Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

in October — and since we are days away from December, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears as even worse than the 2020 housing crash bears. As we can see below, housing moderated, found a base and moved higher toward the second half of 2021. So far, 2020 and 2021 have come in as a noticeable beat in my eyes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

What a year 2021 has been. 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. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. A bullish housing market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Inventory issues.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There are still notably not a lot of sellers. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. Sellers are coming back to this housing market. In 2021 there were actually more total sellers, but at the peak of the frenzy, so many of those were immediate sales that they never get counted as active inventory.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

Secret Service , notified the title industry of a rise in what is known as vacant lot fraud, or seller impersonation fraud. “We We started to hear a lot about seller impersonation fraud early on in the year,” Tyler Adams, the CEO of CertifID, said. “We In 2021, Florida was responsible for 12.8% billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

When COVID-19 happened, some sellers were able to sit back and watch the market. It was just a matter of weeks before the buyers returned and sellers sold their homes, leading home sales to get to pre-cycle highs in 2020 and 2021. In general, homeowner households were financially solid going into the crisis.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

According to the release, the integration will allow Offerpad to provide a cash offer to more sellers and will extend Offerpad’s reach to a larger audience of potential sellers. Despite these challenges, which continue to plague the industry, Bair believes that Offerpad’s integration with Realtor.com will help it grow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

Homebuyers who offer all-cash improve their chances of winning a bidding war by 290%, per Redfin’s study of clients buying homes between June 2020 and February 2021. And don’t even think about making an offer below asking price in 2021, officials said. You won’t win the bidding war.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Bad for sellers Prospective home sellers may not notice incremental changes in mortgage rates. percentage points—sellers take notice. Facing these realities, many would-be sellers decide to stay put. in 2021-2022 and 30.5-31% No wonder, then, that many sellers decided to pull their listings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

2021 was an extraordinary year for the housing market: mortgage rates at an all-time low, record high annual growth in single-family prices and rents, lowest foreclosure rates in a generation and the largest number of home sales in 15 years. The event is exclusively for HW+ members , and you can go here to register.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

Because the housing market feels very much like a zero sum game at this point, sellers again felt good about their position. The economic group cut $43 billion from its 2021 purchase volume forecast; it now estimates that purchase mortgages will hit $1.8 The HPSI is still 12.5 trillion by year’s end.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Skyrocketing mortgage rates – now in the 7% range for some buyers – and limited inventory have driven mortgage affordability to its lowest levels since the early 1980s, a reversal from the frenetic boom in buying during 2020 and 2021. That monthly payment is up $930 from August 2021, a 73% increase. With mortgage rates at 6.7%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2023

However, one thing is sure: from 2020 to 2023 we never saw credit-stressed home sellers. However, the key to this data line is that we want to see real year-over-year growth in the spring of 2024 — back to levels of 2021 and 2022. Historically speaking, 2021 and early 2022 were the two lowest ever in new listings data.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

These were forced credit sellers, which means these sellers don’t sell to buy a home like a traditional seller does. Since they were distressed forced sellers, inventory skyrocketed in 2006 and stayed very elevated in 2007 and 2008. As we can see below, none of that is happening today because the seller isn’t stressed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Still, August 2021 home sales were still up 0.6% From July to August 2021 the number of homes for sale decreased 6.2% A six-month supply of inventory generally indicates a housing market balanced equally between buyers and sellers. The report analyzes MLS data from 51 U.S. In August, home sales dropped 3.5% and it was down 26.7%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

“May marked the likely peak of the blazing hot pandemic housing market, as many buyers and sellers are vaccinated and returning to pre-pandemic spending patterns,” Marr said. “Sellers are still squarely in the drivers’ seat, but buyers have hit a limit on their willingness to pay. from April. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

in 2021 and as high as 6.25% in 2022. It all started when mortgage rates jumped from 5.25% to 6.25% this year and I saw how home sellers reacted to that move. Can you blame home sellers? Always remember, traditional sellers, for the most part, are homebuyers as well.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Overall, January’s housing market confidence jump was largely driven by renewed optimism for prospective home sellers, after December’s increasing home prices and tight inventory left homeowners weary that 2020’s record sales may not roll in to the new year. Presented by: Fannie Mae.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

