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A look at Knoxville’s hot housing market

Housing Wire

You set your appointments the night before, and when you get there that morning, they might already be under contract.” Generally, they go under contract in a day or two.” “We’re definitely seeing a ton of new projects,” Grebe said. It’s like a horse race.

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Home sales dip, but prices are holding steady for now

Housing Wire

So, the author tried to use new construction prices from back in April to describe the whole U.S. New contracts dipped as affordability is out of reach for so many. For example if mortgage rates hit 8%, we’ll definitely see it in the data. The light portion of the bar are the new contracts that week. housing market now.

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Buyers are being picky — here’s how you can navigate it as a real estate agent

Housing Wire

While I hate to be the bearer of bad news, that era is almost most definitely drawing to a close. Well into January, we are already seeing properties go under contract in the first weekend with multiple offers. The second avenue for expanding inventory is new construction.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials. This means that the doors, windows, electrical all are done by contractors after the walls have been constructed.”. Khater wrote.

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57 crucial real estate statistics that explain the 2025 market

Housing Wire

There are about 790,000 multi-unit properties under construction as of December 2024. The top benefits agents provided to homebuyers was helping understand the process (61%), pointing out unnoticed features/faults with property (58%) and negotiating better sales contract terms and providing a better list of service providers (e.g.

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Appraising New Construction

Appraisal Today

6 Tips for Appraising New Construction Homes Excerpts: Lenders, FHA, and the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) treat new construction a little differently. When appraising new construction homes, certain factors that don’t always apply to existing dwellings must be considered. Keep a file of local building costs 4.

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Nearly All of U.S. Homes Sitting For at Least a Month 

Appraisal Buzz

Pending sales—a more current gauge of housing market activity that includes both existing and newly constructed homes—fell to the lowest level on record aside from April 2020. ppts Pending sales that fell out of contract, as % of overall pending sales 15.6% They were down 1.9% year over year. Months of supply 2.6