Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Pending house sales are a good indicator of market conditions and typically follow existing home sales by one to two months. According to the Realtor.com and WSJ Housing Market Ranking, homebuyers have focused on mid-sized, reasonably priced regions in the Midwest and Northeast, even if housing prices are still high.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The housing market cheered as the Federal Reserve signaled interest rate cuts next year after making a series of rapid rate hikes starting in 2022. For 2026, Fed officials projected rates to fall below 3% by the end of 2026 through three more quarter percentage point reductions. in 2025, indicating four more 25 bps cuts.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

The analysis of historic home prices, income levels and mortgage rates found that baby boomers — Americans between the ages of 60 and 78 this year — “arguably faced the toughest housing market ever for first-time buyers.“ Still, these ratios were far higher during the peak years of the boomer-led housing market of the 1980s.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Heading into the 2025 housing market, we havent had this many homeowners with mortgage rates over 6% since 2016. The more folks with expensive loans, the greater the available inventory of homes on the market. In 2025, we expect unsold inventory of homes on the market to get very close to the 2018 levels.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With the Federal Reserve beginning a series of interest rate cuts , the housing market is expected to see some improvement, but for now, homebuyers in most states continue to feel the squeeze. Mortgage rates climbed in 44 U.S. states during the first half of 2024, leaving homebuyers anxiously awaiting relief.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The rule goes into effect on March 1, 2026, according to the CFPB. PACE loans are typically marketed via door-to-door sales by independent brokers who work with contractors who perform the modernization and enhancement work. But these arrangements come with several caveats, according to the CFPB.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

But the parks — which employ an estimated 110,000 people collectively — are also facing headwinds due to their employees’ struggles to afford housing , and now both NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company — owners of the major parks — are aiming to address it, according to reporting from Bloomberg.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

FHFA explained some of the actions it has taken to address housing inequality. million families under the Equitable Housing Finance Plans ”by educating consumers, reducing closing costs, introducing innovation into underwriting, and combating appraisal bias,” the agency stated. The effective date for this provision is Feb.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Federal Open Markets Committee paused its interest-rate hikes on Wednesday for the second time this year. Other labor market indicators, such as job openings and the unemployment rate , also point to a cooling economy, Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com noted. next year and to reach 2% in 2026, he added.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The HCV program helps very-low-income families, senior citizens, and people with disabilities afford stable and quality housing in the private market. Previously limited to eligible properties in just North Carolina and Texas, EHC is now available to borrowers in all U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Details of the latest membership count comes as the trade group works to implement a series of major rule changes stipulated by the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit settlement agreement, as well as fewer market opportunities for members due to historically low levels of existing-home sales inventory. Future renewals?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Its mortgage business outperformed the broader origination market and the company reduced cash burn, putting the firm on track to its goal of reaching non-GAAP profitability by next year. Executives had set a goal of achieving positive cash flow by 2026 in its investor day in September. ​​As million year over year. “Our As of Sept.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

Our demographics were either too young or too old to be in the market to purchase homes. I believe the homeownership rate can get back to 66.21% at some point in the years 2022-2026.”. housing market like these bearish Americans and foreign citizens were screaming about in 2020 and 2021. Going back to point No.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand. Most LOs don’t expect traditional rate-term refinance demand to return until the second half of 2025 and into 2026.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

Concurrently, the Colorado River is also in the midst of one of the worst droughts seen in over 1,200 years, and Arizona, California and Nevada agreed last week to collectively conserve 3 million acre-feet of river water through 2026. in May, the biggest drop of any housing market in America. Arizona alone agreed to forgo 1.8

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Powell at the conclusion of today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The Committee’s assessments will take into account a wide range of information, including readings on labor market conditions, inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and financial and international developments.” of total applications from 46.7

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the new year draws near, Fannie Mae anticipates that many of the housing trends from 2024 will persist in 2025, with the lock-in effect of mortgage rates and housing affordability continuing to be major obstacles for countless Americans. Bond markets have increased 10-year yields in response to election outcomes and better data.

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BiggerPockets

JULY 10, 2024

The housing market is “stuck” and may stay that way for the next two years. […] See Dave, Henry, James, and Kathy at BPCon2024 in Cancún, Mexico! Grab your ticket here!

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

This should have sparked the fading embers of an otherwise chilly housing market in Seattle/King County in the final days of 2023. December’s housing activity in King County was marked by shriveling supply amid fewer listings hitting the market in what is traditionally a low point of the real estate year. But by how much?

