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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

However, this year, even though the spreads are still historically bad, they’ve improved over last year, which is a plus for the housing market. The fact that this data line is now positive is a very promising sign for the housing market. Right now, the difference between them is 2.60%.

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Flyhomes looks to grow via wholesale channel

Housing Wire

While many proptech companies have struggled to adapt to the slower housing market conditions and challenging venture capital environment, Flyhomes is viewing this as a time to grow. This is just one more arrow in their quiver.”

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New home sales battled scorching prices in April

Housing Wire

Of that $93,870, $41,330 is attributable to regulation during development, and $52,540 is due to regulation during construction. In March, Redfin reported almost two-thirds (63%) of people who bought a home in 2020 made an offer on a property they hadn’t seen in person, up from 32% a year earlier and the highest share since at least 2015.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. Housing recession. That would be a positive for demand.

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Opinion: How ADUs can alleviate the U.S. housing crisis

Housing Wire

housing market is short by at least 6.5 The scarcity of housing has driven home prices and rents prices to an all-time high and pushed affordability to a multi-decade low. As a result, there are a large number of new housing units that have been added to high-cost locations where people hope to live and work.

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Housing Market Tracker: Purchase apps surprise

Housing Wire

This dynamic changed the housing market from one where home sales were crashing to one that is now stabilized. As you can see in the chart below, the collapse of the purchase application data has stalled out, and if this didn’t happen, we would be having a different conversation about the housing market today.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. High-quality homes sell in nearly every market. Worried about missing out on a boom?