Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Common real estate farming ideas include direct outreach via mail, email or direct mailers, but you can also host neighborhood social events, sponsor seasonal events and provide helpful real estate information resources to your community. Like all marketing, real estate farming is psychological.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. The event is exclusively for HW+ members , and you can go here to register.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, this event will provide an in-depth look at their latest insights on the housing market, along with a roundtable discussion on how this information applies to your business. To register for the HW+ event, go here.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

A couple purchased the home in 1969, but took out a $189,000 reverse mortgage on the property in 1997. That has complicated the issues around ownership of the home according to the child of those buyers, who said that interest accumulation on the loan has potentially outpaced its market value.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

“I sold a home to a hedge fund guy in New York. The agent said rich “mainland” residents replaced international buyers, who are restricted in their travel amid the pandemic. One issue that comes from this, Curbow said, is that buyers are afraid to pursue their dream home. But overall demand is on the rise.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

This cohort accounted for 1,950,000 properties — equating to 39% of total homes purchased! 1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. stares down the barrel of a considerable economic downturn.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

According to recent Zillow data, as the home-buying season draws near, buyers are more affected by persistently high mortgage rates than sellers. Homeowners are finally coming back to the market as the effects of rate lock ease over time, but buyers are still struggling with high monthly costs, saidSkylar Olsen, Zillow chief economist.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

Even though sellers’ median valuations in each of these housing markets grew by an astounding 40% or more over the previous year, only one market, Panama City, Florida, saw a year-over-year increase in the number of homes newly listed for sale. The end of seller speculation in the housing market is long overdue and welcome news for buyers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+? How do you convince the sellers of $15 million homes to work with you?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

Handwrytten also offers dozens of templates tailor-made for holidays and unique life events, such as congratulating your client on their new baby. To personalize your mailers even more, you can add gift cards for brands like Home Depot and even packets of coffee from Starbucks to the envelopes. each and unmailed postcards are $0.79

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Another issue that led to the housing crash of 2008, was unqualified buyers who were able to secure mortgages on homes they couldn’t really afford. Or buyers are walking away from the deal. No one knows what the future holds.

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Realtor

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Most of the buyers I work with don’t have extra resources available, so the fact that they can purchase a home with zero down makes the transaction feasible,” says Benny Dinsmore , a Realtor® with Coldwell Banker in Frisco, TX. Most conventional buyers have to pay private mortgage insurance if they put less than 20% down.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 17, 2023

From COVID-19 interventions to supply chain disruptions to record inflation, the hits kept coming against a real estate market that was already experiencing diminished inventories and a growing pool of buyers. One thing it did was to rouse the weary buyers out of temporary hibernation.

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Eppraisal

JUNE 21, 2024

The specter of moisture damage should be a top concern, especially when selling a house, for it can negatively affect home values. Otherwise, their canopies can cause moisture issues by shedding leaves that pile and decay on the roof, bruising asphalt shingles during windy events and destroying your property when they break and fall.

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Eppraisal

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In fact, the excitement makes it easy to forget that -- even with home financing -- there will be monies owed at settlement time. Closing, on the other hand, is the event that conveys the property. In general, the more of these that have not been pre-paid, the more cash the buyers have to bring.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Similar to this national trend, Massachusetts saw increases in both home sales and prices compared to last year The housing market often shifts in response to economic and political events. Sellers , keep in mind that homes do sell during the holiday season , often to serious and motivated buyers.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Similar to the national trend, Rhode Island saw increases in both home sales and prices compared to last year The housing market often shifts in response to economic and political events. Sellers , It is important to remember that homes do sell during the holidays , often to highly motivated buyers.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Similar to the national trend, Connecticut saw increases in both home sales and prices compared to last year The housing market often shifts in response to economic and political events. Listing your home now can provide a competitive edge with less inventory and greater visibility for your property.

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Eppraisal

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Buying and selling property is a big event for those gaining the asset and for those making money on the deal. An array of factors influences the home value, mortgage interest rate, fees and timing of these exchanges. Such a development takes a large portion of the potential home buyer population out of play.

