Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

After 2010, qualified mortgage laws were in place, meaning everyone getting a mortgage has to be able to repay the loan. This is what happened post 2010: The millennials started to buy homes in 2013 and they finance 90% of those homes. It comes down to housing credit! NAR Active Inventory Data, traditionally between 2-2.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. The market is just insane,” she said. “I

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This explains why total active listing inventory data has been stable over the decades, with the exception of 2006-2011, when those forced distressed credit home sellers couldn’t buy. Since the credit standards have improved post-2010, we shouldn’t see distressed sellers until a job loss recession happens, even if sales fall noticeably.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

This article is part of our housing market update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. As a result, markets were quick to respond, driving mortgage spreads and rates much higher than most experts expected by this time of year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. NAR: Total housing inventory registered at the end of March was 1.11 million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2024

The best housing story in 2024 is that inventory is growing — both active inventory and new listings. Still, new listing data is a positive story. Still, new listing data is a positive story. This was my big talking point on CNBC earlier in the year. Want more context?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

We have a workable range for 2023 sales in the existing home sales market between 4 million and 4.6 If we are trending below 4 million — a possibility with new listing data trending at all-time lows — then we have much weaker demand than people think. are different post-2010. 9, so when we talk about housing in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. From the index : I know it seems strange, but existing home sales are falling, and the monthly supply of new homes is at 10.9 New listings are declining now.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In 2010, more than 23% of homes in America were underwater. Our new listing data for that time period shows there were between 250,000 and 400,000 new listings per week as many sellers with underwater mortgages were forced into a distressed market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Elevated mortgage rates and high home prices pushed sales of existing homes down again in October to the lowest monthly pace since August 2010. At the same time, existing inventory has likely already bottomed out and new listings are keeping steady despite normal seasonal declines. Existing-home sales dropped 4.1%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. As the summer progresses, each subsequent week of new listings gets priced at a slight discount to the previous weeks. This trend is why we’ve called it a soft landing for the housing market. Home prices declined subsequently.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Realtor.com reported that our broader market (including Bellevue and Tacoma) experienced the sharpest rise in new listings compared with last year, up 42%. The next closest market – San Jose, Calif. – The 14% monthly rise in King County new listings included a shocking 52% surge in Seattle (1430 units).

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Seattle area housing market right now reads like a mystery novel with half the pages missing. The Eastside led the way with a 33% drop-off in new listings (420) and Seattle fell 31% (586). By comparison, there were exactly 2900 new listings across our county in November 20 years ago. higher YoY.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The brief and unseasonal spurt in October activity across the Seattle/King County residential real estate market ended abruptly last month. November new listings fell by about half of the previous month’s rate while home prices saw a welcome decline. The number of new listings tumbled 48% from October and was down 2.7%

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Raleigh Realty

JULY 12, 2022

A healthy housing market indicates a healthy national economy. It’s no secret Raleigh is an up-and-coming city, but how’s the local real estate market doing? According to the latest census, the population in Raleigh grew by almost 64,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. The largest population in Raleigh is 25 to 34 (18.9)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Where I disagree with Yun is this: We have more inventory because demand has been softer, and we have more new listings this year compared to last. Inventory is growing, and home price growth is cooling down from the savagely unhealthy housing market of 2021 and early 2022, but it is not enough to crash home prices nationally.

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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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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 15, 2023

The season has been shaped by slumping new listings, a slowly climbing number of homes sitting on the market from previous months, fewer closed sales compared to last year and prices moving plus/minus five percentage points year-on-year (YoY). monthly decline in available Seattle listings (793). on the Eastside.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% While there were 5.8% Unlikely. “I There are 7.4%

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Unfortunately for buyers, a combination of the typical seasonal trend and higher borrowing costs has slowed housing market activity to an excruciatingly slow pace – and there are concerning signs ahead. First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Seattle/King County housing market appears to have come through the worst of times with a slightly stronger showing in January than in previous months. Annual sales across King County totaled 21,515 homes – down an incredible 24% from the year before and the fewest since 2010 (20,761). fewer (1842) than on Jan.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. homes – yes, still a seller’s market. Um, bye-bye! The number of U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 29, 2025

