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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

These were forced credit sellers, which means these sellers don’t sell to buy a home like a traditional seller does. Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. As we can see below, none of that is happening today because the seller isn’t stressed.

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. A traditional primary resident seller is also a buyer, which means if they don’t list, they’re not just taking a potential home to be bought off the table — they’re taking a future sale off the books as well.

Inventory 449
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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. Home prices ebb and flow, pricing was working in the sense that sellers met homebuyers to a degree. To have a balanced housing market, we need active listings to rise yearly, which they typically do; 2020 was an anomaly.

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Housing Market Predictions for 2022 and Other Appraisal News

McKissock

Plus, what will it take to modernize the appraisal process? Read on for this week’s appraisal news and insights. “Higher mortgage rates will end double-digit price growth and new listings will hit a 10-year high,” predicts Redfin. Opinion: The path to modernizing the appraisal process.

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30 real estate social media post ideas (+ popular agents to follow)

Housing Wire

In this article, we’ll share ideas and tips, including the best way to present new listings and how to engage your followers with valuable educational content. Be sure to label on the photo or video that your post is a new listing, as people may miss the caption while scrolling.

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December Real Estate Market Update

Listing Spark

Across the major markets in Texas, our December real estate market update shows clear data points that we are ending the year in one of the strongest seller’s markets we have seen in modern history. . Here is the breakdown across Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. Months of Inventory (1.2 San Antonio.

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The savagely unhealthy housing market is over

Housing Wire

This facilitated the biggest decline in existing home sales for a single year that we will ever see in modern-day history due to the high level of sales in January of 2022. The housing market can still be very frustrating to buyers and sellers because mortgage rates can move fast up or down.