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Hispanic Homeowners Reduce the Home Value Gap

Appraisal Buzz

Zillow has found that Hispanic homeowners are making great strides in narrowing the home value gap with white homeowners over the past two years—regaining ground lost during the pandemic. Hispanic-owned homes are currently worth 11.9% less than homes owned by non-Hispanic white households, down from 12.1% from 17.9%.

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Mobile home values rose 34% in the last 5 years

Housing Wire

A new LendingTree study found that mobile homes are cheaper and their values appreciated almost as quickly as single-family homes over five years, from 2016 to 2021. On the other hand, median single-family home values increased by almost a similar average of 35.44% for the same time period.

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Urban home values growing faster than ‘burbs in Midwest

Housing Wire

A Zillow report released Thursday shows urban home values in Midwest cities — namely, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus and Indianapolis — have risen faster than suburban home values over the past several months. rise in urban home values, and St. growth in urban home values.

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2021 housing market outlook: No signs of slowing

Housing Wire

Sales volume has remained elevated compared to last year since about mid-June, home values are growing more quickly than they have in 15 years and homes are typically selling a full three weeks faster than a year ago. million homes sold in 2020, a solid 6% growth over 2019. million homes sold – 21.8%

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GSEs set aside billions to cover home value declines

Housing Wire

billion in credit loss builds to account for a decline in home values in the fourth quarter, according to earnings reports from the housing finance giants. “Credit-related expense for the third quarter was primarily driven by lower actual and projected home prices.” billion at the end of 2021.

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conforming loan limits increase for 2021

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced new conforming loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2021: $548,250. For high-cost areas, where 115% of the local median home value exceeds the baseline CLL, the maximum loan limit will be higher than the baseline loan limit. This is a 7.5%

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Homeowners gain $2.9 trillion in equity in Q2 2021

Housing Wire

trillion in equity in the second quarter of 2021, a 29.3% The amount of equity for a property is determined by comparting the estimated current value of the property against the mortgage debt outstanding (MDO). million homes. In total, homeowners of 163,000 residential properties regained equity in Q2 2021.