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The state of the homebuilding market

Housing Wire

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. With continued supply chain disruption, cost increases and fear of inflation , the market has felt tenuous at best. Homebuilding Contract Values.

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Latest S&P Global PMI results signal lingering inflation 

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An index score above 50 indicates business activity is expanding while a reading below 50 indicates it’s contracting. The decrease [in September] was … the slowest in the current three-month sequence of contraction,” S&P Global’s analysis of the results states. The composite output PMI index came in at 49.3

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Inside Zillow’s misadventures in iBuying

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After 25 days on the market, there were no takers for the 1,400-square-foot home and Pellegrini counseled his client about potentially lowering the listing price. 18 press release that cited labor and supply chain constraints and said its home purchase program hit “operational capacity.” Antonio Pellegrini was stunned.

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Despite lack of supply, existing home sales rise 6.7%

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The supply of homes for sale fell to a record low, down 16.5% months of supply; a healthy market generally has between four and six months of supply. Homes went under contract in just 19 days on average, down from 21 a year ago. from a year ago. That translates to just 1.6 “While the 6.7 “While the 6.7

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Opinion: The “profitless boom” in residential construction

Housing Wire

Be cautious when signing fixed-price contracts. It’s taking some building companies to the breaking point after more than a year of supply shortages. But, there is light at the end of the tunnel, but it will take time for supply chains to recover. . Enter into contracts that are malleable to market prices.

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Pending home sales reach highest May mark in 16 years

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. “While [the COVID-19 pandemic, low inventory and high prices] have contributed to pricing out would-be buyers, the record-high aggregate wealth in the country from the elevated stock market and rising home prices are evidently providing funds for home purchases.” ” Contract signings on new homes increased 13.1%

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

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The capital, capability and content are present to make all real estate markets smarter, faster, safer and connected. Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s. Lenders began to define the “trust model” of standards, contracts and shared services necessary to achieve cross industry interoperability.