Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The company’s Auction Market Dispatch for third-quarter 2024 included a survey conducted in late September of more than 140 active buyers on the platform. While 45% said current market conditions were not impacting their desire to purchase distressed property, 34% said conditions were detrimental to their decisions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its hard to imagine something more disruptive to a housing market than a hurricane. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than at the end of 2023. A few states have more homes on the market now than any time in the last eight to 10 years.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. There’s still a lot of first-time homebuyers in the market too. They keep the market healthy.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

As the housing market grows more competitive, rental scams are adding financial and emotional strain to renters nationwide. Common tactics include promoting desirable locations (57%), below-market prices (55%), and immediate availability (52%). According to Rentlys Rental Scams and Fraud Report , 93% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Today, the BLS jobs report showed that the labor market is getting softer, but it’s not breaking. However, there is a limit to the downside on mortgage rates until the labor market breaks, or we get more than 1% rate cuts from the Fed. 14, we’ve seen them move lower. In the coming months, we will see if the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Florida was one of the hottest destinations during the pandemic, but the states housing market might be coming down to earth. Redfin agents in the state say that its now a buyers market where sellers have to make concessions to bring buyers to the table. Eight of Floridas metropolitan markets have record-high active listings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Homebuyers have become older and wealthier Young people are having a particularly hard time in the housing market. As home prices climb further and further out of reach, first-generation homebuyers trying to break into the market must rely on increases in their earnings to increase their buying potential.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. I do not think this trend will go away overnight, even with mortgage rate stability and new inventory in the market. HW: Lets dive into some demographic shifts.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While the Fed’s policy rate range of 4.75% to 5% is lower than where it was for the past year, it is still much higher than what many market observers consider a neutral rate needed to spur borrower demand. “We We are at recessionary levels for housing permits for five-unit housing. With mortgage rates back above 6.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

There will absolutely be increased pressure on the housing market as we come out of the wildfires that we’re seeing now, and that will be particularly difficult for rental properties, Brugger said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The labor market is showing signs of softness but is not breaking down yet, which has kept mortgage rates higher for longer. Since 2022, my guiding principle has been that the labor market is more important than inflation in determining mortgage rates. Again, the theme holds: the labor market is getting softer but not breaking.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

housing market is anything but stable right now and residents are feeling it. housing market using weekly data from Altos, which includes more than 60 different data points on every metro area in the country, to see how employment is changing the housing market. ’s job market. more homes on the market than 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

housing market particularly its levels of affordability, available inventory and accessibility for those with mobility or cognitive challenges presents a unique challenge for older Americans on fixed incomes. The state of the U.S. This has led to a failure to properly serve the senior cohort.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

During the conversation, the group discuss real estate market challenges, the value of being a part of an association, and growth areas for associations in 2025. To kick off the live conversation, Velt asks a question about the current challenges facing the housing market in 2025. A lot is happening in the housing market right now.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As mortgage rates fluctuate based on decreasing housing inventory volume, the appraisal market is more volatile than ever in key areas such as urban and rural communities states like California and Texas. Jaro stands tall as the only end-to-end appraisal platform on the market. This trend had a profound impact on the housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And now people are moving to these safe, family-friendly havens not just for the peace and quiet, but for the strong job markets as well. A considerable number of movers want to live near a thriving job market that can support them should they lose a remote job. people searching to move in for every one looking to leave.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

housing market remains challenging for prospective buyers as concerns over mortgage rates , home prices and affordability persist in 2025. I believe the concerns for the market at this point are dramatically related to geographics. Dont obsess with finding the perfect first home.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2025

The duo explore Anywhere’s resurgent focus on the luxury market, increasing M&A opportunities, and the value of embracing change. We invest disproportionately in luxury markets. The fact that we were able to outperform the market substantially throughout 2024 was an awesome thing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

I have tried being a solo agent, team, and everything in between, but lets face it the market is tough right now. Instead of trying to handle everything alone, Ive leaned into collaboration mode leveraging alliances with other agents for showings, structuring the team differently, and even pooling resources for marketing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

