Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

Last week ended with a wild ride for mortgage rates. We anticipated the two inflation reports could help mortgage rates, however, we had a bad bond auction last Thursday, and the 10-year yield rose sharply. Weekly active inventory grew slowly again and purchase apps were down week to week again.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2023

Mortgage rates fell even though the jobs report was stronger than anticipated. They reversed their bearish take on bonds, and people started to buy the 10-year yield, causing mortgage rates to fall. As a result, mortgage rates, which climbed as high as 7.05% last week, fell to a low of 6.76% on Friday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Higher mortgage rates did not scare away potential homeowners last week. Plenty of buyers, but not enough homes for sale,” California-based mortgage loan officer Dan Stone, who works with hundreds of mortgage lenders, told HousingWire. The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report confirms Stone’s perceptions.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Mortgage rates dropped to 6.78% this week, the biggest weekly decline since mid-March, as investors digested a raft of mixed incoming economic data. As inflation slows, mortgage rates decreased this week,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac ’s chief economist in a statement. By contrast, the 30-year was at 5.54% a year ago at this time. “As

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2023

We finally got a break on mortgage rates last week as the 10-year yield hit a critical level and quickly reversed lower, sending mortgage rates down. Active listings showed growth, week to week, but much smaller than I would like to see. It has truly been the walking dead for inventory growth this year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Weekly inventory increased by 1,734. New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2023

The housing market welcomed the news of lower mortgage rates last week after four reports showed that the labor market isn’t as tight as it seems and that the fear of 1970s-entrenched inflation was a lousy narrative. Active inventory rose by 823 single-family homes and new listing data is trending at all-time lows.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2024

Mortgage rates headed higher last week after the CPI inflation report , but now, with news of a wider war in the Middle East, should we expect even higher rates? 10-year yield and mortgage rates There is nothing good to report on mortgage rates from last week. The week ahead will answer some of those questions early on.

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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. New York – The residential sales market has been strong across the District.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2023

The rise of active listings in this spring housing market reminds me of a zombie slowly rising from its grave. Yes, we found the seasonal bottom for housing inventory on April 14, but this year’s rise in active listings has been tepid at best. This doesn’t appear to be the case for 2023. million.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. The report noted that “most bankers reported that residential mortgage demand remained weak.” In other markets, inventory growth accelerated substantially from the previous report.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! From the subtle upturn in existing home sales to the moderated growth of new home sales and the looming shadow of rising mortgage rates, the market’s complexion is changing.

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Movoto

MAY 22, 2024

If you’re new to the process, you can follow our home-buying checklist to learn how to prepare and use a mortgage calculator , among other tools, to calculate a reasonable budget before moving to Colorado. New listings are seemingly surging. Inventory remains tight.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 1, 2024

Both inventory levels and new listings increased significantly in recent months, leading to an 18 percent increase in sales and a 1.6 Both inventory levels and new listings increased significantly in recent months, leading to an 18 percent increase in sales and a 1.6 Mortgage applications decreased 5.6

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. How can we forecast years out?

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

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

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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. >> To help increase affordable housing inventory, lawmakers are reviewing whether to remove requirements that homeowners must live on-site. There are 2.54

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

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. And residential real estate?

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It was a year of gyrating mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices. Mortgage rates rose and rose again to more than 8% but have since mercifully fallen by nearly a percentage point. Inventory continues to shrink to levels not seen since the days of disco, shag carpets and pet rocks.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

The price has dropped to around $700 per thousand board feet (early July), however lumber retailers are still charging inflated prices for the goods purchased earlier in the year. Hispanic households fare better with 32% of this segment being able to afford the mid-priced new home. of all mortgaged properties, were in negative equity.

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