2024 Listings Rise for the First Time in Two Years Connecticut has experienced a steady decline in listings since 2015. However, after two years of significant drops, including 2023’s record low since 2010 , 2024 saw a 2.9% increase in new listings.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

housing markets. The national median family income rose just 4% from 2019 to 2020, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, while most home prices are jumping each year by 10% or more. The image was taken from a drone above The Parc, a condo in Belltown, where I am promoting one of my new listings.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

On Tuesday the FHFA House Price Index hit an all-time high. In this article I’ll explain why this is happening and why we still have a savagely unhealthy housing market. The quick takeaway here is that total active listings in the U.S. This is also why we created the weekly Housing Market Tracker article.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Worsening affordability issues and lower-than-usual inventory have prompted many consumers to watch this housing market from the sidelines – without the picket lines. October figures from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service strongly suggest prospective buyers and sellers are taking a wait-and-see approach. in 2024 and 4.5M

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Thats up from 63% in 2010. Science and engineering degrees led the recent surge, increasing from a share of 43% in 2010 to 52% today. increase to $1.1M, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (chart). FEBRUARY HOUSING UPDATE Is the spring housing market already underway? San Jose, Calif.,

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

DID SOMEBODY SAY, ‘HOUSING BUBBLE?’. Are we in a housing bubble? The housing market has become bubbly,” said economist Enrique Martinez-Garcia of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He was one of the authors of a recent report that found signs of a housing bubble in the real estate market.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Note: Average prices include all home sales – including ultra-luxury properties – and do not portray the housing market as accurately as median prices.) Annual sales across King County totaled 21,515 homes – down an incredible 24% from the year before and the fewest since 2010 (20,761).

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

That median figure is the smallest measure for a home since 2010 and marks a reversal after a brief increase during the post-Covid building boom. >> First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day. . >> A typical single-family home is 2191 sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

market in the last decade, reported FilterBuy.com. between 2010 and 2020 to edge out Denver (22.9%) and Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Seven Washington towns and cities – from Kennewick (22.8%) to Bremerton (19.0%) – were among the top 20 smaller markets across the U.S. For our housing market, it’s time to have that talk.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

The narrow area known as Westlake, just west of Lake Union (and, notably, close to Facebook, Google and Amazon offices), has seen the number of people aged 25-34 double from 2010 to 2019 and now comprise 52% of its residents. Icon is on a mission to change the way we house the homeless and others. housing market needs 3.8

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Memories of the Great Recession still linger for anyone linked to the real estate industry – including the estimated seven million households that lost their homes to foreclosures around 2008-2010. Then the housing bubble burst. market during the pandemic – and there is great anticipation for strong demand. months (from 0.7)

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

>> The City of Kent reported home prices increased 88% between 2010 and 2018, while incomes for homeowners rose 11% in that time. As the population grew 39% – twice as fast as the rest of South King County – the city has struggled to provide adequate, affordable housing. AUGUST HOUSING UPDATE.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As you can see in the chart below, the credit markets broke in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and then the job-loss recession of 2008 started, which made things much worse. None of that action has been happening for 14 years because the credit market changed after the 2010 qualified mortgage rule. Here is an example with our Nov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

I want to show you how the data changed with mortgage rates heading toward 6% so the next time this happens, we have a better idea of what to expect in the housing market. Deviation In the data I aim to determine what level of mortgage rates we need to change the demand curve, which can also change the pricing curve in housing data.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

In many markets, home prices are lower than where they were a year ago, so I imagine some buyers are finding opportunity where they have felt thwarted for many years. New listings Why is inventory rising when sales are rising? We can track homeseller sentiment changing in the weekly new listings data.

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