Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

On Wednesday, existing home sales collapsed near the lows we saw during COVID-19 and back in 2007 when the housing bubble burst. ” 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. Confused by this?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the report, institutional investors that jumped into the single-family properties market following the housing market crash in 2007 to convert them to rentals also played a role. This proved to be a profitable business model but served to reduce home inventory,” said Sklarz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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. Total inventory levels. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Part of the issue is that mortgage rates moved up so fast that many sellers quit this year as well. Key thing to remember: A traditional seller is also usually a buyer. When mortgage rates spiked up as much as they did this year, it wasn’t financially appealing to some sellers to purchase their homes at rates of 6.25%-7.37%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

Brian Gubernick : No question, the greatest learning opportunity I’ve experienced was the 2007-2008 housing market crash. NAR recently shared that there are nearly 30% more homes available for sale compared to earlier in the year but that buyers need to earn at least $125,000 to afford to buy most of these additional homes. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It all started when mortgage rates jumped from 5.25% to 6.25% this year and I saw how home sellers reacted to that move. Traditionally speaking, post-2012, inventory growth came in years where demand was weaker from mortgage buyers: 2014 and 2022. Can you blame home sellers? in 2021 and as high as 6.25% in 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The builders don’t like to see supply of existing homes growing for fear that their buyers might cancel on them. The growth of supply means demand is getting weaker, which will require builders to give more incentives to buyers. Here’s the breakout: 71,000 new homes have been completed: 1.4 months of supply.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2023

We have to remember that a conventional seller is usually also a traditional buyer, so new listings growing toward their seasonal peak throws cold water on the idea that no one will list their homes because they already have a low mortgage rate (the mortgage rate lockdown theory). didn’t go into recession until 2008.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From NAR : First-time buyers were responsible for 31% of sales in November; Individual investors purchased 18% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 27% of transactions; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 25 days. The marketplace data told us we had no stressed sellers in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. You need a buyer and seller,” Brown said. So, it’s definitely not like selling a loan to a GSE (government-sponsored enterprise).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

However, the glaring difference today versus the recession of 2008, is that in 2007 the builders had to deal with over 4 million active listings as competition for their pricey new homes. Buyers have fewer choices than normal in the past eight years — but in reality, since 1982. months and above.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

in December 2022, its highest level since 2007 and its fastest rise in more than 40 years. Until mortgage rates drop below 5.5%, we can expect low housing supply, which favors sellers. We can also expect low housing demand, which favors buyers. They increased the Federal Funds Rate from nearly 0% at the start of 2022 to 4.5%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

They’re effective sellers and don’t want to create a backlog of completed units for sale because that would ruin their business model. In 2007, we had more than 4 million total active listings, which was too much supply for the builders to compete effectively. Now on to the report.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Inventory of homes listed reached a record low by July of 2023 , and mortgage rates increased dramatically, diminishing buyer affordability. Many sellers are holding the line, and buyers continue to face competition. The result is buyers are still faced with some of the highest monthly mortgage payments in history.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

NAR Research : First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in October; All-cash sales accounted for 26%; Individual investors purchased 16%; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 21 days in October. million, with a peak in 2007 a tad over 4 million. months to 3.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

Demand driven by demographics is different than demand driven by mortgage finance innovation and “fix-and-flip” home buyers, as was the case in the mid-2000s. The only period when the median sale price was greater than house-buying power was from 2005 through 2007, indicating an overvaluation of housing, or a “housing bubble.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

NAR: First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in March; Individual investors purchased 17% of homes; All-cash sales accounted for 27% of transactions; Distressed sales represented 1% of sales; Properties typically remained on the market for 29 days. million before we saw the massive stress spike in supply from 2005 to 2007.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Due diligence to verify the destination account of an escrow or down payment is also essential, since such transfers can’t be undone, and there is little recourse for seller or buyer once the sum is gone. Banks have no choice but to honor these loans and, in the 2007 financial crisis, we saw the devastating consequences.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even as mortgage rates rose, and affordability was pushed out of reach for many potential homebuyers, there are still sufficient buyers who can afford these prices and these rates. The number of buyers has been surprising. During the GFC, inventory rose in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Home prices declined subsequently.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Geneva Financial, founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, has more than 130 branch locations in 46 states, according to the firm. New Western calls itself “the largest private source of investment properties in the country,” connecting more than 100,000 local investors looking to rehab houses with sellers. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

