of the housing market inventory issues , which is why new home sales are growing yearly, even with higher mortgage rates. months , this is just an OK market for builders. They will build as long as new home sales are growing. months, the builders will pause construction.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Something notable about this report: Total active listings as the NAR tracks them almost broke under 1 million again. 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.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As we enter into 2024, we are stepping out of one of the most turbulent years for real estate in Texas in some time. In this article, we will recap what exactly happened to the real estate market in Texas last year and discuss some predictions for the rest of this year.

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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. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. a year ago.

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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. And inventory shortages are the culprit. But home prices have increased.

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Listing Spark

MARCH 9, 2023

With the Texas real estate market constantly changing and evolving, it can be difficult to stay informed on current trends or predict what will happen in 2023. But as potential buyers and sellers begin mapping out their plans for the future, understanding how the state’s real estate market is shifting is essential.

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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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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. The Fed is determined to cool inflation, and they’re willing to throw housing under the bus to do so,” Devyn Backman, senior researcher at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, told realtor.com.

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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. Estimated opening is 2026.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2023

The signs are generally pointing in the right direction for our local (and national) residential real estate scene, but it is taking more time than usual to turn a cruise-ship-sized sector around without leaving damage in its wake. It’s safe to say that we are witnessing a tale of two housing markets in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

fell to a four-month low in January as builders expressed concerns about higher house prices, COVID-related supply chain issues and construction costs. Builder confidence in single-family homes dropped to 83 in January from 86 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The first month of the year in residential real estate is typically one of resetting and preparing for the spring rush, which can start as early as February (despite the groundhog’s forecast of six more weeks of winter). The Seattle/King County housing year kicked off slowly with some promising signals.

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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

MARCH 10, 2023

MARCH HOUSING UPDATE The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. General uncertainty about the future of the economy and job security have helped to slow market mojo and wrench power away from buyers and sellers alike.

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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% While there were 5.8% There are 7.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

A year later, the same real estate consultancy estimates the number has expanded to 2.1M, a jump of 24%. America’s shortfall is most acute with the most vulnerable, as affordable housing inventory has been shrinking for decades. today – may hold the keys (literally and figuratively) to the housing conundrum.

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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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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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JULY 13, 2023

“Workers are in the driver’s seat now because they are in such short supply,” said Rossell, speaking to an international group of real estate professionals. Rossell also expects “significant” losses to occur for commercial real estate holders and that the issue of low office vacancies could drag on for decades.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Compounding the demand is a consumer public determined to stay put for several more years rather than dive into a real estate market clouded by higher interest rates. years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. for a homeownership rate of 48.6%.

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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. The final months of 2023 were among the quietest periods in recent memory for residential real estate amid a slow year overall. fewer (1842) than on Jan.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

While that may seem like a silly question to ask – especially from a residential real estate pro whose business relies on the purchase and sale of homes – it’s something I have been studying, with some eye-opening findings. Real estate pros – some of the most optimistic bunch in any industry – acknowledge this is a housing dilemma.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

December is typically the slowest time of year for local residential real estate sales, but the final few weeks capped what turned into the slowest year in a decade for the purchase and sale of homes across King County. A patch of foul weather and persistent economic challenges chilled an already cold housing market.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A report from Smart Growth America and real estate info services firm Places Platform named Seattle one of the top five walkable cities in the nation. Portland was right behind us, with New York City at No. cities for first-year homeownership costs, according to real estate site Point2Homes. topped the list.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 13, 2023

These are the two most frequently discussed items by both the people working in residential real estate and the customers and clients they serve. It’s the bacon and eggs of the housing market – two staples that are often linked to one another. In March, 33% of homes listed for sale in the U.S. in Seattle.

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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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