Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The company’s Auction Market Dispatch for third-quarter 2024 included a survey conducted in late September of more than 140 active buyers on the platform. While 45% said current market conditions were not impacting their desire to purchase distressed property, 34% said conditions were detrimental to their decisions.

Housing Market 482

Housing Market Marketing Retail Development 482

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. Buying a home in 2024 was surprisingly competitive given how high the affordability hurdle became,” said Skylar Olsen, Zillow Chief Economist. million existing home sales in 2024, a little increase over 2023’s 4.1

Housing Market 396

Housing Market Tenants Marketing Mortgage 396

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

It’s great news that 2024 performed better than the 2023 housing market. Seeing more buyers and sellers able to participate is absolutely what we want to see. Let’ get into it. Skim quickly by topic or digest slowly.

Housing Market 336

Housing Market Marketing Sellers Appraisal 336

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. More inventory should shake loose in 2025, giving buyers a bit more room to breathe. million in 2023 and a projected 4 million in 2024.

Housing Market 365

Housing Market Marketing Buyers Construction 365

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

percent) and not statistically different from the rate in the third quarter 2024 (65.6 My housing economic model started in 2010 and I separated my work into two different timelines. One was from 2008-2019 and the other was from 2020-2024. The loan profile of buyers during the post-2010 expansion is excellent.

Buyers 478

Buyers Housing Market Marketing Mortgage 478

Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2025

In its 2025 Industry Survey , Redfin dug deeper into how real estate agents view their careers, the housing market, and other hot-button industry issues. Discrimination in the industry: The share of agents experiencing discrimination rose in 2024. Only 21.2% of agents would encourage others to join the profession, with 49.8%

Real Estate Agent 362

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Housing Market Agents 362

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sothebys International Realty recently released its 2024 performance report. According to the report, Sothebys did $157 billion in global sales in 2024, and its U.S. According to the report, global expansion was a staple of Sothebys growth strategy in 2024. Our reach and strategic expansion into key markets in the U.S.

Housing Market 355

Housing Market Marketing Realty Real Estate 355

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

We are once again expecting mortgage rates to get better gradually, and opportunities for buyers should follow, but be prepared for plenty of bumps on that path,” Zillow chief economist Skylar Olsen said in a statement. Zillow says that 2024 will finish with 4.06 “There’s a strong sense of dj vu on tap for 2025.

Housing Market 370

Housing Market Marketing New Listings Home Value 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

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

Investors 448

Investors Housing Market Marketing Real Estate 448

Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Realtor.com has revealed its Top Housing Markets for 2025 , highlighting the areas ready for growth in the year ahead. Sun Belt Boom Realtor.coms top 10 are all located in the South and West, with multiple markets from three statesTexas, Florida, and Virginia. of their income on housinghigher than the national average of 29.2%.

Housing Market 418

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Government 418

Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

An analysis by SFR Analytics , which tracks nationwide real estate transactions, found that the threshold to rank among the top 10 buyers in 2024 was nearly 80% lower than it was in 2021, when institutional firms routinely acquired 5000-plus homes annually. Even among active buyers, net acquisitions were low.

Investors 380

Investors Real Estate Buyers Marketing 380

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Despite rising mortgage rates through much of 2024, recent indications show growing boldness among homebuyers heading into the new year. “Despite higher mortgage rates in November and persistent affordability challengers, buyers took advantage of more inventory as pending home sales reached the highest level in nearly two years.

Inventory 435

Inventory Buyers Housing Market Mortgage 435

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What will the housing market look like in 2025? For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more. Mortgage rates continue to move higher and that’s impacting buyers. Frankly, it feels like the housing market is contracting a bit now in November.

Housing Market 448

Housing Market New Listings Marketing Inventory 448

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? Lets take a look at the data as were now in December 2024. There are 690,000 single-family homes unsold on the market around the U.S.

Housing Market 418

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Sellers 418

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Demand for “have-it-all” properties and the “forever dream home” will shape this spring’s luxury housing market, according to the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report , which forecasts growing optimism among affluent consumers and an influx of desirable inventory. Among specialists, 32.8% elections. “A

Buyers 417

Buyers Luxury Properties Marketing Inventory 417

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The third-quarter 2024 study from ATTOM examines eligible low-income Opportunity Zones that Congress designated for economic revitalization under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. zones that had at least five home sales in the third quarter of 2024 and had enough data to analyze. In this analysis, ATTOM examined 3,857 U.S.

Housing Market 369

Housing Market Marketing Design Home Value 369

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

While the share of first-time homebuyers has declined across the country, Black homebuyers are bucking the trend and showing resilience in an increasingly difficult housing market. A recent Zillow survey found that 62% of all Black homebuyers in 2024 were first-timers, the same level as the previous year.

Housing Market 364

Housing Market Buyers Law Lending 364

Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. It was followed by Manchester, New Hampshire , which held the top spot in February 2024.

Housing Market 396

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Construction 396

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale. It’s just become a more common theme.

Housing Market 370

Housing Market Marketing New Listings Sellers 370

Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 2, 2025

The October 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices were issued today by the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In October 2024, the leading indicator of U.S. a modest decrease from the previous 2024 annual gains. An overview of the October 2024 results (Top 10 U.S. last month). Jul-06 134.00

Inventory 359

Inventory Buyers Home Value Housing Market 359

Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

fell in 2024, continuing a downward trend as real estate investors grapple with tight profit margins. According to Attom s 2024 U.S. The home-flipping industry saw investors shy away even more in 2024 amid the extended period of languishing profits. in 2023 to 72% in 2024. The number of home flips across the U.S.

