Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. When I came up with the “ savagely unhealthy housing market ” label in February of this year, it was based on the premise that the housing inflation story that we have had to deal with since 2020 was a historical event.

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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. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities. At the same time, many homeowners are sitting comfortably with low mortgage rates.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At what point will mortgage interest rates peak? 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.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

The screeching you heard in June was the sound of brakes being applied to the housing market across the U.S. The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 10, 2023

MARCH HOUSING UPDATE 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.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Almost since the start of the pandemic, homeowners have been spending more time enjoying their low-financed houses and condos. They have also been spending oodles of money to shape their residences to meet new living needs – modern and spacious, when possible – as households live in their homes for longer.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

NAR’s Housing Affordability Index is a good measure of whether a household earns enough to qualify for a mortgage on a typical home. We need to take an approach to the housing crisis that embraces change, is inclusive and extremely productive. None of the Seattle-area counties were on the list. >>

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A modern version of the regrade is taking place along the downtown waterfront (pictured above) with the addition of Overlook Walk, a breathtaking pedestrian bridge and viewing deck that will soon connect with Pike Place Market and other attractions in downtown. . >> Seattle sits 10 th among big U.S. While there were 5.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Unfortunately for buyers, a combination of the typical seasonal trend and higher borrowing costs has shifted housing market activity to an excruciatingly slow pace – and there are concerning signs ahead. First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

DID SOMEBODY SAY, ‘HOUSING BUBBLE?’. Are we in a housing bubble? The housing market has become bubbly,” said economist Enrique Martinez-Garcia of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He was one of the authors of a recent report that found signs of a housing bubble in the real estate market.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

The boost in equity was helped most simply by saving more while in “pandemic hibernation” and from many homeowners refinancing mortgages amid generationally low interest rates. >> housing markets. million loans in forbearance – mortgage payments on pause, most likely for financial reasons during the pandemic.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Some might argue the cold is emanating from the near-frigid Q4 real estate market, knocking the bloom straight off the housing-market rose in our region. In fact, mortgage demand rose as interest rates fell following October’s slowdown of inflation growth. Does this signal a peak in mortgage rates or a temporary blip?

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

The ongoing decline in residential lending has been fueled by higher mortgage interest rates and consumer price inflation. >> Seattle is rated the 11 th -best place to raise a family in the U.S., The county saw the combined number of single-family, townhome and condo listings increase in June by 4.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Adjustable-rate mortgages were cheap and easy to acquire, home prices were artificially inflated and supply plentiful. Then the housing bubble burst. Fast forward to today and markets here and across our nation are going through serious inflationary pressures. million single-family homes shy of demand. range won’t last forever.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

For our area to grow as one, the state must step in and encourage municipalities to see the distinct advantages of increasing affordable housing through accessory dwellings – among other initiatives – and not place barriers in the way of economic success. this chart shows, each time the economy slowed significantly, mortgage rates declined.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

One of the hottest search phrases on Google today is, “When is the housing market going to crash?”. Not “ Will the housing market crash?” We shared in a previous newsletter the many factors driving our buoyant housing market – and there is no end in sight to home appreciation. IOU IN THE FORM OF AN RSU.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Home prices are overheating, mortgage rates are inching up from the start of the year and the supply of homes is in an unseasonable valley – far from its Mt. Today, 37% of all buyers are Millennials and they comprise about 54% of all mortgage applications. Icon is on a mission to change the way we house the homeless and others.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

= I wrote in this newsletter 12 months ago about the bumpy – maybe even bruising – housing market of 2022 across Puget Sound and most of the country. It was a year of gyrating mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices. Prospective buyers this year have mostly watched the housing market pass from the sidelines.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

In another study , released earlier this month, Seattle’s housing affordability index fell 20%, the second-sharpest year-on-year decline after Phoenix (23%) among major U.S. The index showed a growing difficulty to afford a home even while household income and mortgage rates improved compared to last year. AUGUST HOUSING UPDATE.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

A new door improves curb appeal, adds modern technology to the house and, based on my observations, doesn’t make as much noise as older models! The LGBTQ+ community is estimated to hold $1T (yes, with a T) in potential buying power in the housing market, but much of that spending opportunity has not been fully unlocked.

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