Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Warmer summer weather has brought cooler housing market conditions to Montana. The market right now just feels like it’s a bit lukewarm,” said Brian Huskey , a Billings, Montana-based ERA American Real Estate agent. This was the slowest June we’ve seen in many years in our market,” Durham, a luxury-focused agent, said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Many are eyeing scenic East Tennessee, where Knoxville and its surrounding suburbs have formed one the country’s hottest housing markets. Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. How 2020 is still shaping the way lenders use data.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Although I was certainly nervous about the process, I knew I was far better prepared — and had far more resources and industry experts available for consultation — than most first-time buyers. Lamacchia Realty is using its own buyer representation agreements , and I found the form straightforward and easy to understand.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Cooler fall temperatures have brought less intense housing market conditions to the once white-hot market of Bergen County , New Jersey. “We We are not seeing that same buyer frenzy we were seeing six months ago,” said Audra Fontanella, the broker-owner of Bergen County-based RE/MAX Venture Realtors. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Despite the state’s tight inventory, the housing market is not as hot as one might expect. The state has an Altos Market Action Index score of 54, down from 63 in May 2022, when there were only 800 fewer active listings on the market. Buyers are taking their time and they definitely are being pickier,” Wallace said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

There are three big trends in the spring 2025 housing market: Supply continues to build. Thats, I think, because mortgage rates are off their peak and buyers are tiptoeing back into the market. On the other hand, the economy is definitely slowing. Were not in a recession, and I dont have an answer. Thats up 1.1%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Annapolis, Maryland. Provo, Utah. Topeka, Kansas.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Through numerous interviews with industry players, HousingWire assessed the rapidly changing housing market to determine who remains vulnerable to the higher-rate environment, and who’s primed to capitalize in the months ahead. Despite the negative effect on builders’ bottom line, such incentives still aren’t luring buyers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

It is nearly April, which means temperatures in the Austin metropolitan area are heating up — and so is the housing market. The market is still strong,” said Wendy Cash, a broker at Austin area-based Century 21 Hellmann Stribling. Buyers are still buying and sellers are still selling.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Both buyers and sellers are coming back to the market,” Fischer said. From a seller’s standpoint it may make a bit more sense to sell now, so we are creating some more inventory and buyer are taking advantage of lower rates and more stable home prices.” We have a pretty strong market heading into spring,” Fischer said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Going from a volatile rate environment in the latter half of 2022 to a market with lower, more stabilized rates, there’s optimism spreading across the industry that buyers will come back. Ben Cohen: I’ve definitely seen an increase in inbound calls from people wanting to get pre-approved to buy a home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. So, it’s definitely not like selling a loan to a GSE (government-sponsored enterprise). You need a buyer and seller,” Brown said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The two non-California markets in the top 10 were Honolulu ($1.1 Record-high home prices and the accompanying housing wealth gains are definitely good news for property owners, NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun , said in a statement. The monthly payment amount assumed the buyer put 10% down. This was down 0.9%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

As movers flock to secondary cities in search of more land for less cash, the Utah housing market – land of ski slopes and mountain trails – has become a popular destination, especially for those leaving California. But when houses do hit the Utah housing market, they’re snatched up in a hurry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

“[There are] a lot more buyers than there are sellers right now, causing an increase in purchase prices,” Buchbinder said. “A Buchbinder said that because of the lack of inventory, she thinks that some buyers feel like they’ve lost out on an opportunity to buy the perfect home. Presented by: TMS. As of Wednesday, there were eight.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We being outbound.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Known for its rural communities, quaint towns, scenic lakes and mountain vistas, New Hampshire is probably not where you would expect to find one of the nations hottest housing markets but the data says otherwise. 18, with a market action index score of 55.77.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In this industry, some specific housing market terms bring about more worry to American consumers than others. While the term may sound scaryand is most definitely illegala new survey from CertifID showed how many first-time homeowners are at-risk or more likely to be victims of real estate wire fraud. For instance: WIRE FRAUD.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

