Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

She expects a market contraction this fall in the housing sector. In many markets, renting has become more affordable than owning The balance between renting and owning in many markets has shifted toward renting as more new apartment construction comes online, noted Sturtevant.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The housing market faced a lot of uncertainty when COVID-19 caused the real estate industry to pause under shut-downs, but low interest rates and the desire for more space has turned this year into a boom time for real estate agents. Lovern was actually on maternity leave at that time when open houses and contracts were paused. “In

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. However, housing affordability worsened.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. “Job in December, up from 71.6 in November.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

“Pending home sales recorded the second-lowest monthly reading in 20 years as interest rates , which climbed at one of the fastest paces on record this year, drastically cut into the number of contract signings to buy a home,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. On a month over month basis, all four of the major U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Interest rates and inflation continued to dampen activity in the housing market across all 12 Federal Reserve districts, according to the Fed’s latest Beige Book. ” In the Dallas district, housing outlooks worsened, with those interviewed expecting “further erosion in sales and home starts in the near term.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

” Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR , said the dip in contract signings suggests “multiple offers will soon dissipate and be replaced by much calmer and normalized market conditions.”. The post A more “normalized” housing market is on the horizon: NAR appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

While Fannie Mae expects sales to soften somewhat later in the year, the new housing market appears more upbeat than it was at the start of the year. Pending home sales, which lead contract signings on average by 30-45 days, declined during that time by 5.2%, pointing to a further sales slowdown in April and May. trillion.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

This fish phenomenon reminds me of the housing market today. As soon as homes hit the market, they often sell in days, with numerous offers that usually bid the list price up. When an appraiser’s opinion of value is below the contract price, that’s when the carping begins. That is a lot of bread!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average. Homebuilding Contract Values.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

January marked a surge of people signing contracts to buy new homes. The increase in contract signings can be attributed to a decline in mortgage rates in January after a run-up in rates in October and November ,” Holden Lewis, NerdWallet ’s home and mortgage expert, said in a statement. months in December.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

Census Bureau released their new residential construction report for April, showing a miss on the estimate and a negative revisions data line, which I believe is lagging behind the current market reality. Housing starts came in at 1.724 million , and housing permits came in at 1.819 million — both are still very healthy numbers.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 30, 2024

increase in the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of future home sales based on contract signings, to 75.8, The amount of contract activity in 2001 is represented by an index of 100. Year-over-year, contract signings grew in the Northeast and West and were unchanged in the Midwest and South. September saw a 7.4%

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Our panelists overwhelmingly agreed that there is a fundamental lack of housing in the United States relative to underlying demographic factors–and, on average, believe the nation to be short approximately 2.8 Jeremy Sicklick, Co-Founder and CEO of HouseCanary , commented: “The past couple of years have seen a housing shortage nationwide.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2022

months, and below, this is an excellent market for builders. months , this is just an OK market for the builders. The builders will pull back on construction when the supply is 6.5 adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of September was 462,000. months of supply is still under construction 2.1

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In contract, single-family housing starts were up 15.8% Slowdowns in new single-family construction over the summer reflected sagging builder confidence, but homebuilders appear to be more confident as mortgage rates have fallen over the past few weeks and as the Federal Reserve gets set to cut interest rates. monthly and 6.2%

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

housing market. And with total active house listings in America near all-time lows, that is all we have for completed units for sale. Just like with the existing home sales market, all that is happening is that home sales stabilized from a low level. months, this is just an OK market for builders. When supply is 4.4-6.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Looking at the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo homebuilder confidence data and builder stock prices, I can say the homebuilders got very lucky this time around in the middle of a housing recession. They have less competition as they are working from low sales levels in today’s housing market. months of supply.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

“Mortgage rates continued to drift down as markets concur with the view that inflation increases are temporary,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. Fannie Mae ‘s economic and strategic group mirrored a similar outlook on inflation’s transitory effects on both mortgage rates and the housing market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

