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Pending Home Sales Climb to Highest Level Since March

Appraisal Buzz

The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) reports that pending home sales increased in September. higher as buyers responded to slightly improved affordability in the new construction segment as well. According to Yun, in 2025 and 2026, the median price of an existing home will increase to $410,700 and $420,000, respectively.

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Some say Austin’s rental market might collapse. That’s not reality

Housing Wire

Clare Knapp, housing economist for the Austin Board of Realtors , counters the notion of a collapse “Austin is not the same Austin as it was eight years ago,” she said. of existing supply, with another 38,000 of apartment units under construction (12.2% 20 — $4 less than the national average. Data supports Knapp’s perspective.

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Frank Martell talks loanDepot’s restructuring, path to profitability and M&As 

Housing Wire

Amid a shrinking market, Vision 2025 was extended into 2026 and beyond, Martell said. We’ve extended that to 2026 or so. That’s new construction. We had LDI Digital, which included mellohome, with a component of Realtor [aspects] and also the component technology. Martell: We want our fair share.

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Fannie Mae Releases 2025 Economic Outlook 

Appraisal Buzz

According to their baseline forecast, core inflation will continue to decline and economic growth and employment increases will slow slightly in the upcoming year, but it wont achieve the Feds target until 2026. over the same period last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. At the end of November, there were 1.37

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

The costs of buying the same home this year compared to just one year ago have risen by 40% from a combined impact of higher home prices and soaring mortgage rates, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). First, even though construction is starting to catch up, we have a huge 5.8

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MovotoMic Season 2 Episode 5: Market Movers: From Baby Boomers to Climate-Driven Real Estate Shifts

Movoto

Well, the reason home prices are down so much in Austin is because a ton of builders came in and started building and actually made up the inventory shortfall with new construction and it made that new construction more appealing than existing inventory. And so you had a lot of inventory growth. JT 10:50: They can’t have that.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

They include shortages caused by restrictive zoning that limit the number and type of housing units built on a given parcel, a “not in my backyard” resistance to new construction in traditionally single-family-home neighborhoods, and layers of regulations, processes and fees that dissuade developers from building in certain areas.

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