But we should ask: Why is inventory so much lower now if purchase application data is at 2009 levels — a period in time when inventory was rising noticeably in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009? Housing tenure ran at five to seven years from 1985-2007 and now is 11-13 years from 2008 2022. Hey, a person can hope, right!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2023

This is a problem for the existing home sales market since a traditional seller is usually also a buyer, so the lack of listing growth was a big hit to demand. As you can see below, the waterfall dive in existing home sales has taken us toward the level of 2007-2008 monthly home sales. Same week last year: (Jan.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 10, 2024

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 26, 2024

Elevated condo association and special assessment fees present an additional financial burden for condo owners, deterring potential buyers unless the purchase price is reduced sufficiently to offset the higher ongoing monthly costs. Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Now, a year and a half later, with rates up to 8%, buyer affordability is significantly diminished. Furthermore, potential sellers with covid-era mortgage rates of around 3% aren’t actually listing because it means they’d have to give up that historic rate and trade it in for one that is two to three times higher.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

He said the outlook for MSR assets “remains very strong, driving [price] multiples to very attractive levels for prospective sellers.”. “As The bank also has been a net seller of MSRS in recent years, posting MSR net sales totaling nearly $2 billion combined for 2020 and 2021 — and $20.9 billion in 2020 to $138.4 billion for 2019.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Now that the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, home buyers should swarm the market with low-interest mortgages …. Buyers who enter the market now will enjoy some of the best selection of homes since before the pandemic as supply grows, competition wanes and home prices slip. Hold on, there! months while Seattle has 2.9.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 8, 2021

housing starts, when builders break ground and lay a foundation, are forecast to finish this year at 1.04M single-family homes, the first time since 2007 the figure will exceed a million. Who said this is a sellers’ market? A modicum of relief is on the way. Economists forecast housing starts will rise a promising 5% in 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

Now, months later, with rates up nearly 100% from the start of the year- January mortgage rates were hovering in the low to mid 3’s and this week reached 6.28%- diminished buyer affordability is causing a big downshift in demand. Rising prices weren’t favorable but with historically low mortgage rates , they were still affordable for buyers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

The affordability hit with higher mortgage rates has impacted new listings data since most sellers are buyers, thus facilitating an all-time low in new listings data. million The peak in 2007 was a bit over 4 million Currently we’re at 1.08 Also, NAR updated its inventory report showing a year-over-year decline in inventory.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

One of the issues with existing home inventory has been that, for the most part, a traditional seller is usually a buyer of a home. I don’t need to see total active listing get back to the historical range of 2-2.5 million to take the savagely unhealthy theme off, but I do need us to get into a range between 1.52-1.93

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 15, 2022

Rates dropped to historic lows to keep buyers buying, prompting an influx of new applications and re-finances as obtaining a mortgage was more affordable than ever. Sellers kept listing, albeit, at a much slower pace, and buyers were buying at the highest rate in over 15 years, absorbing inventory faster than ever.

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Listing Spark

JUNE 27, 2023

National Landscape: Indications of a Seller’s Market As detailed in a recent article by Matt Carter published on June 9, 2023, a national sentiment heavily favoring sellers prevails 1. “The housing market has tilted sharply in favor of sellers amid increasing demand and ongoing low housing inventory.”

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Birmingham Appraisal

JANUARY 11, 2023

The higher rates resulted in larger mortgage payments which took many buyers out of the market. The dynamics of supply and demand dictate that as demand decreases (because buyers are leaving the market due to higher mortgage payments) prices will drop. The volume reminds me of what we saw in 2007-2008 during the recession.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Where are all the sellers? A full 82% of sellers and buyers felt “locked in” by their current (low) mortgage rates, according to a survey released by realtor.com. between May 2007 and January 2012. Seattle had a 6.6% (1045) new-listings decline from the previous month and was down 28% year-on-year (YoY).

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