Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

No, this is not a new home sales housing bubble as we are far from total new home sales being where they were in 2005. The monthly supply of new homes was mostly higher every month in the previous expansion (2008-2019) than any period from 1996-2005. At that time, the new home sales sector got so bad that I put it in the penalty box.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Of course, housing starts today aren’t collapsing in the way they did from the peak of 2005 because we haven’t had a sales credit boom in recent years as we did from 2002-2005, which inflated new home sales toward 1.4 Currently, we are in a much different housing recession than what we had from 2005-2011.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

The second part of this story that folks seem to forget is that the existing home sales market only needs 4 million mortgage buyers a year to remain stable. Note too, that the housing market for the last many years has been composed of 15-20% cash buyers – that is a big chunk of buyers that don’t need a mortgage in order to purchase.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But I need to explain why this level has more in common with 2014 housing data than the credit stress markets of 2005-2008, and why you should care. This time around, we have not seen the kind of housing credit boom that we did from 2002-2005. Purchase application data is now below 2008 levels! This means less demand for housing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2021

million existing home sales in 2021, the most recorded in a single calendar year since 2005 and a 21.1% ” Tucker added that record-low mortgage rates are keeping buyers coming to the table – despite rising prices. Approximately 5.6 million existing homes were sold in 2020, a 5.3% increase from 2019, according to officials.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

That’s not the case now because we have’t had a credit boom post-2010 as we did from 2002 to 2005. However, the spike in inventory that we saw from 2006 to 2011 can be attributed to the massive credit bubble we had from 2002 to 2005. Credit stress was evident from 2005 to 2008. What is going on here?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Because housing demand is at pre-cycle highs, we can infer home prices are not an issue for most buyers. nominal home price growth every year for the next several years, affordability will be an issue for some buyers. However, this does not mean that real home prices may grow at an unhealthy pace in the years 2020-2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

Pending home sales metrics released by the National Association of Realtors on Wednesday revealed pending home sales reached its highest mark for the month of May since 2005, up 8% from the previous month of April. More recently, however, mortgage applications dipped 6.9% last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

Some buyers had to wait forever before they could lock in their rate, meaning they didn’t qualify for their homes as rates moved up so fast. We never saw the credit sales boom as we did from 2002-2005, so the builders themselves are in a better position to manage their future. This data line is already below 2008 levels currently.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“In a still-competitive housing market, more well-off home buyers were able to have their bids accepted by offering larger down payments and even by paying cash.” However, a significant majority of buyers (80%) financed their home purchase in 2023, up from 78% in 2022 but still down from 87% two years ago, according to the survey.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

And the peak in existing home sales was 2005 when you had around 7 million transactions.” That’s what I think is invariably going to happen because you’re going to have more seniors, the silver tsunami, selling and there are fewer buyers so the give is going to be lower home prices.” homeowners.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Because housing is becoming an outperforming asset, we may see an increase in cash buyers in 2021 as a percent of sales. The majority of home buyers in America buy homes to live in, not for an investment. This is the big difference between the housing market now and what we saw in 2002-2005, when we saw a lot of speculation going on.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2021

Low mortgage rates and incredible buyer demand won out over pressure from soaring lumber prices in March as single-family new home sales rose 20.7% With so many buyers snatching up new homes at the ready, inventory fell to 3.6 from February to a 1.02 Census Bureau. This is the fastest sales pace since September 2006.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

However, we haven’t had a credit sales boom like the one we saw from 2002-2005. Total Inventory had been growing from 2001-2005; total listings data in 2005 was at the higher historical range of 2.5 However, not to the degree we saw from 2005-2008. million listings. Today, we stand at 1,310,000 active listings.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

Pending home sales reached its highest mark for the month of May since 2005, up 8% from the previous month of April as low inventory continues driving buyers to snatch up available real estate. “Buyers are still lining up a feverish pace,” Yun said. “Buyers are still lining up a feverish pace,” Yun said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

This means new homes — with all the bells and whistles — can peel some buyers from the existing home sales market, especially if they pay down mortgage rates. Also, in the chart below, we can all agree it isn’t housing 2005 or housing 2008 with new home sales. Now on to the report.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

They did not provide information related to the buyers’ names or the financial details. SPS, bought by Credit Suisse in 2005, announced a deal in September 2022 to acquire some of the assets of Texas-based Rushmore Loan Management Services. servicing business. In the U.S., Credit Suisse owns Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS).

