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Home sellers are returning to the market

Housing Wire

The weekly volume of new listings is now higher than at anytime last year. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. The bearish take is that there are many more sellers than buyers and inventory is rising. Mortgage rates are at 7.5% orate further? That’s up 2.4%

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November Housing Update

Will Springer Realtor

and jump in mortgage rates of 4 percentage points has created a housing market belly flop. Among all home types in King, new listings have fallen 26% in the past month and existing homes for sale at the start of November were down 8.1% We are in a new phase of the housing market cycle. The Eastside has 2.0 recessions.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Information from the National Mortgage Database shows 83% of all mortgage holders enjoy an interest rate below 5% when today’s average rate is about 6.5%. Falling new inventory is constraining transaction volumes while also supporting higher home prices. I love the listing video ! List: $8M ($1272/sq.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

That’s where buyers are paying about 42% more in their monthly mortgage payments for the same house today than they did a year ago. home prices, up 14% year over year (YoY) by one measure, and escalating mortgage rates, which have risen about 2.1 The potent combo of rising U.S. home (about $400,000 vs. $880,000 in King County).

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HOME BUYERS FACING ‘TRIPLE-WHAMMY’ EFFECT

Will Springer Realtor

“That’s a triple whammy hitting potential homebuyers,” notes Len Kiefer, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac, which buys many of our mortgage loans from lenders. People are looking at higher prices, there’s slim pickings in inventory and now we have higher mortgage rates.”. The new fees will take effect on April 1. “As

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

Calling upon Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other secondary-market mortgage holders to lower the bar to ownership through tax credits, larger deductions on mortgage interest and greater options for down payment assistance can also help. New York City is No. >> Forty-five percent of residential mortgages in the U.S.

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

The index showed a growing difficulty to afford a home even while household income and mortgage rates improved compared to last year. And, Seattle’s attempt to force building developers to incorporate more affordable homes within their new residential endeavors yielded only 21 units in 2020 out of a swell of 224 construction projects.