Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

for the first time since 2007, according to one index. Incoming data shows that the construction of new homes rebounded in September but as rates keep rising, home builders appear to be losing confidence. As a result, we expect construction to trend down in the short-term,” he said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. For housing, March gained 110,000 jobs in construction – a positive sign in an industry struggling with supply constraints.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

They have less competition as they are working from low sales levels in today’s housing market. The truth is that if mortgage rates fell below 5.875% and kept going lower, everyone’s housing predictions would need to be revised this year because the builders can sell their homes with lower mortgage rates. months of supply.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2024

Large institutional investors typically emerged following a raft of defaults and foreclosures stemming from the 2007-08 financial crisis , putting inventory on the market from 2007-09. Studies GAO reviewed found that no investor owned 1,000 or more single-family rental homes as of late 2011,” the results said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

However, with active listings now near all-time lows, the builders’ new homes still have more value in the housing market than what we saw in previous decades. Back in 2007 — after existing home sales got as low as we have seen in the recent data as the chart below shows — total active listings were above 4 million.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory. The housing market shifted in March of this year. As the 10-year yield broke above 1.94% and mortgage rates rose, we saw the impact on housing data. Yes, crazy to think, but this is a survey trend data line, and the housing market was in free-fall at that time.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

Housing starts in the U.S. in July compared to the prior month, an indication that construction supply lines are still choked and near record-high home prices are shutting out scores of buyers. “There are now almost 690,000 single-family homes under construction – the largest number since 2007. million units. .

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Housing Market Supply and Demand: An analysis of housing inventory trends and construction pressures affecting pricing and availability. Housing Market Supply and Demand: An analysis of housing inventory trends and construction pressures affecting pricing and availability.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2021

Single-family housing starts in May were at a rate of 1.1 The total number of homes under construction increased 1.2% — the 12th consecutive monthly increase and its highest level since 2007. Permits for new construction by homebuilders dropped 3%, largely because lumber and building material costs kept prices high.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

housing market. And with total active house listings in America near all-time lows, that is all we have for completed units for sale. Just like with the existing home sales market, all that is happening is that home sales stabilized from a low level. months, this is just an OK market for builders. When supply is 4.4-6.4

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 18, 2024

Despite the construction boom that happened shortly after pandemic restrictions began being lifted—that has since slowed—the U.S. housing shortage grew to a 4.5-million-unit million housing units that were available for rent or for sale, and there is a housing shortage of more than 4.5 million-unit deficit, up from 4.3

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For this reason, the number of housing units “under construction” is the largest ever recorded in history because they were taking so long to finish. Housing construction productivity has always been terrible compared to other sectors of our economy; I get that, as we still build homes with hammers and nails, not robots.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

What is happening with homebuilders and the new home sales sector as we head into the spring housing market ? 291,000 homes are still under construction: 5.7 The builders actually lucked out here because back in 2007, we had over 4 million active listings of existing home, which are usually cheaper than comparable new homes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2020

“These factors appear likely to remain in place in the near term, and an incrementally improving economy should encourage more buyers to enter the market.”. Larger homes have become more popular as more homeowners are working from home, becoming a main driver for construction. Housing starts rose 1.2% Census Bureau.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. Interest rates are rising, affordability is a challenge, and geopolitical conflicts impact global supply markets. After all, the media would be remiss not to be apprehensive in the current market environment.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Mortgage lenders and real estate investment firms this month entered tight housing markets in the Midwest and the Northwest to better reach prospective homebuyers, despite a challenging mortgage market. Geneva Financial, founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, has more than 130 branch locations in 46 states, according to the firm.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Residential construction employment (including specialty trade contractors) posted another large increase this month, with job gains of 24,000, which Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae , said is a welcome sign for a sector dealing with supply constraints. “Six But despite residential construction employment climbing back to only 0.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Three of the biggest topics in housing right now are mortgage rate movements tied to Federal Reserve policymaking, the day-to-day moves in key housing data and forward-looking trends for the housing market. These help observers to monitor changes in the labor market similarly to the Fed, he explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

But a bigger story here is that the builders’ biggest competition isn’t other builders — it’s the number of existing homes on the market. In 2007, we had more than 4 million total active listings, which was too much supply for the builders to compete effectively. months , this is just an OK market for builders.