According to Altos Research , there are 40% more homes on the market at the end of August 2024 than there were last year at this time. That means currently just over 700,000 single-family homes are unsold, with about 10% of those going into contract each week, and another 75,000 new listings. Why outbound migration?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Homebuilder confidence continued to rise in October despite increasing affordability issues due to rising material prices and ongoing shortages, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report released on Monday. Treasuries and mortgage-backed debt.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

housing market was the single best outperforming economic sector globally during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Due to the solid demand for homes, housing supply for both new and existing homes are at all-time lows. For now, though, the low inventory means housing starts have legs to move higher. New Home Supply.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

“Sales continued to trend lower in June as some builders slow sales contracts to manage supply-chains, amidst longer delivery times and higher construction costs,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke. While lumber prices have shown some improvement in spot markets, these declines take time to translate into lower construction costs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

More than a quarter of single-family homes for sale during the first quarter were new-construction homes — nearly 26%, and March housing starts jumped nearly 20% month over month to the highest level since 2006, per the latest report from Redfin. A healthy housing market is considered roughly six months of supply.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Homebuilder confidence continued its downward spiral in October, hitting its lowest level since August 2012, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Tuesday. Three other indices monitored by the NAHB also posted declines in October.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s not the safest business model either because builders take a contract to buy a home and then, from start to finish, hope that mortgage rates don’t jump on the buyer by the time the home is ready. In fact, even during the years of the housing bubble crash, this number never reached 200,000. Why so low? When supply is 4.4-6.4

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

As the housing market slowed from its frenzied peak in 2022 due to soaring mortgage rates, homebuilders pulled back. An estimated of 1.533 million housing units were started in 2022, down 3.0% Department of Housing and Urban Development. Builders still have a large backlog of single-family homes under construction.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Mortgage rates continue to move lower this week even as higher borrowing costs have kept activity subdued across many areas of the housing market. And higher rates are also impacting the future supply of homes, as housing permits have been in a downtrend for a while.“ Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. 2 reason.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

. “These elevated levels of market competition have been placing upward pressure on prices for months, but home prices have just recently begun to take off in earnest. Homes went under contract two weeks faster in September than they did a year earlier, but construction is playing catch-up to feed the frenzy, said Speakman.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant added: “The new pending sales data for January provides further evidence that the housing market may have bottomed out at the end of last year. Despite the strong monthly increase, pending home sales are down 24.1%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2025

Our weekly pending contract data has shown year-over-year growth for some time now, even with elevated mortgage rates. Weekly pending sales The latest weekly pending contract data from Altos Research offers critical insights into real-time trends in housing demand. Has the spring home-buying season already begun?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

However, Nothaft expects that mortgages originated today, with a contract rate of 3% or lower, are more likely to have a relatively long life and lenders will not see them coming into refinance anytime soon. Especially when contract interest rates for refis are below 3%. On average, CoreLogic predicts mortgage rates to sit closer to 3.2%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our housing market tracker counts weekly active single-family listings, those homes that aren’t in the contract, and the raw available number of homes for sale. This is why the Altos Research numbers we cite are always smaller than the NAR numbers, which accounts for all home types and those in contract.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Despite the slight gain, pending contracts remain at historically low levels due to the highest mortgage rates in 20 years,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said in a statement. For those new construction units, the national median new home price is projected to drop by 5.9% Lastly, they predict that housing starts will drop by 10.4%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

The index plunged from record highs seen in late 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression. The group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index remained unchanged at 124.6 last month, still hovering near levels previously seen in 2014.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The economic standoff between rising inflation and rising interest rates continues to weaken the housing market nationwide, with home sales falling across all 12 Federal Reserve districts, according to the Fed’s latest Beige Book report. Contacts attributed softer demand to high construction costs and rising interest rates.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

If the fed were to tighten policy, Fannie Mae’s ESR Group expects this to drag on upcoming housing market growth and even stifle home sales, house prices, construction and mortgage originations. inflation jumped from 1.68% in February all the way up above 5% by June, per last week’s PMMS report from Freddie Mac.

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