Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Although the Greater Boston area may still be plagued by persistently chilly temperatures, its housing market is still red-hot. According to data from Altos Research , the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area was the hottest housing market nationwide as of Feb. We’ve got this total rate-lock event.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

For several weeks, I’ve been reporting data that shows the housing market growing in 2024. Two things happened last week that may have contributed: mortgage rates have risen again, back up to 6.9%, and the country was also in a deep freeze. Or maybe both of those things together cause the market to tap the breaks.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Recent market trends — including an improvement in mortgage rates, housing affordability and potential refinance opportunities — suggest positive signs for the real estate market this year, according to February’s Mortgage Monitor report from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). million to 3.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The landscape of real estate is undergoing significant transformations in 2024, driven by a confluence of technological advancements, shifting market dynamics and evolving consumer behaviors. The housing market’s conditions, characterized by soaring prices and limited availability, have compounded these challenges.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” ” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!)

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2022

We’ve all been wondering what 5% plus mortgage rates would do to the hot housing market, and now we’ve got that and a bag of chips. As a result, I’ve been rooting for mortgage rates to rise to create a balancing impact on this housing market. Have higher rates worked?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. The real estate market As of Jan. 1 employer in the region is a hospital, IU Health, employing 23,187 people.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

As of March 29, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan area was the fourth-hottest housing market in the country. The Bay Area metro had a 90-day average Market Action Index score of 61.19, according to data from Altos Research. Altos considers anything above a Market Action Index of 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many analysts who cover the mortgage industry believe that the worst of the current cycle may be in the rearview mirror. In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Anywhere Real Estat e felt the brunt of slow home sales during the fourth quarter of 2023 as the company reported a loss of $107 million during the three-month period. The company produced these results amid “an incredibly difficult year for the housing market,” Schneider said during an earnings call on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

California real estate startup Reali is shutting down, with plans to lay off most of its employees on Sept. The firm is the latest to fall victim to rising mortgage rates and a drop in home sales. . Following a slowdown in the housing market, a number of venture capital-fueled real estate companies are laying off staff.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. Following are excerpts of statements on housing conditions from each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The last thing homebuyers and sellers expect to encounter on their real estate journey is discrimination. But until 1968, unethical practices in real estate prevented thousands of people from renting, buying or selling their homes. What is the Fair Housing Act? The Fair Housing Act was just one aspect of this law.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

The “ silver tsunami ” — a colloquialism referring to aging Americans changing their housing arrangements to accommodate aging — could have more of an impact on the housing market this year, according to analyst Meredith Whitney in a conversation with Yahoo Finance. “[T]he

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. at the end of 2022.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

held up in 2023, sales volume in the housing market cratered. Consumers care about home prices and mortgage rates; the industry cares about transaction volume. The industry is in a deep housing recession this year. To get the weekly picture of the housing market, watch the video above. Housing inventory.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Mortgage professionals are no exception – whether you find yourself tweeting for work or in your free time, you may also want to follow accounts for people and organizations that are relevant to the industry in order to stay up-to-date on the latest news about the housing market. economy and specializes in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. So when I talk to loan originators today, I harken back to my early days when fixed mortgage rates were over 14% and there were absolutely no refinances to be had. Things will get better.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite multiple class-action antitrust commission lawsuits , increased uncertainty over mortgage rates and low housing inventory , Compass CEO and founder Robert Reffkin says “there has never been a better time to be in real estate than right now.” Bad times create good habits,” Reffkin said.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MAY 23, 2023

It’s graduation season for school, and it’s also that time of year where the spring housing market crests or graduates for the year so to speak. Let’s talk about the signs of a peak, the weirdness of today’s market, and bro rating.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

2023 started with recovery, but slowed down in Q3 as mortgage rates hit 8%. Could the housing market change and slow again in 2024? I’ve pointed out that consumers are more sensitive to changes in mortgage rates than to the absolute levels. Over the last 24 months we’ve had incredible volatility in mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. Overall, annual mortgage origination levels are expected to be $2.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. ” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Despite continued home price appreciation and a volatile mortgage rate environment that has resulted in the least affordable housing market in decades, there remains a minority of consumers who still feel that now is a good time to buy a home. The housing market index fell 1.2 points in September to 60.8,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For more than a decade, the HW Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries. These are the companies and solutions helping real estate professionals propel their businesses forward in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. To me, branding a company is a chance to define yourself for the market and build a recognizable and memorable identity. It could apply to the real estate industry, mortgage, or design.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Going more in-depth than a Fed meeting, our virtual Housing Market Update event provides you with the strategy-building insights needed to operate in 2024. It’s a savagely unhealthy housing market out there, and these economists unpack what that means for you. Register for the virtual event on Dec.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Buying a house was obtainable only for the haves in 2023 as home prices and mortgage rates soared. Sellers, homebuyers turned to real estate agents for help The vast majority of buyers still used an real estate agent to purchase their home.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. Housing permits and starts are falling now, even with the backlog of homes in the system. With less transaction volume , general incomes in the housing sector are falling.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s been a brutal 15-month period for the housing market since the Federal Reserve began escalating its benchmark interest rate in March 2022 to combat rising inflation. Since then, the Fed has bumped rates 10 times, effectively putting the brakes on what had been a hot housing market. in 2023, according to Fed staff.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 13, 2023

The housing market has likely peaked for the year. I’m focused on Sacramento, but this is likely showing up in many markets. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 7/20/23 SAR Market Update (in-person & livestream) 7/26/23 Fair Mortgage (details TBD) […] The post Did the housing market peak for the year?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. Any time inventory rises, you start to see housing crash hyperbole on social media. Sellers are coming back to this housing market. They essentially bypass the active market. There are still immediate sales which happen in every market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. It has been cool to hear that.

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