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Wow — 6 million existing home sales! However, context is key with 2020 housing market data

Housing Wire

housing market and compare those to where we are today — in the middle of one of the most epic years in our country’s history, due to COVID-19. No doubt about it, the COVID crisis has taken some juice out of the 2020 housing market. The February housing data, pre-COVID, was juicy indeed.

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Report suggests HUD is considering use of cryptocurrency, agency denies any plans

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering employing cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to monitor the employment of agency grants, which some staffers believe could be a trial run for wider deployment of the technology across the federal government. I dont see any way this will help anything.

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How home-price growth has damaged the housing market

Housing Wire

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. I developed a specific home-price growth model for the years 2020-2024 which said that if home-price growth grew at 23% for five years we would be fine, with total housing demand —both new and existing homes together — getting to 6.2

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Winners and losers of this volatile housing market

Housing Wire

Through numerous interviews with industry players, HousingWire assessed the rapidly changing housing market to determine who remains vulnerable to the higher-rate environment, and who’s primed to capitalize in the months ahead. The post Winners and losers of this volatile housing market appeared first on HousingWire.

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D.C., Chicago are top YIMBY cities for housing development

Housing Wire

metro areas that are embracing new development and “creating a more diverse and plentiful supply of homes.“ The report delves into the “Yes in My Backyard“ (YIMBY) movement , which involves numerous strategies to improve housing supply and lower the cost of living for homeowners and renters alike. 71.2%) and Chicago (54.3%).

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Expert Insights: Differentiating Yourself From the Competition

Appraisal Buzz

He is the CEO and Founder of Bluebird Lending, a national private lender servicing real estate developers and investors with an array of loan products to acquire, construct, and refinance residential and multifamily properties. He has developed and manages a portfolio of mixed-use properties throughout South Philadelphia.

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New home sales proving Wall Street was wrong 

Housing Wire

The truth is, it’s not 2008 all over again. I understand the lure of the housing 2008 story. However, the people who say low inventory is fake news don’t realize that housing credit channels are very different from 2008, which has prevented total active listings from looking anything like 2008.

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