As market conditions evolve, homebuyers demand more than just rate quotes and loan approvalsthey seek guidance, financial literacy, and a trusted partner in wealth-building. Understanding todays mortgage market challenges 1. Mortgage professionals who embrace this shift will thrive in the evolving market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Stats are the fuel to the fire of the real estate market and will make you exude confidence in conversations with potential clientsmaking them feel confident in hiring you to represent them. This proves your expertise to clients and allows you to provide them with knowledge about the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

housing market. more homes on the market now than a year ago. By the end of May there were 38% more homes on the market than the year prior. California and Arizona have 45% more homes unsold on the market now than a year ago. Texas only has 31% more homes on the market. There are 28.7% California and Arizona are.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. This unexpected turn of events breathed new life into the market, pushing purchase application data into positive territory for the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

The 10-year yield and mortgage rates have been on a wild ride lately, even testing my top-end forecast at 7.25%, but today, the 10-year yield fell after remarks by Fed President Chris Waller about whether the Fed would do even more rate cuts than the market was anticipating. It’s not booming. It’s not falling.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

A large majority of homeowners (88%) have concerns about selling their homes, with financial uncertainty and housing market conditions ranking among their top fears, according to a recent survey by Clever Real Estate. These markets also have larger supplies of homes, with about 3.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Californians deserve a reliable insurance market that doesnt retreat from communities most vulnerable to wildfires and climate change , Lara said in a statement. My Sustainable Insurance Strategy is focused on addressing the challenges we face today and building a resilient insurance market for the future.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Rising housing inventory levels in 2024 may not be the positive sign of market health that they appear to be. Rising supply is one of the housing market highlights of 2024, according to HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami , who said that housing inventory is approaching levels seen in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Fluctuating interest rates have been a feature of the housing market over the last three years. Our 2025 housing market predictions are based on the assumption that lower mortgage rates will spur demand and boost the number of homes sales transactions. How will the housing market change as these economic assumptions change?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

All the dominant trends in the housing market this year seem like they would indicate home prices declining. With just a few local market exceptions, home prices nationally will finish the year up again and will go into 2025 with some upward momentum. As a result, we’re now only 21% fewer homes on the market than this point in 2019.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Existing home sales ended the year on a positive note , which aligns with our weekly Housing Market Tracker data, but something surprising is that home prices firmed up late in the year as well. That situation is not present in todays housing market as active inventory is almost 1 million, not 4 million like in 2007.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

percent)* above the November 2023 estimate of 611,000 The charts below provide insight into the current state of the new home sales market. Unlike the existing home sales market which is working from record lows, the new home sales sector never had that massive decline, so the bar is higher here. percent (18.6 percent (19.3

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

housing market slowed down in the third quarter due to rising home prices and higher mortgage rates , investor purchases also ramped down, according to a new report by Redfin. ” Low-priced homes — those priced in the bottom one-third of their local market — comprised 45.7% As the U.S. Now there’s a middle ground. Miami saw a 19.4%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Most housing market analysts expect mortgage rates to spend the year with a 6 handle. The bond market got spooked and mortgage rates jumped back over 7%. At the time, most mortgage market observers expected that rates had reached their peak and would generally decline in 2024, stabilizing at perhaps 6% or lower by now.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With fluctuating mortgage rates and economic pressure in the housing market, foreclosure activity ramped up in October 2024. Foreclosure Market Report on Tuesday. “As we approach 2024, the recent Fed rate cut , and the new administration could impact mortgage rates and market stability. Attom released its October 2024 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

As shown below, housing activity related to permits remains minimal, with single-family permits crucial to the market growing slowly. Historically, such a decline has served as a reliable indicator of upcoming shifts in the market cycle. As confidence in the market declines, mortgage rates exceeding 7% pose challenges for builders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

. “We find the strongest supply surges in Southern and Western markets, but more muted improvements in the Northeast and Midwest,” Kushi added. “Where supply surges, improving affordability often follows, which may bring buyers off the sidelines, unlocking pent up demand and reinvigorating market activity in the new year.”

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