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DataDigest: What the latest data says about home prices, construction and sales

Housing Wire

Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of homes permitted, started, under construction and completed all remain well above pre-pandemic levels but below the peaks reached in the last three years.

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Housing Inventory: How Did We Get Here?

Appraisal Buzz

Brian Cullen is CEO and Co-Founder of SingleSource (founded in 2000), a provider of property services supporting the U.S. housing inventory so tight right now, how can vacant properties play a role? Brian Cullen: Vacant properties hold the potential to provide significant relief to today’s inventory challenge. housing industry.

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Construction Job Openings Surge

Eyes on Housing

The labor market continues to tighten, especially for the construction industry. The count of open construction jobs increased to 410,000 unfilled positions in October, the highest measure in the history of the data series (going back to late 2000). Hiring in the. Read More ›

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Mortgage rates continue falling before Thanksgiving: Freddie Mac

Housing Wire

“In recent weeks, rates have dropped by half a percent, but potential homebuyers continue to hold out for lower rates and more inventory,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. Except for the last seven weeks, current mortgage rates hit their highest levels since 2000.

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Zonda announces major business acquisition

Housing Wire

By extension, Zonda also acquired NewHomeSource.com , one of the largest listings platforms for newly constructed homes, and Envision , a new home design platform. Founded in 2000, BDX is owned by a group of 24 leading U.S. Zonda will be able to integrate its new construction data and tech platform with the leading portal for U.S.

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Homebuilders are feeling pretty good right now

Housing Wire

New home construction is taking on an increased role in the marketplace because many home owners with loans well below current mortgage rates are electing to stay put, and this is keeping the supply of existing homes at a very low level ,” Alicia Huey, the NAHB chair, said in a statement. That share from 2000-2019 was a 12.7%

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How to Build Volume in Today’s Market

Appraisal Buzz

In a landscape marked by limited turnkey housing inventory, significant affordability issues, and relentless competition from cash-rich investors, homebuyers need more than plain vanilla home loans. That is a significant increase from the 13% average between 2000-2019 in new construction.

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