Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Any sales growth momentum in the real estate market we might have had early in the year is gone. New home sales contracts are coming in pretty consistently fewer than last year — 4.9% Our Immediate sales measure of homes that get listed, take offers and go into contract in a few days is also notably lower than last year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

If we look at the housing market right now, sales are down, new listings are down and prices are decelerating. Good inflation data came in last week, the bond market rallied and mortgage rates took a notable dip below 7% for the first time in months. If so, how should we expect the housing market to react?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

Housing markets in tech hubs were in high demand during the pandemic, with potential buyers facing fierce competition on homes in cities like San Jose and Austin. According to Redfin’s analysis, Austin, Texas has experienced the most rapidly cooling housing market in the nation over the last year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For this reason, the number of housing units “under construction” is the largest ever recorded in history because they were taking so long to finish. For the builders, they have a new problem: they had homes under contract and then mortgage rates jumped in the biggest fashion ever recorded in history.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the top predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. at the end of 2022.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 11, 2022

“The housing market is getting back to normal.” UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 7/15/2022 Lunch & Learn Market Update (sign up (for real estate agents)) 7/20/2022 Beer & Stats at Out of Bounds (sign up (for real estate agents)) 7/26/2022 […]. Well, yes and no. Let me explain.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With it behind us, let’s look ahead at several housing market trends that are likely in 2021 and beyond. The Federal Reserve is expected to continue an accommodative monetary policy and keep the federal funds target below 0.25% through 2022. First, exceptionally low mortgage rates are likely to be around for an extended period.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 6, 2022

A quick change in rates has led to a quick change in the housing market. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 7/15/2022 Lunch & Learn Big Market Update (sign up here)) […]. We didn’t see much difference right away in the stats, but we are finally getting some good numbers now. Let me show you what I mean.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This “higher for longer” conventional wisdom is working its way through the housing market. I was hoping by now the easy year-on-year comparisons would show more sales in Q4 than in Q4 2022 but there’s just no sign of that happening. There are 345,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage. and imagining 5.5%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends across the country. Austin, Texas In 2021, Austin had one of the hottest housing markets in the country. But, in 2022, as prices in the metro rose to never-before-seen levels, things started to change.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The economy improved in the second quarter of 2022, but don’t fool yourself. The housing market will continue to slow down in 2023 , even though mortgage rates have declined recently. in 2022 and drop 0.5% in 2022 and drop 0.5% So what does it mean for the housing market ? . decline next year. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. The Fed report shows HELOC balances nationwide stood at a total of $336 billion at yearend 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Now, that extra little boost of demand seems to be gone from the housing market. There are about 10% fewer homes on the market now than there were in 2022 at this time. In 2022, mortgage rates climbed rapidly and inventory climbed rapidly. We measure the housing market. That’s the Altos Rule.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. in 2022 but will drop to 4% in 2023. trillion in 2022 and $2.3

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To get the weekly picture of the housing market, watch the video above. Inventory creeps up There are now 562,000 single-family homes on the housing market. This would be the first inkling of a housing market where sales could start to post year-over-year gains. Don’t have time? That’s up 1.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Both pose threats to access to capital, the cost of materials and labor, and future housing values. With many homebuilders feeling the impact of rising mortgage rates on new-home sales, delivering units for rent is expected to continue to become a larger segment of the overall single-family housing market.”. as of November 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. It is always good to know where we are with the real estate market, but it is essential to keep all data in historical perspective. . Historically 2.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Austin, Texas might be the hottest housing market in the country. It is just a super tight housing market. All of these tactics are new to those in the Austin area Van Dyke said, but wouldn’t be surprising to those used to competitive housing markets elsewhere.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Housing demand is very seasonal, so the fact that our pending contract data is firming up lately just shows that lower mortgage rates have stabilized and firmed up demand recently. However, considering the affordability challenges with the housing market , it’s good to see a flip in the housing data without rates getting under 6%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

.” Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR , said the dip in contract signings suggests “multiple offers will soon dissipate and be replaced by much calmer and normalized market conditions.”. by the fourth quarter, resulting in a 2022 mortgage rate average of 4.9%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

All the dominant trends in the housing market this year seem like they would indicate home prices declining. With just a few local market exceptions, home prices nationally will finish the year up again and will go into 2025 with some upward momentum. They’re already in contract, so they don’t add to the active inventory.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. Inventory (finally) peaks for the year Housing inventory was down by 0.7% There were 58,000 new listings this week, with 10,000 of those homes already under contract as immediate sales. Short on time? from last week.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Interest rates and inflation continued to dampen activity in the housing market across all 12 Federal Reserve districts, according to the Fed’s latest Beige Book. ” In the Dallas district, housing outlooks worsened, with those interviewed expecting “further erosion in sales and home starts in the near term.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group dropped its projected 2022 real GDP to 1.3%, 0.8 It sees the second quarter of growth rebounding to 1.6%, despite the economy contracting 1.4% million houses in April, down 5.1% The post Fannie Mae reduces projected 2022 GDP to 1.3% in the first quarter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Pending home sales ended 2022 on a positive note. Mortgage rates are the dominant factor driving home sales, and recent declines in rates are clearly helping to stabilize the market.” “This recent low point in home sales activity is likely over,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. compared to December 2021.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The housing market was hotter than ever last year, with pandemic-driven demand boosting home sales to their highest level in 14 years. There’s too little supply and too high a demand, a predicament that’s disrupted the housing and appraisal industries. of homes are valued lower than the contract price.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The headline was an impressive 8% jump over December of 2022. We shared that sales growth data back in December as it was happening in the housing market. Homes in contract rises There are more homes in contract now than last year at this time. The median price of the homes in contract is just under $385,000.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It looks like this is evidence that housing markets are returning to normal rather than a case of sellers panicking, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. This week, the available inventory of unsold single-family homes crept up minimally.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Despite the Florida hurricanes, and in the face of recently rising mortgage rates , unsold inventory of homes on the market climbed this week by about 1%. The seasonal changes in the housing market are very different from what they used to be with inventory peaking two or three months later in the year. right now is $439,900.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Redfin ’s newest housing market report shows that buyers backed out of 56,000 purchase agreements in June, which constitutes 14.9% of homes that went under contract. This share also breached 16% in October 2022 and October 2023. That’s the highest percentage of any June on record and the highest level of this year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

below the August 2022 level. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Pending home sales, like new home sales, are based on contract signings. Yun also expressed concern about a possible government shutdown, which could worsen the conditions in the housing market. “It

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. 2022 marked a unique time for homebuilders. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average.

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