Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

Pending home sales ended the year on a down note, according to data published on Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Pending sales activity had been higher in October and November, and there was some growing optimism that the 2025 housing market could start out strong. compared to a year prior in December.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

as reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Buyers and sellers alike continue to rely on the expertise of Sothebys International Realty agents to successfully navigate an ever-changing market and achieve their real estate goals, White said. Our reach and strategic expansion into key markets in the U.S.

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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. The post Industry Survey Gauges Real Estate Agents Housing Market, Career Sentiment first appeared on The MortgagePoint. who noted a positive impact.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Baby boomers have overtaken millennials as the largest share of homebuyers , making up 42% of all purchases in the past year, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NARs 2025 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report found that Generation X buyers remained steady at 24% of the market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Denver-based Realtor Bret Weinstein took on a client whose house had been on the market for 60 days. If homes are priced appropriately and marketed well, buyers will make offers. The buyer] got a deal,” Weinstein said of the $600,000 purchase price. The buyers in the market tend to fit a similar profile.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Stubbornly high interest rates, low levels of inventory and elevated home prices are putting a strain on the often-limited budgets of first-time buyers. Despite the initial concerns, many industry professionals say first-time buyers are currently faring no worse than other buyers — for now, at least.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 1, 2025

According to the National Association of Realtors 2025 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report, baby boomers now comprise the largest generational group of home buyers in a shift that underscores the changing dynamics of todays housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2025

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first started its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in 1981, it found that single women were the second largest demographic in the U.S. housing market , trailing only married couples. “The highest share of single women buyers was in 2006, when the share stood at 22%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) On a year-over-year basis, existing-home sales were down 3.5% While the uptick in inventory is certainly a positive for buyers, NAR’s report found they are continuing to contend with rising home prices. After falling 2.5% in September.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The National Association of Realtors reports that existing-home sales increased in November. More buyers have entered the market as the economy continues to add jobs, housing inventory grows compared to a year ago, and consumers get used to a new normal of mortgage rates between 6% and 7%. Three major U.S. Sales rose 6.8%

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

housing market is split into two groups: first-time buyers struggling to enter the market and current homeowners buying with cash,” said Jessica Lautz, NAR Deputy Chief Economist and VP of Research. First-time buyers decreased to 24% of the market share (32% last year). Buyer Demographics Vary Across U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

With the National Association of Realtors ( NAR ) reportedly set to vote on the future of its Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) in the not-too-distant future, the leader of Coldwell Banker Realty is not holding back her feelings about the controversial rule.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

These off-market listings not only harm sellers, but they limit exposure to potential buyers, possibly deepening inequities that have long existed in real estate. We must maintain transparency in the housing market so we dont go back to the dark ages of real estate. To conduct its study, Zillow analyzed 2.72

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Newly released data from the annual profile of home buyers and sellers by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows just how dramatically this trend has manifested since the financial crisis of 2008. While the median age of buyers gradually increased over the course of two decades, the COVID-19 pandemic sped it up.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for February came in as a miss of estimates at 6.02 To get the housing market to be sane and normal again, we need inventory to get back in a range between 1.52 – 1.93 Housing is the cost of shelter to own the debt; it’s not an investment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the housing market like no event since the 2008 financial crisis, but some of the trends induced by the pandemic are starting to reverse. That’s evident in the annual profile of home buyers and sellers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which provides data on dozens of real estate trends.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a real estate reporter, it was not lost on me that the formal start of my house hunt would coincide almost perfectly with the real estate industry working through the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 14, 2025

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) analyzes how the NFIP promotes and impacts local and national home sales and economic activity in a new report. In addition to buyers and sellers, this disruption might have repercussions for the economy, associated sectors, and the larger real estate market. Or Will It?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This comes even as the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement have been implemented across the country. Real conducted its survey between Aug. 30 and Sept. 15, recording the responses of roughly 300 agents across North America.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Starting this week, I will analyze weekly data in a Housing Market Tracker article every Monday to provide a status update on the U.S. housing market and economy. This weekly tracker will give you updates on the data lines that don’t need to wait for monthly housing data reports. . Housing market inventory.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This volatility has sidelined many potential buyers and sellers, who are opting to wait for a more stable market. Stable mortgage rates – even if they remain relatively elevated – could be the key to unlocking confidence in the housing market. What variables are shaping, and shaking, the housing market?

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

In a difficult housing market for Realtors, experience matters — a lot. That’s the conclusion of the 2024 Member Profile poll from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which shows a sharp divergence in income when comparing more experienced agents to their less experienced colleagues.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. My rule to get the housing market out of the unhealthy stage is that we need total inventory back between 1.52

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. economy, especially the mortgage and housing sector.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. Buyers think it’s a buyer’s market. Sellers think it’s a seller’s market. 25 statewide in 2023 transaction volume.

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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 latest signal comes from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which shows sales in October growing 5.4% year over year and 2% compared to September.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Tuesday issued a temporary fix that will allow homebuyers using VA loans to pay for their real estate agent’s commission — i.e., the buyer-broker fee. Buyers will also be required to sign a representation agreement outlining the amount they will pay their agent for their services.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Commissions paid to real estate agents representing buyers have remained essentially unchanged since new rules on commissions went into effect on August 17 , according to a new analysis from Redfin. Buyer’s agent commissions have fallen 17 basis points since January 2023, when they averaged 2.51%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

The Black homeownership rate saw the largest year-over-year increase of all racial groups in 2023, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). housing market. Despite consistent challenges, more first-time Black homebuyers entered the market in 2024. Despite that, only 17.6%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Millennials comprised 75% of this demographic, with older millennials and Generation X (ages 44 to 58) accounting for 44% and 24% of first-time buyers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As high mortgage rates reshape the housing market, existing homes are making up a larger percentage of for-sale inventory, and homebuyers are taking notice. This indicates that buyers and sellers alike are showing signs of frustration in waiting for rates to fall. Census Bureau. million units.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

HousingWire has partnered with New Hampshire Association of Realtors (NHAR) to bring original data, analytics and news to its members who are the voice for real estate in the state. Our strategy is simple – be the independent source of information housing leaders seek first, and trust the most,” Clayton Collins, HousingWire CEO, said. “By

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The housing nightmare continues. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales for April came in at 5.41 Regarding the monthly supply for housing, we want this to get above four months as soon as possible. million , down 3.4% from the previous month and 8.6% from last year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

While it’s not as clear how long-lasting the rebound will be, it does still provide some much-needed good news for the spring and summer housing market. in April 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. million in April.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales for March came in as a miss of estimate at 5.77 However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again.

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