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A well-appointed kitchen can significantly enhance a property’s appeal and marketability. Let’s dive into appraising kitchens and how the room impacts market value. Excerpts: sprawling Lake Tahoe estate known as Shakespeare Ranch hit the market on Monday for $188 million.

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BiggerPockets

AUGUST 4, 2023

Goldman Sachs released its forecast for home prices through 2026. Here's what it said and what it means for investors.

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Empire Appraisal Group

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If active listings start to rapidly increase as homes remain on the market for longer periods, it may indicate potential future pricing weakness. Conversely, a rapid decline in active listings could suggest a market that is heating up. However, the inventory increases in Florida now expands far beyond SWFL.

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Movoto

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This episode of The MovotoMic Podcast dives into the latest housing market headlines, unpacking 2025 real estate forecasts, affordability challenges, and shifting trends driven by climate risks. So it’ll be just like we are reading the housing market news to you with an expert. Is that true?

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

The program authorized $350 billion to state, local and tribal governments, but with the stipulation that the money be allocated by the end of this year and spent by the end of 2026. First-time homebuyers have 1,445 programs that are restricted to assisting only them, while 970 allow for assistance to repeat buyers.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

My info below is a limited high-level summary for the new UAD and URAR of what was presented, and what the appraiser community can expect to see, from now into 2026. 2) Competitive markets: If sales are sparse in the neighborhood or city, why not look to competitive markets? The answer to this question is market indexing.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 23, 2024

This modest price increase is the lowest YoY gain in recent memory and signals a bottoming out of the traditional 10-year housing cycle in this part of the country. In other words, the housing rebound is approaching and should be in full swing by 2025 or 2026. Just wait until the market accelerates again.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Here’s how topsy-turvy our housing market has been this past year-plus. Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. The market may go into a brief lull – as it does during this quarter and into early next year. Estimated opening is 2026.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

The rule will increase transparency, limit the ability of illicit actors to anonymously launder illicit proceeds through the American housing market, and bolster law enforcement investigative efforts.” The final real estate rule will take effect on Dec. The rule for investment advisers is effective on Jan.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2022

The spring housing market will include a trio of indicators – all rising. The impact is greatest on first-time buyers and lower-income households, which recently prompted housing advocates to urge the White House for further help on the issue of affordability. In a study of 48 metro markets, Tucson, Ariz.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Housing markets across the country have stalled since mortgage rates began to rise in 2022, but relief may be on the way. That’s according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose latest forecast calls for a 9% increase in home sales in 2025 and a further boost of 13% in 2026.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Fannie Mae on Thursday issued revisions to its 2025 housing market forecast, dropping its estimated gain for existing-home sales next year from 11% to a more muted 4%. and remain above 6% through 2026. Fannie’s forecast for existing-home sales in 2026 is 5.7 In turn, this would keep for-sale inventory low.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Most PACE loans are marketed to homeowners, typically through door-to-door sales, by a company who brokers financing and contracts for clean energy installation or other home improvements. The CFPB has also looked at and reviewed regulations related to junk fees, including in the mortgage market.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

During the Residential Economic Issues and Trends Forum at 2024 NAR NXT, The REALTOR Experience , in Boston, Yun discussed his prediction for 2025–2026 and examined the current status of the U.S. residential real estate market. If you don’t enter the housing market, you are in the renter class where wealth is not being accumulated.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

From price expectations to the impact of a Trump presidency, uncertainty is the main driver of today’s market. million for it in a very strong suburban market. Well, obviously the buyer resets the market because they paid a fraction of what it had traded for a few years earlier,” DellaPelle said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

in 2025 and above 6% in 2026. in 2025 and above 6% in 2026. MBA’s November forecast includes other changes in other housing activity that would be affected by higher mortgage rates. HousingWire’s 2025 housing market forecast projects 4.2 MBA now expects mortgage rates to range between 6.4% million.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

One of the many matters of importance to Americans is your strategy for housing. As the rest of the country waits, debates, and predicts an economic recession, the United States housing market has been languishing in a historic one for nearly 3 years. This would be a temporary solution, from Q2 2025 to Q4 2026.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We are bullish about the spring 2025 housing market. The job market will likely slow somewhat as we enter 2025, with fewer jobs added and the unemployment rate increasing from its current rate of 4.1% by the end of 2025,” Fratantoni added. Inflation will gradually decline towards the Fed’s two percent target by the end of 2025.”

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