Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. A few months ago, I was asked to go on CNBC and talk about why I call this a housing recession and why this year reminds me a lot of 2018, but much worse on the four items above.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

housing market. And according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average rate inched closer to 7% this week. Fannie Mae, however, remains optimistic that housing market activity will pick up as existing home sales and new single-family housing starts are expected to grow modestly in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We In mid-June 2023, the statewide 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score hit a high for year of 53.99, before sliding down to a trough of 40.03

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 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. planting us firmly in the first days of 2023 where higher rates and prices threaten to completely paralyze the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2023

This dynamic changed the housing market from one where home sales were crashing to one that is now stabilized. As you can see in the chart below, the collapse of the purchase application data has stalled out, and if this didn’t happen, we would be having a different conversation about the housing market today.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. Index values for most construction inputs are down from 2022 but remain above pre-pandemic levels. That could set the backdrop for a slower pace of construction.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Going more in-depth than a Fed meeting, our virtual Housing Market Update event provides you with the strategy-building insights needed to operate in 2024. It’s a savagely unhealthy housing market out there, and these economists unpack what that means for you. Register for the virtual event on Dec.

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MAY 14, 2024

As a result, some homebuilders have doubled down on the construction of built-to-rent (BTR) homes. In 2023, a record 93,000 new single-family homes for rent were completed, up 39% from 2022, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, investors are flocking to the BTR sector.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Seniors largely want to remain in their own homes as they get older, and that preference could be remaking the housing market in the city of Chicago, according to a new report. of Chicago homes amid a housing shortage,” the company said in an email about the report according to the Sun-Times. Boomers own 35.6%

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Higher mortgage rates have increased recession risk by targeting the one sector that always falls before every recession: residential construction workers. And higher rates are also impacting the future supply of homes, as housing permits have been in a downtrend for a while. percent below the June 2023 rate of 1,493,000.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Despite lower mortgage rates , housing starts ended the year on a downturn, after posting a large monthly gain in November. New construction starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.460 million units, down 4.3% Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Census Bureau and the U.S. compared to 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The number of housing units that came online in September showed a big year-over-year jump, but data on earlier stages of construction suggest not much is coming through the pipeline. That’s according to monthly data on new residential construction from the U.S. But housing completions rose 14.6% month over month.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. home prices continued to rally in July 2023,” Craig Lazzara, managing director at S&P DJI , said. Home price gains hit a new high , rising 0.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Economists at Fannie Mae say the Federal Reserve ‘s fiscal policy is having its desired effect on the housing market – home price growth began to slow in the summer, and the GSE says the housing slowdown will continue through 2023. The mortgage market is projected to slip further to $2.17 trillion in 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Despite several rate hikes throughout the second half of 2022, the labor market finished the year strong. And that could spell trouble for the housing market in 2023 as the Federal Reserve looks to bring inflation down through aggressive interest rate hikes. Residential building construction employment increased by 0.3%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, single-family and multifamily home construction grew in outlying areas instead of urban centers. Released quarterly, the HBGI gauges housing construction growth in various regions using county-level information about single- and multifamily building permits. in Q3 2023 from a year ago.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Zillow is predicting a more active housing market in 2025 , but those hoping to buy — or even refinance — should buckle up for a bumpy ride and be ready to move when conditions are right. Zillow is forecasting that housing market activity will pick up in 2025 – but the big wildcard is mortgage rates, which will remain unpredictable.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

This was the last thing we needed to see for the Housing Market , which went from unhealthy to savagely unhealthy. What I am hoping for is that higher rates create more days on the market, cool price growth down, and at some point this year, we stop being negative and be positive on a year-over-year basis.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

David Meyer is thankful that his business is still plugging along during the wildest housing market in decades. With mortgage rates hovering around 7% and home prices still at record highs, buyers across America are calling off the house hunt and finding multifamily apartments. . Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. While the market share of [single-family] BFR homes is small, it has clearly been trending higher,” the NAHB report continues. In addition, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a notoriously expensive housing market and maintains an estimated population of more than 260,000 people, according to data from the 2020 U.S. Like many localities across the country, Marin County leaders describe a housing crisis in their area that they hope to alleviate through the construction of more ADUs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Against that backdrop, Zillow identified prime markets for first-time homebuyers , and half of them were nestled in the Midwest. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Single-family home building slowed across the country during the second quarter of 2023, thanks to higher mortgage rates , and labor and supply shortages , according to the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index. at the end of 2019 to 12% earlier in 2023. in Q2 2023. in micro counties.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. However, housing affordability worsened.

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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. in 2022 but will drop to 4% in 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

housing market is in a recession because all four factors were evident in June of this year : a drop in sales, production, jobs and incomes. If the Federal Reserve wanted to help the housing market get back in line, they could do so by making one statement that they would buy mortgage backed securities, and the spread would collapse.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

We have so much new construction happening. According to United Van Lines ’ 2023 National Movers Study , North Carolina was the No. metros with the highest net in-migration in 2023. “We Although home sellers may not be getting as many offers on their properties, home prices are continuing to accelerate in many markets.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. million existing home sales in 2024, a little increase over 2023’s 4.1 A construction boom has eased pressure on rent prices, putting rent affordability on track to improve next year—that is, as long as wages continue to grow.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

New home sales started off 2023 on a positive note, rising 7.2% Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. The uptick in the sales pace resulted in just 439,000 new homes remaining on the market at the end of the month, representing 7.9 months in December.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Existing home sales dropped to their lowest level in nearly 30 years in 2023, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), released Friday. In 2023, 4.09 Prospective homebuyers have been shut out of the market by a lack of inventory. million existing homes were sold, the fewest since 1995.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. However, permits for future construction recorded a 4.4% Indeed, privately‐owned housing units authorized by building permits in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,473,000, down from 1,541,000 in August. Could multifamily construction stall?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Despite high mortgage rates , master planned communities (MPCs) did well in 2023. According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. in June from a year ago while the market saw 28% fewer new listings added during the same period.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Homebuilder confidence continued its downward spiral in October, hitting its lowest level since August 2012, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Tuesday. Three other indices monitored by the NAHB also posted declines in October.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

percent below the September 2023 rate of 1,515,000.” We are at recessionary levels for housing permits for 5-unit housing. Anyone who thinks we are on the verge of a housing construction boom is kidding themselves, with the policy still this restrictive. percent) above the September 2023 rate of 1,466,000.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, Alabama’s population grew by 34,000 people, according to estimates published by the U.S. Additionally, the 2023 National Movers Study conducted by United Van Lines ranked Alabama No. New construction is backed up,” she said. Clearly, Piccinini isn’t the only one who thinks so.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

In 2023, the Fed continued to hike rates. We held that line very late in the year 2023. In 2024, as the labor market showed weakness , the 10-year yield fell, briefly, below that 3.80% level. In contrast, housing construction plays a more pivotal role in economic cycles.

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