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

Though the desire for buyers to purchase a new home remains strong, skyrocketing prices are putting the dream out of reach for some buyers, economists in the housing industry said. May’s 8% increase was the highest jump for that month since 2005, according to NAR. The overall pending home sales index fell 1.9% in 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

can’t have a credit sales boom like we saw from 2002-2005. This means we won’t be working from record-breaking demand of high sales like we did at the peak of 2005. The builders are in a better position to manage their inventory glut than when they were working from a credit boom in 2005 that took new home sales up to 1.4

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Patrick Stoy , president of MC Mortgage Group, established the brokerage in 2005 and brings with him 24 years of experience in the housing industry. MC Mortgage Group, a mortgage brokerage based in Wilmington, North Carolina, serves homebuyers across North and South Carolina.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Ive been doing this since 2005 and I tell clients that Ive never seen a market like this, so we have to navigate it together. Relatively more homes for sale are giving buyers more leverage, as evidenced by Altos Researchs Market Action Index score falling from 55 in May to 45 today. It’s just become a more common theme.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

years in 2005, according to a Redfin analysis of median U.S. Long homeowner tenure, particularly among baby boomers, is an obstacle for young first-time buyers trying to break into the market,” the report read. “A years last year, up from 6.5 homeowner tenure by year using county records.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Homes remain much more affordable in 2021 than they were during the home price runup in 2005 and 2006, but the seven-month trend in deteriorating affordability is starting to gradually slow demand. Auction.com buyer Steve Johnson purchases and renovates distressed homes in Georgia and Tennessee. Homebuyers Losing Heart.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As you can see from the chart above, the last several years have not had the FOMO (fear of missing out) housing credit boom we saw from 2002-2005. What I mean by a credit bust is that after the housing bubble burst in 2005 into 2006, we saw a massive increase in supply. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

“This is confirmation that while purchase demand remains strong, the marginal buyer is feeling the affordability squeeze resulting from the increases in mortgage rates and home prices we’ve experienced in recent months.”. The housing market is in desperate need of more inventory to cool price growth and preserve affordability.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2023

We don’t have a massive credit boom as purchase application data is at historical lows; we haven’t had the same run-up in credit as we saw from 2002-2005. You would need years of credit stress building up, as we saw in 2005-2008, all before the job loss recession data. This is not, nor can it ever be, like 2008.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

a record low in the series dating back to 1963, while the share of homes sold-but-not-yet-started was at a level only seen during the housing bubble in 2005.” Eager buyers have been snapping up available new homes, an increasing share of which have not even begun construction, at their highest pace in years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

” One of the housing economic realities that I have been trying to stress this year is that a traditional seller of a home is typically a buyer as well. This means what we saw in 2005-2008 with the inventory spike was a historic event that hasn’t been replicated at any time in recent U.S. economic history. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

“Across the United States, homebuilders reliably broke ground on between 125,000 and 140,000 homes almost every month in 2021, and by one common measure, last year was the second-least volatile year for housing starts since 2005.”. Overall, an estimated 1,595,100 housing units were started in 2021, a 15.6% increase from 2020.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 29% of sales in February; Individual investors purchased 19% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 25% of transactions; Distressed sales represented less than 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 18 days. We have solid replacement buyers: people needing shelter.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2023

From NAR: First-time buyers were responsible for 27% of sales in January; Individual investors purchased 18% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 28% of transactions; Distressed sales represented 2% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 34 days. Also, the days on market are on a level they might feel more comfortable in.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

As rates rise, this will impact the builders more as they try to find buyers for current homes in cancellation. As you can see below, housing completion data hasn’t done much for many years, unlike 2002-2005. But, this data line should grow a tad more while they finish up homes that they do have buyers for.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

They don’t ever have to have the conversation about how low their total payment is in the new home they’re buying, unlike some of their buyers (which explains higher cancellation rates). If sales are working from an elevated number, like what we saw from 2003-2005, it’s a different subject altogether.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

The goal of the expansion is to provide homeowners and buyers, along with real estate, legal, and tax professionals, the option to order an appraisal directly through Opteon’s services, according to a statement from the company. Opteon, founded in 2005, operated in Australia and New Zealand before expanding into the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

However, what is different this year from 2023 is that we have more sellers that will be buyers. Of course, the housing market didn’t have the credit sales boom it had from 2002-2005, but it lacked inventory. Just as they did in 2023, higher rates took the winds out of the growing sales numbers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

So when you add move-up buyers, move-down buyers, first-time homebuyers, cash buyers and investors together, this can get out of hand. The National Association of Realtors’ total Inventory data shows that historically we have between 2 to 2.5 million homes for sale, but in 2022 we got as low as 870,000 in total inventory.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Similarly, companies like Zillow and Trulia launched in 2005 and 2006 as “real estate search engines” to help buyers more easily find a home online. Having everything in-house enables iBuyers to lower closing costs for buyers and sellers, offer real-time, 24/7 customer support and provide unique financing solutions for buyers.

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