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Single Women Defying Housing Market Trends

Appraisal Buzz

Homeownership as a Path to Wealth Owning a home provides significant financial advantages, including equity gains and appreciation in home values. Between 2019 and 2022, the median net worth of single women grew from $54,400 to $74,500. housing trends. and single women are taking full advantage.

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Housing Market Predictions for 2025

Appraisal Buzz

If youre thinking about buying or selling a house and wondering about the housing market, youre not the only one. The real estate market has seen a lot of unusual trends in the past couple of years, so it makes sense that youd want the latest market update before you make any major decisions! Is It a Buyers Market?

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Single-family rentals are more expensive than apartments — and the gap is growing

Housing Wire

While stubbornly high mortgage rates are keeping a lid on buyer demand and home value growth, and a response from builders has kept multifamily rent growth stable for many months, rents for detached single-family homes continue to accelerate. Meanwhile, apartment rents averaged $1,812 per month in December, up 2.4%

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Dave Stevens on understanding this housing market

Housing Wire

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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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

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. They increased the Federal Funds Rate from nearly 0% at the start of 2022 to 4.5% in September 2022. They eased below 6.5%

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FHFA: Government to back mortgages up to $970,800 in 2022

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the baseline conforming loan limit for 2022 will be $647,200, an increase of 18%. Median home values exploded across dozens of housing markets across the country in 2021. In 2021, the FHFA set the baseline conforming loan limit at $548,250 , a 7.5%

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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Austin, Texas might be the hottest housing market in the country. In addition to the same demographic factors driving growth elsewhere — all those millennials buying homes — the number of companies relocating there is a huge draw. year-over-year increase in home values. It is just a super tight housing market.