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Top markets for affordable renovated housing inventory

Housing Wire

home price increase translated into a monthly mortgage payment of $1,179 on a median-priced home — not including property taxes and insurance. Renovated Inventory to the Rescue. Top Markets for Renovated Inventory. The post Top markets for affordable renovated housing inventory appeared first on HousingWire.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

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MBA: Mortgage Delinquency Rate Edged Up in Q1

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Higher unemployment, lower personal savings, increases in property taxes and insurance, and a run-up in credit card debt and delinquency contributed to conditions that would make it tougher for some homeowners to make their mortgage payments.” “At

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Home sellers are returning to the market

Housing Wire

The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. Housing inventory There are now 556,000 single-family homes on the market. from last week, with slightly more than 13,000 additional properties on the market now than a week ago. Rates are higher now, so unsold inventory is higher.

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Homeowners are staying in place twice as long as they did 20 years ago: Redfin

Housing Wire

For that group, the median monthly cost of owning a home — which includes insurance and property taxes, among other things — is just over $600 (similar to the monthly cost for other generations with no outstanding mortgage, but other generations are far less likely to own homes free and clear),” the report stated.

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Why owning a home is the best hedge against inflation

Housing Wire

On top of all that, since inventory is at all-time lows, it’s been harder and harder for first-time homebuyers to win some bids because they don’t have more money to bring into the bidding process. Yes, your property tax or insurance might go up, but the mortgage payment is generally fixed.

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Mortgage rates continue to climb beyond 7%

Housing Wire

At today’s rate, the monthly cost to purchase a home totals about $2,400, not including property taxes and insurance, a 17% increase from a year ago. In July, 26% of existing homes sold to cash buyers while 7% of new homes sold to cash buyers. For a majority of people, buying a home still means borrowing money.

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