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The homegenius family of companies offers a variety of modern digital solutions for real estate professionals

Housing Wire

Real estate professionals are faced with many challenges as the housing market responds to a period of uncertainty. Now is the time to focus on upgrading real estate tech solutions to succeed during this period of unpredictability. homegenius, Inc., homegenius, Inc.,

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Housing Market Tracker: Housing inventory falls once more

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Housing inventory decreased by 6,468 units, a more pronounced decline from the previous week. Weekly housing inventory There is, again, another downside report on weekly inventory, as inventory has fallen noticeably again this week from the week prior. However, it has now fallen again, and inventory decreased by 6,468.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

Housing Wire

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. Inventory issues. Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. All about the rates.

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Gary Keller: Good agents will still thrive in a stormy market

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Despite persistent inflation challenges, a volatile mortgage market and limited inventory, Keller said it was still a good time to buy a house. “It It is always the right time to buy the right piece of real estate,” Keller, the executive chairman and founder, said. Timing is a fool’s game.”

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DataDigest: Boomers and the refi boom reckoning

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It seems increasingly likely that the COVID refi boom will prove to be the most consequential event in housing in modern American history. Real estate brokerages have a related problem — transaction volume is down. If we’re going to see inventory unlocked, this is one segment it will have to come from. It reset the board.

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These were March’s hottest housing markets

Housing Wire

In modern history, the housing market has never seen a month like March. Record demand and the lowest levels of inventory on record pushed sales prices to record highs in March and made life very complicated for buyers, real estate agents, builders and lenders across the United States.

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In this brutal housing market, you’ll need to make $115K to buy the typical US home

Housing Wire

The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, and it’s hurt first-time homebuyers the most. Inventory remains one of the driving forces in this difficult housing market.