Appraisal Buzz

JULY 9, 2024

The median home also spent 45 days on the market, an increase of two days over the previous year. The market is trending slightly in the direction of becoming more buyer-friendly thanks to these factors. The number of homes currently for sale increased for an eighth consecutive month in June, rising by 36.7% and 48.7%, respectively.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

eXp Realty announced Friday that it has named Troy Palmquist as its new vice president of growth and product marketing. According to the announcement, Palmquist will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies aimed at attracting, recruiting and retaining top-tier real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q3 2024 provides a detailed snapshot of current housing market sentiments and challenges faced by real estate agents, brokers, and mortgage professionals. The survey reveals a generally cautious optimism among these sectors, despite varied expectations regarding market trends over the next three months.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

“A national secondary market for construction financing could allow lenders, like state housing finance agencies and banks, to provide the investment capital needed to get multifamily housing projects built and keys in families’ hands.” This could make the overall cost to entry — which is already low — more digestible.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 24, 2024

The report highlights significant challenges faced by homeowners, mortgage entities, and the housing market as a whole due to record premium increases, ongoing new business restrictions, and carrier exits. According to Matic research, one reason for these market disruptions may be the very high number of catastrophic events in 2023—28 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Signs of a “stagnant late-spring housing market“ emerged in June as U.S. That’s a key takeaway from the June 2024 Market Advantage report released Wednesday by Optimal Blue. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loans have seen their market shares increase over the past year to 13.5% Conforming loans comprised 55.9%

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Personalized marketing is on the rise in just about every sector. Firms are seeking ways to foster deeper, more meaningful connections with clients, which is where personalized marketing comes in. Firms are seeking ways to foster deeper, more meaningful connections with clients, which is where personalized marketing comes in.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 31, 2024

elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block} A new analysis by Zillow has found that Phoenix is the best market for this year’s college grads, featuring a combination of rental affordability and concessions, job prospects, and neighbors in their 20s for the class of 2024 to start life’s next chapter on a high note.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

10-year yield and mortgage rates Economic data created headline events last week that made the bond market go on a roller coaster with the GDP report, jobless claims and the Fed’s favorite inflation data, the PCE. However, for now, the labor market is getting softer, but not breaking. 2022: 19.2%

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

In today’s low-volume market cycle, mortgage originators can build business by focusing on purpose-built loan products designed to overcome the specific challenges homebuyers face in the current market. The post How to Build Volume in Today’s Market first appeared on The MortgagePoint. With an estimated 4.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

For now, we can say the labor market isn’t tight anymore, but it’s also not breaking. The four-week moving average declined slightly by 750, to 212,250 Below is an explanation of how we got here with the labor market, which all started during COVID-19. Jobless claims show an expanding economy that has not lost jobs yet.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 18, 2024

Few factors dictate the housing market more than mortgage rates. MortgagePoint had the opportunity to discuss market trends with Nate Den Herder, MBA, Founder and CEO of Ardley Technologies and find out what advances in tech can contribute to new business avenues. Q: Is this really the time for lenders to invest in modern technology?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 3, 2024

In a new study, researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University claim that Detroit has surpassed Atlanta as the most expensive housing market in the U.S., after the city topped the list of inflated housing markets for more than a year. As of the end of May, data from the Top 100 U.S. Johnson, Ph.D.,

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 5, 2024

While the nation’s housing market remains tight, sales are tracking well below housing demand, and rental and homeowner vacancy rates are plummeting to multi-decade lows. economics, including the labor market, consumer spending, inflation, demographics, and many more. On Wednesday, July 10, Fitch Ratings will present, its “ U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. The HousingWire Marketing Leaders award recognizes outstanding professionals who have demonstrated excellence in marketing within mortgage and real estate. Click here to nominate someone.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2024

With today’s jobs report and all the reports we got during this jobs week, can we finally say the Federal Reserve is winning its war against the labor market? I believe the Fed won’t pivot until the labor market breaks. labor market in the past few months, something I talked about on a recent HousingWire Daily podcast.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a supply-constrained housing market , even landing a deal at foreclosure auction has become challenging, but those deals tend to be more readily available in markets or neighborhoods that are off the beaten path. It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The housing market has shifted, and today I have some practical advice for buyers and sellers. This is coming from hundreds of conversations every month as well as stats I'm pulling. Some new memes too. Enjoy if you wish. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 8/11/22 Realtist Lunch & Learn (sign up here (open to anyone)) 8/15/22 YouTube

