Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. The market was roaring — way too hot — with bidding wars, speculators and investors who thought they couldn’t lose. The market was roaring — way too hot — with bidding wars, speculators and investors who thought they couldn’t lose. The froth is out of the market.

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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. All four U.S.

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Listing Spark

JANUARY 15, 2024

Real estate investors face a lot of challenges, even in Texas markets that are showing a strong ROI for flips and sales. Some of the dominant challenges in the recent real estate market are financing or upfront capital requirements, deciding on a liquidation strategy, and dealing with market fluctuations.

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Listing Spark

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023 alone, real estate investors flipped 72,960 homes. In the real estate investment market overall, activity remains high and profitable—even reaching measurably above pre-pandemic levels. For both new and experienced real estate investors, this bodes well for the 2024 market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 14, 2024

Even after a few weeks of mortgage rate jumps, the Seattle/King County housing market is displaying surprising strength. A rare, two-fisted punch of higher prices and interest rates is bruising the market at a time when activity is usually robust. This is based on all homes on the market – single-family, townhome and condo – combined.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Seattle area housing market right now reads like a mystery novel with half the pages missing. The market assessment makes for uninspired reading: Only 1513 listings hit the market in the month for all home types, a devastating 30% decline in one month. for the Seattle market (vs. units, a 13-year low.

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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

JUNE 11, 2024

If you’re seeking a silver lining within this otherwise challenging local housing environment it is that there are more homes on the market now than any June in five years. Mortgage rates have persistently hovered around 7%, taking their toll on the market. Fewer signed contracts signal a market slowdown to come.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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. Some markets were affected more than others. The market froze as a result of buyer fear and an already strained affordability issue. Which doesn’t seem too bad.

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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. While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. home prices will decline 5.5% in 2023 for single-family homes.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

The market has, ahem , evolved in the four years since. After a pandemic-induced free-for-all, where newly listed homes could be off the market in hours and prices soared into a stratosphere more recognizable by the Blue Angels, we are now “enjoying” a period of rest and re-evaluation in summer 2023. The Eastside saw a 3.5%

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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. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers. With rates surging today – to near 7.0%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Baby Boomers still have a significant impact on various aspects of society, including the housing market, healthcare and the economy. MAY HOUSING UPDATE Even after a few weeks of mortgage rate jumps, the Seattle/King County housing market is displaying surprising strength. But for how long? By 2035, they will be between 73 and 91.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

The past year witnessed a financial rollercoaster, with interest rates fluctuating between 5.99% and 8.03% for conventional 30-year mortgages, according to Mortgage News Daily. The Fed’s revised lending forecast sparked a celebratory mood among investors, particularly those tracking U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.

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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. It’s making the market feel hotter than it is,” said Ali Wolf, chief economist of the building consultancy Zonda.

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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.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

Moody’s Investors Service noted that banks hold approximately half of the $6T in commercial real estate debt, with the largest share maturing within the next three years, according to Reuters. The county saw the combined number of single-family, townhome and condo listings increase in June by 4.4% Check out my blog post on the topic.

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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. Today’s YoY declines underscore just how far the market has shifted from 2021 and 2022. The pandemic housing market was super-charged by historically low interest rates and buyers seeking more spacious properties amid global health fears.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Fast forward to today and markets here and across our nation are going through serious inflationary pressures. 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.

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Empire Appraisal Group

MARCH 16, 2023

. – Pricing conversations tend to be difficult with sellers in any market because people view their homes through “love lenses.” These conversations are dicey in normal times, and even more so as the market shifts in favor of buyers. Over time, as more houses closed at higher prices, comps continued to support atypical list prices.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

Others are in pursuit of a tight-knit community that has a market, pharmacy, restaurants, coffee shop – and an amusement ride like our Great Wheel (just kidding!) – within a short drive, transit ride or easy walk. It is truly the epitome of a sellers’ market and experts I hear from are saying, basically, get used to it. households.

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