Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

After a month of very little change in April , the construction sector had a solid month of job growth in May, according to the U.S. Construction gained 36,000 jobs in May, with residential building adding 5,000 jobs and residential specialty trade contractors gain 11,700 jobs. The post Residential construction jobs now 7.6%

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MAY 6, 2021

of homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2020 that were affordable to households earning the median income of $78,500. “After a surprising gain for housing affordability in 2020 that was driven by historically low interest rates, housing emerged as a bright spot for the overall economy,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

million in the first quarter of 2020. But only about 17,000 delinquent loans completed the foreclosure process in the second quarter of 2024, almost one-third of the nearly 45,000 that completed the foreclosure process in Q1 2020. That means the buyer will need to pay in cash or use non-traditional financing such as a hard money loan.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since Q1, the market share for single-family construction in urban core areas fell from 18% to 17.2%, the report said. The report showed that single-family construction in second-home markets expanded at a 13.6% The report showed that single-family construction in second-home markets expanded at a 13.6% pace for other counties.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 19, 2024

Meanwhile, pending sales – a more current gauge of demand that includes both existing and newly-constructed homes – fell to the lowest level of any month on record aside from April 2020, when the pandemic brought the housing market to a halt. They declined 2.9% from a month earlier and 5.8% They declined 2.9% That’s just 0.7%

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This is the lowest monthly jobs number since employment fell in December 2020,” Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS , said in a statement. Construction was another sector that posted gains in October, adding 8,000 jobs. The average monthly job gain for the past 12 months is 194,000.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

If homes are priced appropriately and marketed well, buyers will make offers. The buyer] got a deal,” Weinstein said of the $600,000 purchase price. According to data from CoreLogic, Denver’s average price per square foot has risen 35% since 2020. The buyers who are in the market are shopping for the usual reasons.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

The NAHB/HMI report is based on a monthly survey of NAHB members, in which respondents are asked to rate market conditions for the sale of new homes at the present time and in the next six months as well as the traffic of prospective buyers of new homes. The component tracking traffic of prospective buyers, however, rose two points to 67.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

But relief for buyers could be coming in the next 12 months. gain by this time next year, as ongoing affordability challenges deter potential buyers — as well as an uptick in new for sale listings. from June 2020. from June 2020. Home prices increased 2.3% from May to June, and 17.2% ” The 17.2% ” The 17.2%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Homebuilder confidence continued to drop in November, hitting its lowest level since June 2012, with the exception of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Wednesday.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list. In Birmingham, ERA King Real Estate agent Anna-Maria Ellison said that even without lower mortgage rates, she is seeing buyers return to the market. “It As of Feb.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For the second month in a row the construction sector added jobs, rising by 44,000 jobs in October. Unfortunately for the residential housing sector, most of these jobs were in nonresidential specialty trade contractors (19,000), and in heavy and civil engineering construction (12,000). Residential building is up 5.4%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

With strong demand and limited options for existing homes, many homebuyers are turning to new construction. Mortgage applications for new construction home purchases increased 35.5% of purchase applications came from the FHA , the highest share since May 2020. On a monthly basis, applications ticked up by 0.2%. Overall, 24.2%

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APRIL 11, 2022

Here are some buyer relocation trends to watch out for in 2022’s hectic real estate market. Many millennial and Gen-Z first-time buyers look for second homes before investing in a full-time primary residence. Affordability remains an issue for younger buyers who haven’t yet saved enough money. More Second Home Purchases.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

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. Housing starts in the U.S. million units. .

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JUNE 14, 2024

There have only been two months in the last decade with fewer home sales: October 2023, when mortgage rates reached a 23-year high, and May 2020, when the pandemic brought the housing market to a halt and home sales to an all-time low. High home prices, rising mortgage rates, and a continuous housing shortage are discouraging buyers.