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Quicken Loans

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In addition, home values and sales skyrocketed. So, it’s no wonder that a year like that left experts and new buyers guessing. Buyer demand continued. But that only increased demand as stay-at-home orders reiterated the need for a home that was the right fit. Home Inventory Will Slowly Rise.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 10, 2024

Recent news that the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) wishes to settle a series of lawsuits from home sellers has sent ripples through the real estate industry. Allegations of collusion to inflate compensation paid to both buyer and seller agents in transactions prompted this landmark settlement, estimated at a staggering $418M.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 10, 2022

Despite all of it competition is still strong, and buyers are still out there, but with average prices increasing also at historic rates since 2020 and with the cost increase of borrowing, a shift in the market is happening. Congratulations, frustrated home buyers ! This trend will continue its upwards path.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 29, 2024

With a slight increase in listings (see Homes Listed section below), buyers have had a few more options this year, but not enough to surpass sales when compared to this time last year. Delaying a home purchase solely due to interest rates is often unwise. The market in Connecticut is especially tight given inventory levels.

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Realtor

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Most of the buyers I work with don’t have extra resources available, so the fact that they can purchase a home with zero down makes the transaction feasible,” says Benny Dinsmore , a Realtor® with Coldwell Banker in Frisco, TX. Most conventional buyers have to pay private mortgage insurance if they put less than 20% down.

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Eppraisal

OCTOBER 28, 2022

They choose their Colors of the Year based on design trends and feelings about current events taking place around the world. They also provide ideas on how to integrate the colors into your home. Decorating with these warmer, earth tones may help increase your home value this year.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

All this, while we prepare to experience in a few years the largest wave of potential home-purchase demand in our nation’s history. As the chart shows, a historically large segment of Millennials is inching toward 36, the median age of a first-time home buyer in the U.S. income can qualify for financing on a median-priced home.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 28, 2023

For all these options, however, a more fundamental question challenges buyers. These variables face every buyer when deciding between a re-sale house and a newly erected one. These are the very drivers of their appeal -- no aging, no wear and tear that often diminish home values. Drawbacks exist alongside benefits.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 25, 2022

Some of these events seem worlds away but others, like inflation, are felt on a daily basis. This drop actually makes purchases affordable to more buyers, who are already competing in a higher-priced sellers' market. So, the imbalance of buyers to sellers continues to worsen. Does Inflation Help or Hurt Home Value?

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Eppraisal

APRIL 1, 2022

If something feels "off," they should prepare themselves in the event there may be trouble. With homes selling and renting so quickly, and home values increasing, agents may be finding themselves sprinting to listings to show buyers who are desperate to find homes. Drive separately.

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Quicken Loans

APRIL 6, 2021

But, these days, an increasing number of home buyers are forgoing the detached, single-family home in favor of the more community-minded style of living that condos and townhouses provide. Some condos even go all-out, enticing future home buyers with screening rooms, bowling alleys and rock-climbing walls.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On the heels of the largest run up in home values in recorded history, we saw an abrupt and heavy shift that’s been challenging to grapple with for sellers and buyers. It was an inevitable end to arguably the greatest run-up in home values in history. Some markets were affected more than others. trillion in 2021.

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Eppraisal

AUGUST 16, 2022

While those blessed with long life can remember interest rates in the double digits, most younger and first-time home buyers were raised with much lower rates. This movement in home value is inhibiting would-be buyers from looking, even driving others off the home search path altogether.

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Eppraisal

JUNE 7, 2022

It follows that interest rates play a significant role as to whether financing the home value is affordable. Other longtime observers, who recall double-digit home loan rates, do not dread five to seven percent in any event. Higher home value and loan amounts mean more money paid out toward interest.

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Eppraisal

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It follows that interest rates play a significant role as to whether financing the home value is affordable. Other longtime observers, who recall double-digit home loan rates, do not dread four percent in any event. Higher home value and loan amounts mean more money paid out toward interest.

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PennyMac

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Whether you’re looking for larger bedrooms, expanded family space or more storage solutions, buying a bigger home — or even just moving to a different layout or location — might be a change you’re ready to make. Are You Ready to Move to a Larger Home? So, should you move to a bigger home?

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2024

The median household income today is approximately $130,000 and the median home value is about $1.3M. The settlement requires all buyers in the U.S. This is nothing new to Washington buyers, as it became state law on Jan. It’s important to note that broker compensation is established by the seller and buyer.

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