Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

After years of identifying the housing market as unhealthy culminating in a savagely unhealthy housing market in early 2022 I can confidently assert that the housing market in 2024 and 2025 is on better footing. Some recent headlines about housing suggest that demand is crashing.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

As the housing market grows more competitive, rental scams are adding financial and emotional strain to renters nationwide. The post More Renters Fearing Scams in Tight Housing Market first appeared on The MortgagePoint. The post More Renters Fearing Scams in Tight Housing Market appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its hard to imagine something more disruptive to a housing market than a hurricane. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Despite the frequency of departures, real estate agents in the state say the housing market remains strong. On the balance, there are still more buyers with their eye on a purchase than there are houses on the market. Statewide, the housing market has a 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score of 44.18

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Industry professionals were full of optimism heading into the spring that the housing market could pick up after a sluggish start to 2025. Existing-home sales are hovering around 4 million and many markets that are typically fruitful for homebuilders have stalled. But heading into the summer, that optimism has largely faded.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Homebuyers have become older and wealthier Young people are having a particularly hard time in the housing market. Adult children of renters who want their children to have a better chance at achieving the American dream must figure out how to break into the housing market without family help.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

housing market is anything but stable right now and residents are feeling it. housing market using weekly data from Altos, which includes more than 60 different data points on every metro area in the country, to see how employment is changing the housing market. ’s job market. housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 7, 2025

ATTOM has released its latest Special Housing Risk Report , spotlighting county-level housing markets around the nation that are more or less vulnerable to declines, based on home affordability, equity, and other measures in Q4 2024. Housing Markets Are Most At-Risk? They included four in the Washington, D.C.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. See what she had to say below and register today for the Housing Economic Summit on Feb. HW: What housing trends do you think will continue in 2025 and why?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

The luxury housing market lost momentum in April as financial uncertainty prompted many high-end buyers and sellers to hold off on transactions, according to a new report from Zillow. Despite a slowdown in market activity, prices have continued to rise, with luxury home values increasing 2.7% is now valued at about $1.8

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 13, 2025

A Growing Market Force With increasing education levels, rising incomes, and financial discipline, single women are proving to be a resilient and growing force in the housing market. housing trends. The post Single Women Defying Housing Market Trends first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

The tariffs are really in danger of creating the perfect storm for housing market chaos; raising mortgage rates at a time when we finally have ample supply in much of the country while decreasing the economic outlook for many homeowners who might need the liquidity of their equity. more sales started than the same week in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

housing market is experiencing its largest-ever imbalance between home sellers and buyers, with an estimated 1.9 housing market has shifted toward buyers, but a lot of sellers have yet to see or accept the writing on the wall,” Asad Khan, a Redfin senior economist, said in a statement. million sellers compared to 1.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Buyers have also been less active despite the Federal Reserve ’s 50-basis-point cut to benchmark rates last month.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. While the U.S. year over year, respectively.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

So, while lower short-term rates could drive a large increase in variable rate mortgage rate production, that introduces systemic risk into a housing market that we might have to deal with 5 or 7 years from now.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

consumer sentiment toward the housing market improved in May and reached its highest level since November 2024, according to Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose 4.3 points to 73.5

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2025

In its 2025 Industry Survey , Redfin dug deeper into how real estate agents view their careers, the housing market, and other hot-button industry issues. The post Industry Survey Gauges Real Estate Agents Housing Market, Career Sentiment first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for sale and new listings are running well ahead of last years pace. Overall, inventory nationally is currently 31% higher than this time in 2024, with annual percentage gains in most markets running well into double digits.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

housing market particularly its levels of affordability, available inventory and accessibility for those with mobility or cognitive challenges presents a unique challenge for older Americans on fixed incomes. The state of the U.S. This has led to a failure to properly serve the senior cohort.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. Home sales in 2024 have been well below historic norms. Real estate investors tend to be more insulated from these dynamics, particularly from mortgage rates, as they are more likely to buy properties with cash.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2025

“Even amid economic uncertainty, the resilience of the luxury housing market provides compelling opportunities for strategic homebuyers and sellers, and this report serves as a roadmap for navigating today’s complex luxury real estate landscape.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Active housing inventory is returning to the levels we experienced before the pandemic, which means the chaotic and unhealthy housing market of the last several years is finally a thing of the past. For the housing market to remain functional for decades to come, this adjustment was necessary. million and 1.93

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Another year of slow home sales resulted in a further decline in title insurance premium volume, according to the American Land Title Association (ALTA)’s Market Share Analysis report released Thursday. In 2024, the title industry generated $16.2 billion in premiums, down 7% year over year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2025

Typically, mortgage rates around 6% are necessary for significant growth in the housing market. Weekly housing inventory data The most significant development in the housing market for me has been the growth of inventory in 2024 and 2025. The seasonal peak period for our data has ended.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Existing home sales ended the year on a positive note , which aligns with our weekly Housing Market Tracker data, but something surprising is that home prices firmed up late in the year as well. However, housing demand surged when mortgage rates fell in the early 1980s during a recession. Also, the monthly supply is 3.3

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

housing market slowed down in the third quarter due to rising home prices and higher mortgage rates , investor purchases also ramped down, according to a new report by Redfin. in neighboring Fort Lauderdale, indicating growing apprehension for the Florida housing market. As the U.S. Now there’s a middle ground.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

A large majority of homeowners (88%) have concerns about selling their homes, with financial uncertainty and housing market conditions ranking among their top fears, according to a recent survey by Clever Real Estate. These markets also have larger supplies of homes, with about 3.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

Here is the weekly data for 2025: 9 positive readings 6 negative readings 3 flat prints 15 straight weeks of positive year-over-year data Total pending sales The latest weekly data on total pending sales from Altos provides valuable insights into current trends in housing demand.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. housing market revolves around the direction of the 10-year yield. Only time will tell because, as always for me, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2025

Let’s dig into the latest Housing Market Tracker data to see what last week brought us. Weekly housing inventory data The most encouraging development in the housing market for 2024 and 2025 is the increase in inventory. Historically, mortgage spreads should range between 1.60%-1.80%.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Using factors like market stability, long-term growth, affordability, and market fluidity, this guide highlights housing markets expected to perform well in 2024. The Best States for Homebuyers in 2024 ConsumerAffairs analysis ranks states with strong market resilience, potential for value appreciation, and affordability.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Choosing the right comps can make all the difference in a softening housing market. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 6/26/25 Comps & Adjustments (3 hours) 7/17/25 Jamie Pierroz Event (private) 7/22/25 Investor Event (TBA) 7/25/25 […] The post Pulling comps in a softer market first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Those are strong words, but many sellers need to recognize the housing market has changed. This […] The post Pretending it’s a seller’s market first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Stop pretending. Today, I have some advice, fresh price stats, and the skinny on what’s happening with listings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Sturtevant added that although wage growth is certainly good for the housing market, how exactly the labor market will impact housing markets will depends on where the workers are doing those jobs.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Home prices firmed up in today’s existing home sales report , but we caught on to this trend two months ago with our Housing Market Tracker. However, they did, and this is the second time over the past two years that mortgage rates just heading toward 6% changed housing market dynamics. However, that didn’t happen.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Despite this, we’re still hanging on at the upper end of the mortgage rate forecast, and its worth noting that the housing market has shown signs of improvement only when mortgage rates approach the 6% mark.

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