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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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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas economy has boomed, especially in high-demand industries like technology, education, manufacturing and construction. The median newly constructed home on the market in Texas was 2,073 square feet, down from 2,189 in 2020, a 5.3% total, punching above its 9% share of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As 2020 comes to an end, realtor.com ’s economists believe that the housing inventory shortage won’t be as dire in 2021. Additional lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19 could put a dent in housing inventory and sales, potentially slowing down the market and putting increased pressure on buyers, the forecast said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the possibilities of working remotely, more and more people are looking to buy a house in Vermont’s largest city, causing a huge swell in demand in an area that was already flush with prospective buyers. Buyers from across the country have set their sights on Burlington. “We

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

And even in January 2020, just prior to the pandemic, average apartment rents were $1,400. The sheer amount of additional supply on the market has really given buyers more of a leg up,” she said. “I of existing supply, with another 38,000 of apartment units under construction (12.2% By January 2022, they had climbed to $1,612.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Homebuilder confidence slid again in September, hitting its lowest level since May 2014 with the exception of the spring of 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Monday. For 21% of respondents, however, “nothing” had improved.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Following extensive renovations that took nearly a year to complete, the property was resold to an owner-occupant buyer in July 2020. The data shows 30% of all properties purchased via online REO auction in Allen County were to out-of-state buyers, ranking 36th highest among 198 U.S. Top 5 Counties for Out-of-State Buyers.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Median list price of homes from September 2020 to present (Source: Altos) If you want more statistics like these that are specific to your location, check out Altosthats where all the stats above are from! Visit Altos Research Sources: Altos Research Buyer statistics Part of being a great buyers agent is getting inside the mind of a buyer.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Homebuyers who offer all-cash improve their chances of winning a bidding war by 290%, per Redfin’s study of clients buying homes between June 2020 and February 2021. “All-cash buyers used to be able to go in a little below list price, but now I’m seeing a lot of cash offers that are at list price or higher. .

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

higher than August 2020. The housing market over the summer of 2021 appears to have settled at a level lower than the surge in the second half of 2020 into early 2021,” Ben Ayers, a senior economist at Nationwide , said in a statement. increase over August 2020 levels, and reflects the 17.4% Sales of new homes were down 24.3%

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Home price appreciation seems to be settling into a more comfortable pace, just as inventory levels pick up going into 2025: welcome news for prospective buyers who continue to face the headwinds of high mortgage rates. With that being said, the index also reached a new record high for the 17th month in a row. last month).

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2021

million in June 2020 as housing inventory has slowly improved in recent months. from June 2020 ($294,400), as every region recorded price jumps. Ideally, the costs for a home would rise roughly in line with income growth, which is likely to happen in 2022 as more listings and new construction become available.”. month supply.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

If you’re looking to buy a home, you’ll stand the best chance in a buyer’s housing market, where listings are flush, demand is low and buyers have the upper hand — not to mention most of the negotiating power. A buyer’s market in 2021? It’s not likely we’ll see a buyer’s housing market in 2021, at least according to experts.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Both buyers and sellers are coming back to the market,” Fischer said. From a seller’s standpoint it may make a bit more sense to sell now, so we are creating some more inventory and buyer are taking advantage of lower rates and more stable home prices.” Very few new construction homes are going up in our area,” Diamond said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2020

All HMI indices experienced gains in August, including current sales conditions, sales expectations and traffic of prospective buyers. However, buyers looking to relocate may be surprised as recent data from Redfin reported urban dwellers leaving the city are raising home prices in rural areas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Construction of single-family homes dropped 2.3% from November to 1.172 million units, the construction of multifamily units again posted a sizable increase of 13.7% increase from 2020. above the 2020 figure. 2021 was a strong year for construction.”. “The above the 2020 figure. Census Bureau.

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MAY 18, 2022

Census Bureau released their new residential construction report for April, showing a miss on the estimate and a negative revisions data line, which I believe is lagging behind the current market reality. We simply cannot finish homes in America promptly, and now that mortgage rates are over 5%, some buyers won’t be able to purchase a home.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

The median home sales price in late July was $412,300, a slight decrease from the previous three months, yet still 28% above the second quarter of 2020, according to data by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. since the beginning of 2020. Currently, more than 44 million U.S. The single-family rental sector has jumped 37.5% In 2001,10.9

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

Homebuilder confidence fell to its lowest level since August 2020, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report. These higher costs have moved some new homes beyond the budget of prospective buyers, which has slowed the strong pace of home building,” Fowke said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

First and foremost, it is important to remember that more Americans are buying homes with mortgages in 2020 and 2021 than any single year from 2008-2019. Following these years of doldrums, in the years 2020 to 2024 we have the best housing demographic patch ever recorded in history. Mature economies are like large ocean liners.

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MAY 7, 2021

Of that $93,870, $41,330 is attributable to regulation during development, and $52,540 is due to regulation during construction. The study was filed out by 2,071 NAHB members and 57 developers, and nearly all of the builders — 98.9%, per the study — reported experiencing some type of regulatory cost during construction.

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