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Lower mortgage rates are stabilizing the housing market

Housing Wire

Only from 2006-2011 did we see this break due to forced sellers who couldn’t buy homes. This time the hit on demand is much more challenging as we are working from a savagely unhealthy rise in home prices since 2000, and mortgage rates have skyrocketed in the most prominent fashion in modern history. NAR: Total Inventory levels 1.22

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Making housing more affordable by bridging the affordable supply gap

Housing Wire

Since 2011, the number of existing single-family homes for sale has declined more than 30%. By supplying more homes that are affordable, the housing industry can increase homeownership rates for everyone. ?. At the same time, we’ve seen an unprecedented increase in home prices.

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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

There’s a showdown at the housing market corral between homebuyers and sellers. When I came up with the “ savagely unhealthy housing market ” label in February of this year, it was based on the premise that the housing inflation story that we have had to deal with since 2020 was a historical event.

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Existing home sales data shows extent of housing inflation

Housing Wire

The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . Since the summer of 2020, I have talked about what could change the housing market, which was a 10-year yield above 1.94%, which means rates over 4%.

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Most good things change, and most change is good!

Appraisal Buzz

We all have seen the buzz phrases: appraisal modernization, bifurcation, data collectors, desktop and hybrid appraisals, and observation (rather than Inspection). Next gen appraisers Several white papers have been developed on the declining number of appraisers dating back to 2011. Some of these have been around for many years.

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Rise above the panic, for the housing market’s sake

Housing Wire

Research from Glossy and Modern Retail coined the “Great Mall Overhaul ” and made the call for a pivot, the evolution from transactional to experiential. Now, many would have you believe that leases are in trouble, space is going to sit empty and that shopping malls are a thing of the past, but the model simply needs to change.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. The future will mean housing is abundant, affordable, beautiful, diverse, and exciting,” Ballard said. “The The secret of the ooze.