That’s a swing of 17% fewer sellers in just a matter of days. million in January 2021 (when mortgage rates were 2.7%) fell to 3.9 What’s not measured in the FHFA paper is how by 2023, seller volume had already been declining for nearly a decade. The lower rates go, the fewer home sellers we have.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Altos considers anything above 30 to be indicative of a sellers market. In contrast, during the pandemic, the median-price peak jumped from $279,000 in 2019 to $319,000 in 2021 before falling to $310,000 in 2022. Statewide, the housing market has a 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score of 44.18 as of Jan. a year ago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Here is the price cut percentage data for the same week in other years: 2023 38% 2022 42% 2021 27% As you can see, affordability is an issue, and the price cut percentage is higher now than in any period from 2015-2021, but still below 2022 levels. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By the fall of 2023, mortgage rates had risen from historic lows of 2.65% in 2021 to a decade-high of 7.79%. Mortgage rates rose from 2.65% in 2021 to 7.79% in fall 2023, impacting home shoppers’ buying power. The most common way buyers have secured below-market rates is through special financing offers from sellers or home builders.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Zawislak purchased a home in Chicago in 2021 and D’Acquisto bought a home in Bartlett, Illinois, in 2022. This rule is no longer in place due to the terms of NAR’s home seller commission lawsuit settlement , which went into effect in August.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With mortgage rates briefly topping 8% and home prices breaking records throughout the year, many would-be sellers simply decided not to bother listing their homes, exacerbating already tight inventories. How quickly would sellers return if rates were lower? It’s no secret that 2023 was a difficult year to buy a home.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

annual gain for the year ending in July 2021, up from 18.7% from July 2020 to July 2021, which is up from the 18.5% increase recorded in June 2021. The index showed a 19.7% a month prior. This is the highest annual rate of price growth since the index began in 1987 and the fourteenth consecutive month of accelerating prices.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Less than a week after HomeServices of America settled the home seller commission lawsuits for $250 million , the firm again finds itself in the crosshairs of antitrust litigation. Lutz, a resident of Colorado, purchased a home in Key Colony, Florida, in 2021 with the help of a buyer’s agent employed by a HomeServices of America franchise.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, as mortgage rates stabilize and home sellers adapt, “Existing-home sales will rise by 15% next year,” Yun said. By the end of 2023, year-over-year home sales will likely fall by 18% after a 17% decline from 2021 to 2022, Yun noted. He also expects more sellers to enter the market, as they adapt to prolonged higher rates.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

That’s evident in the annual profile of home buyers and sellers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which provides data on dozens of real estate trends. Between 2017 and 2021, rural areas and small towns had remarkably consistent shares of the home purchase market at about 13% and 22%, respectively.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. Investor purchases at the national level peaked in June 2021 at 148,670. Home sales in 2024 have been well below historic norms. But even investors have purchased fewer homes this year. compared to September 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

The 2021 RealTrends Gathering of Eagles real estate conference captured our attention when the role and future of the real estate transaction process for a homebuyer were lively debated. Big players such as Zillow, Redfin, Compass… etc. claim dominance. We watch as consolidation transpires all-around.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.” commission ($10,250) to the buyer broker.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

months in February 2021. My concern now is that some sellers are feeling stressed about this market, which should never happen because this is the best seller market ever. However, a seller is also a natural homebuyer, unless they’re an investor. You can see why some sellers are stressed now.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“ A housing recession is here “ For home shoppers and sellers, mortgage rates have been quick to adjust higher in response to expected Fed moves, said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. “In million in September 2021. Tables have turned for some sellers. million units from 6.18

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Foreclosure auction buyers on the Auction.com platform purchased at an average discount of 29% below estimated “as-is” market value in the fourth quarter of 2022, up from 23% in the third quarter and up from a pandemic low of 9% in the first quarter of 2021. Home sales bottoming out as sellers eventually capitulate on price.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Meanwhile, homeowners association (HOA) fees multiplied for many condo buildings in the aftermath of the 2021 Surfside condo collapse. As a result, new condo listings are flooding the market in Florida as sellers try to unload their properties at a discount.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction. Compass launched operations in Wisconsin in 2021 and currently operates eight offices with 175 real estate agents. In 2022, the Husky Homes team closed 121 transactions and more than $48.4 million in sales volume. It even ranked No.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In her dismissal ruling on Tuesday, Wood wrote that the plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief under the Sherman Antitrust Act “essentially mirror the allegations” made in the original 2021 complaint that she dismissed in May 2022 (which was previously known as the Leeder case). ” Wood also cited the $5.36

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