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Eyes on Housing

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Despite the volatility surrounding the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the housing market has shown remarkable resilience, fueled by demographic tailwinds and a housing shortage due to a decade of underbuilding.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

During the housing bubble crash years, active listings grew to more than 4 million in 2007 because most of the inventory in the U.S. comes from the existing home sales market. NAR active listings data (see chart below): 2007: 4 million active listings 2023: 1.08 months , this is just an OK market for builders.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2022

A December report by prepared by Urban Institute ’s Housing Finance Policy Center shows that the private-label market’s share of mortgage securitizations was slightly more than 4% as of October of last year, up from 1.83% in 2012 and fast approaching its post-crisis high of 5% in 2019.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

million annualized pace for new construction — the highest level since 2007. The economy, labor market, and housing market have all seen meaningful rebounds since the onset of the pandemic, but there is still profound uncertainty,” Fratantoni said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

There’s a management process we do where we touch each listing approximately 23 times, from changing the status and stage in construction process to changing the photographs. And then builders are pretty likely to change prices throughout the life of listings, and they’ll list it and if the market is softer, they will lower the price.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Mortgage rates in the 6% range have frozen the housing market, forcing loan officers to find business outside their wheelhouses. This month, she is lucky to have $2 million in her pipeline thanks to closing deals on a construction loan, a condo and a vacant lot. And it’s going to get worse. million to 1.93

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

As homeowners and renters nationwide continue to struggle with high housing costs, on the for-sale side, millions of potential homebuyers have been priced out of the market by high home prices and interest rates, while the number of renters with cost burdens has hit an all-time high.

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DataMaster

JUNE 16, 2021

From 1993 to 2007, over one million homes were completed per year, ranging from just 1,039,400 to over 1,654,500. The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Clearly, construction is not keeping up. the rate of construction has decreased over the last couple of decades!

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 15, 2024

New Construction In August, new home construction starts increased by 9.6%, according to KPMG’s latest research. Completed home construction jumped to 1.79M units on a 12-month basis, the highest level since January 2007. Supply has been the greatest need to address the housing crisis, followed by more affordable homes.

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DataMaster

JUNE 16, 2021

From 1993 to 2007, over one million homes were completed per year, ranging from just 1,039,400 to over 1,654,500. The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Clearly, construction is not keeping up. the rate of construction has decreased over the last couple of decades!

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DataMaster

JUNE 16, 2021

From 1993 to 2007, over one million homes were completed per year, ranging from just 1,039,400 to over 1,654,500. The number of constructed homes dropped below the million mark in 2008 for the first time since 1992. Clearly, construction is not keeping up. the rate of construction has decreased over the last couple of decades!

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Empire Appraisal Group

JULY 6, 2022

Unlikely to Feel Impact from Slowing Market. markets, but Fla.’s s rising demand and lack of construction will probably offset a potential cooldown. With higher interest rates, that near-stagnant growth is something Johnson said could dramatically cool – if not topple – the housing market in some areas.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. That’s the most since 2007. One of the hottest search phrases on Google today is, “When is the housing market going to crash?”. Not “ Will the housing market crash?” And many of the new projects are larger than in years past.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. housing market is experiencing a price “correction,” defined as a 10% price drop from its most recent peak. Our market cooled faster than any other in the nation, according to one report.

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Patch of Land

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Investors Enjoy a Resurging Market. House flipping declined significantly after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. But thanks to low interest rates and increasing home prices in the current market, there is a resurgence in home flipping. remains stubbornly low nearly a decade after the housing collapse.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 11, 2023

A patch of foul weather and persistent economic challenges chilled an already cold housing market. The Northwest MLS monthly housing report described it best: “December ends with a ‘whimper’”. Here are some that were touted in this newsletter within the last year – and are still on the market today. CONDO NEWS.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 11, 2023

The Seattle/King County housing market inched forward – and a little sideways – as the number of new and unsold listings continued to expand in June while fresh signs of a slowdown approached. We are not alone in witnessing a welcome rise in available homes on the market. Builders are now officially bullish.

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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. Economists forecast housing starts will rise a promising 5% in 2022. construction jobs in the U.S.,

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