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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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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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Existing home sales data: A bad sign for housing market?

Housing Wire

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales for April’s housing market came in at 5,8500,000. I have been saying we should expect home sales to moderate since the end of summer 2020, and that is what we see in this report. The post Existing home sales data: A bad sign for housing market?

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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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Red-hot US housing market begins to cool

Housing Wire

Though the demand for homes remained strong across the United States in August, there are clear signs that the housing market is past its peak. Why today’s housing market makes speed and agility crucial for lenders. Why today’s housing market makes speed and agility crucial for lenders.

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Mortgage lending volume in 2020 likely to break records

Housing Wire

in 2020 and 2.7% The housing market has boomed because of the low interest rates created by a Federal Reserve program to buy mortgage bonds. “Housing data over the past month continued to show a strong ‘V-shape’ rebound, helping drive the broader economy,” the Fannie Mae forecast said.

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Why is the housing market thriving in a pandemic?

Housing Wire

The deadliest pandemic in more than a century has failed to derail the housing market because of the lowest mortgage rates ever recorded coupled with a shift in how people use their homes. 1 reason,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors said in an interview with HousingWire. from last year.