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 5, 2024

Heather will be teaching a free class for appraisers on August 19th at Valuation Expo called Mastering Market-Based Adjustments. The post Tips on Mastering Market-Based Adjustments appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Why is it crucial now more than ever for appraisers to master this skill?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 2, 2024

Boasting a variety of parks, farmers markets and local businesses—all centered around its historic downtown—McKinney is a big draw for both young professionals and students. Click here for a full ranking of the top rental markets in the country, graphics, and research methodology. The post Where Are the Hottest Rental Markets?

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 17, 2024

of homes on the market in May had been listed for at least 30 days without selling. Since March, when new listings increased but buyer demand remained sluggish, the share of properties on the market for at least one month has increased year-over-year, as it has since mortgage rates began climbing in 2022. set in October 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Today’s double event of the CPI inflation report and the Fed meeting gave us something that I have been waiting for: a hint from Fed Chairman Jay Powell that the labor market has softened. The Fed believes the labor market data is back to balance enough to publicly say we are at levels we had before COVID-19.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 28, 2024

Unfortunately for home shoppers, affordability is still a big challenge in the current housing market, but for the Sandwich Generation, family support is providing a helping hand when it comes to finances,” said Laura Eddy, VP Research and Insight for Realtor.com. Click here to read the report in its entirety.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Today’s housing market suffers from affordability issues due to mortgage rates in the 7s and high home prices. People are quick to panic over any part of the housing market that looks stressed, fearing we’ll see 2008 levels of destruction all over again. Why choose 2011?

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 19, 2024

With affordability still a major factor in home buying decisions, knowing which markets offer lower home prices, high military homeownership rates, and a lower forecasted unemployment rate can help military households across the U.S. Factors in ranking markets In seeking out the 10 U.S. find the best town for their family.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Mortgage rates held steady over the past week despite recent signs of relief from the labor market, according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center. ” Besides monetary policy, uncertainties related to the presidential election are also impacting the markets, according to Alvarez.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

I heard the best description of the market this week. I mean, how can you go wrong when relating the housing market to nachos? UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/19/24 WCR Gold Country (details here) 3/21/24 2024 […] The post The housing market is like nachos first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) announced a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI)-based video marketing platform Roomvu to provide mortgage brokers with marketing tools. Their innovative marketing technology is easy to use and is proven to move the needle in our industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

“We have an excellent tug-of-war on rates now because people have wised up to the fact that the labor market isn’t tight anymore, and the Fed doesn’t seem like it wants to get ahead of the curve on a softer labor market,” HousingWire lead analyst Logan Mohtashami said. “So,

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Treasury market — jumping to as high as 121 in mid-April after ending March near 85.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Roomvu , a Canadian-based video marketing platform for residential real estate agents, is partnering with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) and Realty One to mark Roomvu’s expansion into the U.S. Our expansion into the U.S. Our partnerships with LeadingRE and RealtyOne are just the beginning.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Market Intelligence Market Intelligence is a robust data visualization tool that combines the power of CoreLogic’s data assets with clear and actionable insights that give you a better understanding of the mortgage industry, allowing you to adapt to industry trends, improve LO recruitment and foster deeper relationships within the industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Redfin showcased pockets of growth in the first quarter of 2024 despite challenging housing market conditions. Market conditions recently got worse, but Redfin got better in the first quarter of 2024,” Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, said in a statement. The brokerage posted revenue of $225.5 But it also reported a net loss of $66.8

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The housing market has 80s vibes. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on […] The post The housing market has 80s vibes first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. The 90s are back for clothing, but it’s the early 1980s when it comes to housing narratives.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week issued a public request for information for plans submitted by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Duty to Serve (DTS) program that aims to serve underserved markets from 2025 through 2027.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

The latest 2023 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data is in, and it confirms a few key trend lines for the mortgage industry: there was significantly less interest in mortgage loans in 2023, and fewer banks thought it worth participating in the market. This is a 14.6%

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