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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. Today, both sellers and buyers expect to handle a majority of the process online.

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Market Correction or Seller Panic?

Appraisal Buzz

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate was its lowest ever at 2.65% on December 31, 2021. Assuming a $250,000 loan was committed on December 31, 2021, your monthly payment was approximately $1,007 exclusive of escrow for real estate taxes and insurance. Therefore, it begs the question: what will happen to home values?

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Where home seller profit margins are shrinking

Housing Wire

This is the first decline in home prices in almost three years, down from 57.6% in the second quarter, with median national home values dropping 3% quarterly to approximately $340,000, the report said. Despite this drop, investment returns for home sellers is still up from 48.8% Metro results for home sellers.

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Millions will enter housing market in 2021: Zillow

Housing Wire

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. The Texas capital saw the largest rise in median list prices for homes among the 50 largest U.S. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Seniors are in the sweet spot for tapping into home equity

Housing Wire

This mortgage-free cohort “represents almost 40% of American homeowners and includes anyone wealthy enough to not need home financing at all, as well as people who have lived in their property long enough to have paid down most of their mortgage or cleared it entirely,” the report explained. homeowners. There was an estimated 3.97% (or $624.6

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Homebuyers No Longer Spooked by Market Conditions

Appraisal Buzz

Following the Federal Reserve ‘s 50 basis point reduction in the jumbo rate in September, mortgage rates significant fell to a 24-month low, prompting sellers to move. The Realtor.com 2024 September Housing Report states that actively listed properties increased by 34.0%, while newly listed homes increased by 11.6% fall in August 2024.

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What’s in a Street Name? A Key to Home Values

Empire Appraisal Group

A Key to Home Values. Homes are more expensive along streets with the words Beverly, Third, Brickell, Bayshore or Island. But Timber or Knoll street homes took longer to sell. Some street and neighborhood names are more associated with expensive homes than other names. A Key to Home Values | Florida Realtors.