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COVID couldn’t stop the U.S. housing market in 2020

Housing Wire

Today the National Association of Realtors reported existing home sales for the month of December were at 6,760,000, a beat of estimates. This also closed the books on 2020’s housing market as we finished out the year at 5,640,000 total existing-home sales — a 5.6% Mortgage demand picked up in 2020.

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Illinois Realtors partner with HousingWire to unlock The Full Picture 

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In our dedication to providing the full picture to housing professionals across the U.S. housing market, HousingWire has partnered with Illinois Realtors , bringing exclusive news, market data and housing research to the 50,000 Illinois Realtors that power the state’s real estate market.

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What’s next for the overheated housing market?

Housing Wire

According to the National Association of Realtors, March’s existing-home sales came in at 6.01 Because March 2020 sales were slightly weaker due to the start of COVID-19, the year-over-year growth in sales for March 2021 came in at 12.3%. We now have what I would consider to be the unhealthiest housing market in the last 10 years.

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‘Combative’ Portland housing market is having post-pandemic growing pains

Housing Wire

Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. From March 2020 to July 2022, the median home price rose 23% before hitting a brief lull. 25 statewide in 2023 transaction volume.

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The housing market is now savagely unhealthy

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for February came in as a miss of estimates at 6.02 Total inventory data is deficient, and this was my biggest fear in the years 2020-2024, and it happened. I thought creating the term forbearance crash bros in the Summer of 2020 would help educate homebuyers.

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Dave Stevens on understanding this housing market

Housing Wire

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Denver’s housing market takes sharp turn toward buyers

Housing Wire

Denver-based Realtor Bret Weinstein took on a client whose house had been on the market for 60 days. 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.

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