Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

The outlook for future economic growth remained generally positive as economists, market experts and business organization leaders interviewed for the report noted expectations for stronger demand and less restrictive financial conditions over the next six to 12 months.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

housing market , we just experienced an event that most people never thought could happen. During that period, we saw new listing data decline. However, in 2020 new listing data came back, and we don’t want to see the new listings continue to decline this year — that would be a double negative for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. From the index : I know it seems strange, but existing home sales are falling, and the monthly supply of new homes is at 10.9 million listings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. We’ve compiled this list of savvy real estate social media post ideas to inspire your social strategy and keep your Instagram feed fresh and fun.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In turn, borrowers who are entering the market are leaning heavily toward buying down their first lien interest rates by paying points up front. On the surface, it may seem the market has been stirred by a full point decline in interest rates and home prices coming off their peaks – but it’s not that simple,” Graboske said.

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McKissock

MARCH 19, 2021

FHFA extends relaxed lending and appraisal standards to the end of April. A record-breaking 36% of homes sold above list price in February, due to historic homebuyer competition. trillion American Rescue Plan will funnel billions into the housing market. trillion American Rescue Plan will funnel billions into the housing market.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

This should have sparked the fading embers of an otherwise chilly housing market in Seattle/King County in the final days of 2023. December’s housing activity in King County was marked by shriveling supply amid fewer listings hitting the market in what is traditionally a low point of the real estate year. Ho, ho, ho … and oh my!

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Empire Appraisal Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Housing Market Collapse? Housing Market Collapse? The housing market has taken a few hits, such as a doubling of mortgage rates in 2022, but it remains solid even if legitimate news providers suggest doom and gloom. NEW YORK – The rock-hard foundation of the U.S. Or to discourage mortgage brokers from lending.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 9, 2024

In turn, consumers experience the trickle-down effect in the form of costlier lending rates when holding credit card debt or purchasing cars and homes. Despite a challenging financing environment, the Seattle/King County housing market is moving forward. above the list price. More on this in a moment.) since February and 9.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Seattle area housing market right now reads like a mystery novel with half the pages missing. The market assessment makes for uninspired reading: Only 1513 listings hit the market in the month for all home types, a devastating 30% decline in one month. for the Seattle market (vs. units, a 13-year low.

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Boston Appraisal

JULY 22, 2019

The housing market across the country, and especially in Boston and New England, is experiencing a growth trend that’s accelerated over the last few years. With this apprehension in mind, we’ll discuss some of the things to expect from the housing market in the second half of 2019, going into 2020.

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Boston Appraisal

JULY 22, 2019

The housing market across the country, and especially in Boston and New England, is experiencing a growth trend that’s accelerated over the last few years. With this apprehension in mind, we’ll discuss some of the things to expect from the housing market in the second half of 2019, going into 2020.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 29, 2022

It also looks at other metrics like New Listings and New Pending Sales as they are often the best indicators for predicting future trends in the market The inventory crisis last year caused demand to spike higher than ever by fall and into the winter, which in turn caused prices to continue to increase significantly.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Seattle/King County housing market appears to have come through the worst of times with a slightly stronger showing in January than in previous months. The market is now in the process of thawing after a lengthy cool down, as buyers begin anew to seek change in their home dynamics. higher than January 2023. from a year ago.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2023

Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.”  That’s not saying much since the housing market has mostly been in hibernation during the fall/winter months. Again, hyper-local markets are often subject to their nuances.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It also looks at other metrics like New Listings and New Pending Sales as they are often the best indicators for predicting future trends in the market The inventory crisis last year caused demand to spike higher than ever by fall into winter, which in turn caused prices to continue to increase significantly.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers. With rates surging today – to near 7.0%

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. home prices will decline 5.5% in 2023 for single-family homes.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 27, 2022

It also looks at other metrics like New Listings and New Pending Sales as they are often the best indicators for predicting future trends in the market The inventory crisis last year caused demand to spike higher than ever by fall and into the winter, which in turn caused prices to continue to increase significantly.

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Listing Spark

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Texas real estate market has come crashing down. Days on the market are up, home prices are down, but it’s not all doom and gloom. Is that the case for all major Texas housing markets? What should they expect in this housing market? 00:02:50] Peaking into the Fall 2022 Austin housing market. Episode highlights.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. It’s making the market feel hotter than it is,” said Ali Wolf, chief economist of the building consultancy Zonda.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Unfortunately for buyers, a combination of the typical seasonal trend and higher borrowing costs has slowed housing market activity to an excruciatingly slow pace – and there are concerning signs ahead. First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day. 1 and Oct.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Worsening affordability issues and lower-than-usual inventory have prompted many consumers to watch this housing market from the sidelines – without the picket lines. October figures from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service strongly suggest prospective buyers and sellers are taking a wait-and-see approach. Closed sales fell 0.9%

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Federal Reserve recently updated its forecast, hinting at a potential decrease of about 75 basis points (0.75%) in its short-term lending rate by the year’s end – promising news for borrowers in 2024. The Fed’s revised lending forecast sparked a celebratory mood among investors, particularly those tracking U.S.

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Listing Spark

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the real estate investment market overall, activity remains high and profitable—even reaching measurably above pre-pandemic levels. For both new and experienced real estate investors, this bodes well for the 2024 market. Up-to-the-minute knowledge: Because the real estate market is so turbulent, trends are changing every day.

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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.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 25, 2023

To read more and lots of interesting photos click here == RPR® Backs Up MLSs During Vendor Outage (From NAR) August 17, 2023 Excerpts: In markets affected by the cyberattack on MLS vendor Rapattoni, NAR members have another way to access listing data: RPR®. Never be dependent on the ups and downs of lending again!

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

just as Google opens another office building in Kirkland and Microsoft expands its 120-structure Redmond campus with plans for 17 new office buildings. All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A The housing market has become bubbly,” said economist Enrique Martinez-Garcia of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

Data from the Federal Reserve indicates Goldman Sachs has the highest exposure to commercial loan losses at 16% of its lending total due within the next two years, followed by Morgan Stanley (14%) and Citizens (12%). The county saw the combined number of single-family, townhome and condo listings increase in June by 4.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

One of the hottest search phrases on Google today is, “When is the housing market going to crash?”. Not “ Will the housing market crash?” We shared in a previous newsletter the many factors driving our buoyant housing market – and there is no end in sight to home appreciation. Active listings as of Sept. but “When.”.

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