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Pent-up demand & glowing new construction

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

The number of sellers who have not listed their homes this year is really starting to add up – not to mention a growing pile of buyers. And speaking of building, new construction has been glowing this year. Let’s talk about it.

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Top 5 home improvement projects real estate agents should recommend to sellers

Housing Wire

We’ve all witnessed the housing market slowdown that has occurred over the last year. Across the country, homes are spending more days on the market as interest rates rise. Many sellers have returned to offering concessions and dropping prices to entice buyers. Homeowners want to picture themselves living in a clean, fresh home.

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New Home Construction Expectations for 2022

Appraisal Buzz

The housing market boomed in 2021 like few could have expected. Of course, the construction industry has been facing some pressing challenges, including hitches in global and national supply chains. Of course, the construction industry has been facing some pressing challenges, including hitches in global and national supply chains.

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Sellers are hibernating & the housing market feels broken

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

Sellers are hibernating. It’s been striking to see sellers sitting back so far in 2023, and it’s really starting to create more competition for buyers. Let’s talk about it. Scroll by topic or digest slowly.

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Why are sellers sitting on the housing market sidelines?

Housing Wire

Construction is starting to pick up, so that should help alleviate things in the housing market. Worries about finding a replacement home in a hot housing market. A whopping 63% of sellers are also buyers, which poses yet another concern. Should homeowners get off the sidelines of this housing market?

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Dearth of new construction strains migration hotspot of Alabama

Housing Wire

Walker said the prospect of lower mortgage rates is prompting many agents to feel more positive about the 2024 housing market. Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list. New construction is backed up,” she said.

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Indiana’s housing market is primed to bounce back in 2024

Housing Wire

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. In mid-June 2023, the statewide 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score hit a high for year of 53.99, before sliding down to a trough of 40.03 Altos considers anything above a reading of 30 to be a seller’s market. in mid-January 2024.