Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

This was driven by an increase in both single-family and multifamily construction. Importantly, new construction activity outpaced household formations for the first time since 2016. million homes the third-largest gap for any year since 2012, trailing only 2020 and 2023. But as Hale pointed out, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

During the previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019, the housing market was subject to the constant refrain of build more homes. We first had to whittle down the excess inventory and get our financial house in order (i.e., million until 2020-2024. We still have not seen housing starts begin the year at the level.

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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

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

JULY 26, 2021

In the last few months in my articles for HousingWire, I have written that monthly supply has been rising and that this increasing supply was the most critical metric for the housing market, specifically the new home sales market. months and below is a good market for the builders — 4.4 This represents a supply of 6.3

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

housing market this year? If we stick to the facts, however, we can glean a few important take-homes as to what risks the housing market faces for 2021 and beyond. 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.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. economy continue to recover from the lows of April of 2020, but the 2021 economic data shows it has been one of the hottest years in many decades. What a year 2021 has been.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Census report on new construction showed a whopping 22.6% increase above the revised June estimate in housing starts in July. This means we can add housing starts to our growing collection of V-shaped recovery charts for the 2020 housing market. The years 2020-2024 have the best demographics for housing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Exurban areas (large metro outlying counties) recorded the largest 12-month decline in single-family construction, dropping from an annual growth rate of 31.9% It uses county-level data for single and multi-family permits to gauge housing construction growth in both urban and rural metros. in Q3 2021 to a rate of -4.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the housing market like no event since the 2008 financial crisis, but some of the trends induced by the pandemic are starting to reverse. This is largely due to a delay in homebuilding caused by supply-line disruptions and shortages of construction materials. Turns out, they weren’t.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

year over year, suggesting a slowdown in the housing market, according to a recent report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. “Last year was the strongest year in the housing market for new home sales in over a decade,” he said. In 2018-2019, total housing market inventory was in the range between 1.52

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

The June housing starts data beat estimates with positive revisions, however, this doesn’t change the housing market recession call that I made last month. The housing permit data doesn’t look terrible. This is a plus for rental supply, however, single-family construction is about to cool down in response to higher rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2021

Housing affordability weakened slightly during the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest report from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index. of homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2020 that were affordable to households earning the median income of $78,500. ” . .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

Census Bureau released their construction report for February, showing a positive trend in housing construction data with a lovely print in housing permits at 1,859,000 and housing starts at 1,769,000. Of course, that’s until you look at the housing completion data, which hasn’t gone anywhere in years.

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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. Seller’s markets, on the other hand, are on the opposite side of the spectrum. A buyer’s market in 2021?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. That is how fast things changed — a by-product of a sector where the prices of homes were getting out of control after 2020. Housing inventory. Home sales.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“Let’s not mistake correlation for causation,” said researcher and Deputy Chief Economist for First American Financial Corporation Odeta Kushi , who publishes quarterly analyses of housing market data and trends. A housing recession does not necessarily kick things off.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With Halloween now in the rearview mirror, we still have one more spook to survive in 2020 – and no, I’m not talking about the upcoming election. I’m talking about housing market crash headlines. The housing data has been wild this year. Existing homes sales didn’t have either the worst or best print in 2020.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. national home price decline.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Many are eyeing scenic East Tennessee, where Knoxville and its surrounding suburbs have formed one the country’s hottest housing markets. Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. Index values for most construction inputs are down from 2022 but remain above pre-pandemic levels. That could set the backdrop for a slower pace of construction.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

A total of 431,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in March, and employment in the construction industry is now above its pre-pandemic level, after the industry added 19,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is now just marginally higher than its February 2020 level of 3.5%. In the construction industry, unemployment fell 6.0%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

This was the last thing we needed to see for the Housing Market , which went from unhealthy to savagely unhealthy. What I am hoping for is that higher rates create more days on the market, cool price growth down, and at some point this year, we stop being negative and be positive on a year-over-year basis.

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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% year over year in July.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“Apartment rents have dropped by nearly 15% in two years, which is warp speed for the housing market. Austin fits the classic example of a boom/bust housing market, where a collapse is taking place.” And even in January 2020, just prior to the pandemic, average apartment rents were $1,400. in January to 3.9%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Despite several rate hikes throughout the second half of 2022, the labor market finished the year strong. And that could spell trouble for the housing market in 2023 as the Federal Reserve looks to bring inflation down through aggressive interest rate hikes. Residential building construction employment increased by 0.3%

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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. However, small metro core and suburban single-family market share increased from 37.7% The report showed that single-family construction in second-home markets expanded at a 13.6% “The U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 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. from 2010 to 2020, Peoria’s population dropped 2.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

23, 2024, the 90-day average for single family listings in the state was 9,927, down from 14,314 single family listings in late February 2020. “It With existing inventory down, Schuler said new construction has taken on a larger role in his market. Very few new construction homes are going up in our area,” Diamond said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. While the market share of [single-family] BFR homes is small, it has clearly been trending higher,” the NAHB report continues. In addition, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2022

The construction sector, meanwhile, had only a slight gain, according to the U.S. recorded in February 2020. But employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including construction, retail trade, financial activities, government and other services. Job growth in the U.S. in June 2021.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The labor market started off in 2023 with a bang, which could mean trouble for the housing market as the Federal Reserve continues to try and bring inflation under control this year. In comparison, the job market gained an average of 401,000 jobs per month in 2022. year over year, and non-residential increased 4.9%.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It uses county-level data for single and multi-family permits to gauge housing construction growth in both urban and rural metros. The latest HBGI data continue to show a changing geography for home construction,” Robert Dietz , the NAHB’s chief economist, said in a statement. at the end of 2019 to 12% earlier in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a notoriously expensive housing market and maintains an estimated population of more than 260,000 people, according to data from the 2020 U.S. Like many localities across the country, Marin County leaders describe a housing crisis in their area that they hope to alleviate through the construction of more ADUs.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

With low housing inventory and rapid home-price growth, homeownership can seem less and less attainable for several groups of potential homebuyers. HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Due to this reality, I have downgraded the housing market from unhealthy housing to a savagely unhealthy housing market. HousingWire: How will rising rates affect new home construction? Housing construction will be impacted if the monthly supply for new homes breaks above 6.5

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver has been one of the hottest markets in the country having absorbed considerable inbound migration from California, New York, Texas, and Chicago, among other areas. According to data from CoreLogic, Denver’s average price per square foot has risen 35% since 2020.

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