According to local real estate agents, the region’s housing market seems to have read the same memo, as June did not bring the same market boost as many have grown accustomed to. So, this year, April and May were a little slower, so it felt like we were getting back to a normal market. as of June 21, 2024.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Vacation areas and luxury housing markets aren’t the only ones benefitting from a wave of pandemic buyers : southeastern locales are also filling up. I think people are definitely upsizing for that reason, so that they can spread out when everybody’s at home working and doing school remotely,” Vreeland-Abell said.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In a recent selling guide announcement by Fannie Mae (November 6, 2024), it was mentioned that they had collaborated with Freddie Mac to update the standardized definitions for neighborhood and market area. The updated definitions are provided below, along with their corresponding definitions from the Appraisal Institute.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2022

The housing market has been very choppy in recent months. A sharp uptick in mortgage rates has sapped buyer demand, and purchase volume continues to fall despite rising inventory. The post Inflation hits highest level in 40 years as housing market sputters appeared first on HousingWire. recorded in February 2020.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. 1 housing market for spring 2022, there is no doubt that the housing market in Rapid City is one to watch. Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. Like a slow-motion train wreck at first, it is now definitively off the rails and heading over a cliff. some luxury residential markets that saw an influx of Chinese buyers could be particularly vulnerable.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Sinking sales, rapidly rising inventory and prices at all-time highs — this is the state of the market for existing homes. That’s according to June’s existing-home sales data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which reflect the problems that have hampered housing markets since mortgage rates began to rise in 2022.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The housing market is definitely heating up for the spring, but it still feels frozen with so many buyers and sellers sitting right now. I recently talked about sellers sitting out of the market, but today let’s look at buyers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Zillow entered a new corner of real estate Wednesday, announcing a definitive agreement to buy ShowingTime for $500 million. ShowingTime is “giving buyers’ agents an easier way to schedule showings with listing agents,” Samuelson added. How to gain more listing visibility in a shifting housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the possibilities of working remotely, more and more people are looking to buy a house in Vermont’s largest city, causing a huge swell in demand in an area that was already flush with prospective buyers. Buyers from across the country have set their sights on Burlington. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

One of my recent new home buyers got their final quote on a property a 30-minute drive from the coast and it had gone up 40% from a year ago. The rising costs and lack of availability of homeowners insurance has forced many homeowners and buyers to turn to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation , the state’s insurer of last resort.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

” Kanacki’s market, like many others, remains competitive as buyers continue to experience bidding wars amid historically low housing inventory and an uptick in home prices. “I Usually, Merchant said the Sacramento housing market slows down after Labor Day, but doesn’t see that slowdown this year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It (the tax) is definitely a question that people want to know, that is, how much are the property taxes if I live in eastern Austin versus living here in Williamson County,” Toliver said. “If High tax burdens can play a major factor in whether buyers get priced out of a potential home purchase,” Barber said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I These rising costs are understandably impacting the ability or willingness of some buyers to purchase specific properties. Literally since Jan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

After a couple weeks of big jumps for mortgage rates , we’re still seeing relatively surprising strength in the housing market. We’re watching sales volumes , which are definitely up over past year but remain slow. housing market for the week of April 22. There are 543,000 single-family homes on the market now.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2021

“We’re in the camp that believes the inflationary pressure that we’re seeing now is transitory, but definitely something that we should be watching out for, because that’s going to have a major implication in the housing market, and especially if the Fed decides to correct it,” said Atreya.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2021

And with today’s low interest rates, buyers have been rushing to purchase what’s available. The problem is, rushing to buy property might force you to settle for a house that won’t reward you financially. If you’re a buyer, you want to make sure you’re purchasing a home that’ll increase in value.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

The most dire predictions about where the housing market is heading would require a surge of sellers. As mortgage rates fall, we’ll see if there is any notable uptick in buyer demand. Is there a threshold that motivates buyers? Withdrawals of active listings are definitely climbing. If we’re lucky?

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