Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

While some buyers still enjoy finding their new construction home the old-fashioned way —spending a Saturday driving through neighborhoods — the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that 97% of homebuyers, regardless of age, use the internet in their home search. Innovative building materials and home features matter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

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. Fortunately, it’s not all bad news. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average. Homebuilding Contract Values.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

The housing market has undergone a significant transformation over the past two years. While a booming market kept brokers busy in 2021, the 2022 housing market has been underscored by rising interest rates, inflation and geopolitical turbulence.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

It now faces a wave of mortgage maturities and payoffs on the thousands of affordable-housing complexes it has helped to finance over the years — with no new construction carried out under the program since 2012. The legislation would provide several tools to help stem the loss of Section 515 affordable-housing in rural America.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Senate and House of Representatives have introduced a new bill, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA), which could help spur the construction of two million affordable housing units over the next 10 years. The bill has been introduced in both chambers and seeks to expand the low-income housing tax credit.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

. “In the mortgage market, for instance, consumers who have been holding off may begin to be motivated by the announcement to consider making the home purchase they have been waiting on,” Michele Raneri, vice president and head of U.S. The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 99% chance the Fed would halt its hikes to the 5.25

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

housing market is in a recession because all four factors were evident in June of this year : a drop in sales, production, jobs and incomes. If the Federal Reserve wanted to help the housing market get back in line, they could do so by making one statement that they would buy mortgage backed securities, and the spread would collapse.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

“The affordable housing crisis demands bipartisan legislative action,” BPC writes in its introduction to the proposed legislation. Housing policy is one of the most powerful tools to drive economic prosperity for families and communities, yet ambitious housing measures have not been a top bipartisan legislative priority in recent years.”.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

At the same time, from my perspective as a top House Financial Services Committee housing staffer that worked on the HERA legislation at that time, I think it is important to remind people how well-crafted HERA was and how well it has served taxpayers, homeowners, and our nation’s housing markets.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. The rest of this year, we will see a strong housing market as the economy continues to recover in the post-COVID-19 world.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

Whenever copper prices fall aggressively, that isn’t a good sign for the economy, especially for housing. The Fed is trying to achieve price stability, but they don’t really have the tools for some of the supply constraints. Higher mortgage rates have created more supply for the existing housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The learning from that era: when you are committed to doing business the right way, doing right by the consumer, and following a strong ethical compass, you will survive through the market cycle and succeed in this business. Our company has been through six major market cycles now, and that remains true to this day.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

That is not the case, in fact, SFR properties serve as a critical housing “safety valve,” providing an intermediate step toward home ownership. SFR is an attractive option for those seeking a better quality of life amid a persistently tight housing market. In the last year alone, U.S. home prices have risen 20%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Everyone benefits from a healthy and robust market that provides LMI homebuyers access to a place to call home, which today can seem like an insurmountable struggle. The tools, capabilities and willpower exist to solve this affordable homeownership challenge.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Frater, whose company has one million homeowners in forbearance, said that the increased use of digital tools on the front- and back-end has been critical in being agile. “I Sweat equity, accessory dwelling unit construction and manufactured/factory-build housing were also initiatives the housing giant was pursuing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Public health officials note that we have many more tools to address this latest — and likely not the last — challenge. More specifically, that means targeting an unemployment rate close to 4%, inflation close to 2%, and using regulatory tools to prevent unsound lending or other financial imbalances. What if it doesn’t?).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. Most of the temporary rate buydowns offered through FBC are paid for by builders, he said. “We

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 12, 2022

Enter the next new and cool tool. Before we talk about this new tool, let me share an experience I recently had. After all, at times, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. In some complex measures, I have a tool I use to get the proper angle degree of walls. That was a huge game-changer. SOMETHING NEW.

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DW Slater Company

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I tend to make a comparison of the seasons with the housing market but it often works in tandem. There is seasonality in real estate markets. Hard To Track A Scuzzy Housing Market – Housing Notes. Bringing up the housing market during Thanksgiving dinner – Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

With over 200 branches in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana, Trew said the bank is focused on purchase and the construction business. Several large mortgage brokerages see the market-wide volatility as a recruiting tool. We look at the market as the glass is half full.”.

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DW Slater Company

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Understand Your Local Housing Market. Buying a larger home is not a simple matter of finding your dream house and writing a check. As one example, try using an online tool to design banners online for free and create eye-catching imagery that you can display at the top of your website. Reach out today to find out more!

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McKissock

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Housing market trends for 2022. While 2022 is expected to continue to be a good year for the housing market, it will not be as exceptional as 2021,” predicts Jo Traut, appraisal curriculum and content specialist at McKissock Learning. Related reading: Check out our roundup of Housing Market Predictions for 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

Clearly, we love that the housing market supports so many professionals and households. But ultimately, efficient mortgage lending and real estate sales is what is most important to a healthy housing market. This could be read through a negative lens. Jobs are important. We must innovate. We must become more efficient.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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. Here are five of the biggest change in the Texas Real Estate market. At least, not yet.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 11, 2022

Can they provide insight into today’s housing market. 10:33 – Why having the right partner is important if you want to get into investing or building new construction with hard money lending. We can make an exception and say, look, this person’s got all of the tools, but maybe they’ve not done this.

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Quicken Loans

JULY 5, 2021

Using detailed rating and points systems, LEED certification gauges sustainable building design for new construction, commercial interiors, existing buildings, single-family homes and more. For a building to achieve LEED certification, it must meet certain requirements during construction. What Are The LEED Building Requirements?

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 18, 2023

This tool is excellent for making copies of tax records, floor plans, etc. Listen in as Bryan Reynolds reviews what USPAP says and suggests ways for appraisers to handle appraisal reports if you don’t have the data tools you need to create credible results. Genius Scan This app gets a lot of love from appraisers.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 8, 2021

housing starts, when builders break ground and lay a foundation, are forecast to finish this year at 1.04M single-family homes, the first time since 2007 the figure will exceed a million. Economists forecast housing starts will rise a promising 5% in 2022. construction jobs in the U.S., year-on-year (YoY), according to U.S. “In

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Listing Spark

MARCH 9, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at Texas’ real estate market activity — exploring recent developments, analyzing short-term trends, and making predictions about what we might expect. Up 27 days from January 2022) Supply is increasing leading to longer days on market and an increase in months supply of inventory.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

ChatGPT: Valuable Tool or a Replacement for Real Estate Appraisers? High-end construction with luxe touches throughout, vaulted ceilings elevate the space. Guest Residence was built in 2001 with quality wood frame construction, smooth stucco exterior siding, and clay roof. How does your market compare with Ryan’s?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

Chat GPT For Fannie Form Appraisal Reports By Dustin Harris Excerpts: The world of real estate appraisal is constantly evolving (much to our dismay sometimes), and as professionals in this field, it is crucial to stay ahead of the curve by embracing innovative tools and technologies. They used materials from all over the world to furnish it.

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