Investors 343

Investors Finance Renovations Buyers 343

Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

homebuyers continued making historically large down payments in late 2024, responding to a year of record-high upfront housing costs , according to a Realtor.com report. For all of 2024, buyers put down an average of $29,900, or 14.4% ” How can buyers afford to put more down? . Down payments were 3.4

Buyers 248

Buyers Inventory Housing Market Government 248

Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2025

As more properties came ontothe market and overall inventory increased for the 17th consecutive month, the U.S. housing market showed signs of a sustained recovery this spring, according to Realtor.com s March Housing Trends Report. Were seeing a market thats rebalancing, offering more choices for shoppers.

Inventory 335

Inventory Buyers Contracts Sellers 335

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Lets look at last weeks data and see if we can tease out the signals for impact on the 2025 housing market. Housing inventory It is December, of course, so inventory is falling for the season. There will be fewer homes on the market each week until February or so. Can there be too many homes for sale?

Inventory 418

Inventory Housing Market Marketing Sellers 418

Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

From rates bordering the 7% range, to record high home prices, many home buyers are sitting on the sidelines waiting for a seismic change to hit the U.S. housing market. New data from LendingTree shows that among those active in the market last year, first-time buyers received a larger share of offers than those who already own.

Buyers 311

Buyers Housing Market Mortgage Marketing 311

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

metropolitan areas analyzed experienced annualized home-price gains in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to data published Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR found that 201 of 226 metro areas (89%) saw sale prices for single-family homes rise on a yearly basis in Q4 2024, up from 87% in the prior quarter.

Realtors 415

Realtors Buyers Marketing Mortgage 415

Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The top luxury vacation home markets for 2024 have been identified by Pacaso s fourth annual Top Vacation Home Markets Report. By analyzing second home-to-primary house ratios, rate lock growth, and price trends for properties costing more than $700,000, the research identifies the top 20 counties in the U.S.

Housing Market 370

Housing Market Marketing Investing Inventory 370

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The purchasing power of house shoppers was directly impacted by this. Prior to the pandemic, the average mortgage payment was 115% higher; it most recently peaked in May 2024. Key Findings: Although average mortgage rates are much higher, 45% of buyers who have purchased a home in the past year report having a rate below 5%.

Buyers 370

Buyers Marketing Sellers Loan Officers 370

Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Mortgage rates recently hit a year-to-date low, coinciding with ongoing market disruptions from tariffs. The more encouraging story, however, is that the spring season is shaping up positively for the housing market. Mortgage spreads Mortgage spreads started showing positive trends in 2024 and have continued up until last week.

Mortgage 532

Mortgage New Listings Inventory Housing Market 532

Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Using factors like market stability, long-term growth, affordability, and market fluidity, this guide highlights housing markets expected to perform well in 2024. Top Cities With Strong Housing Markets in 2024 Data from sources like the U.S. metropolitan areas and all states.

Housing Market 397

Housing Market Investors Buyers Home Value 397

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Distressed home sales marketplace Auction.com released a new report Monday highlighting a drastic drop in foreclosure auction property volume in the fourth quarter of 2024. But auction buyers are still willing to enter the market as the new presidential administration settles into office.

Inventory 355

Inventory Buyers Sellers Marketing 355

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Despite the recent rise in mortgage rates, early indicators suggest that the housing market is pointed in the right direction. The October pending sales data is a sign that fourth-quarter sales will be strong enough so that 2024 sales end up higher than 2023,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said in a statement.

Marketing 370

Marketing Realtors Housing Market Lending 370

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

HousingWire ‘s 2025 market forecast predicts slower price appreciation, although prices won’t turn negative. The national median monthly payment among mortgage applicants declined to $2,127 in December 2024, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Housing Market 372

Housing Market Marketing Brokerage Government 372

Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 30, 2025

According to new research from Real Estate Witch , a Clever Real Estate publication,the average American homeowner now spends $24,529 annually, or $2,044 monthly, on home expenses in addition to their mortgageup from $17,958 in 2024. The post Non-Mortgage Homeownership Costs Shock First-Time Buyers first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

Buyers 335

Buyers Property Taxes Mortgage HOA 335

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

New home sales continue to be a bright spot in a dismal housing market. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development shows new-home sales registering at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000, good for a 6.7% Even better, new home sales for the calendar year 2024 are estimated at 683,000, which is 2.5%

Inventory 476

Inventory Buyers Housing Market Construction 476

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

What can we expect ahead for the housing market? Today, I have three quick points, and while these visuals are specific to my area, some of the language use can be used in many different markets. This is my last blog post of 2024. What’s January going to be like in 2025?

Housing Market 321

Housing Market Marketing Appraisal Sellers 321

Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

That implies a continued slow down for home sales in the second half of the year — fewer buyers and fewer sellers, too. I wonder whether the 2024 housing market is beyond saving? housing market at the end of July 2024. I’d guess sellers are as tired waiting for mortgage rates to fall as buyers are.

Housing Market 458

Housing Market Marketing Inventory New Listings 458