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Florida’s housing affordability crisis is reaching a breaking point

Housing Wire

Homeowners now spend 35% to 45% of their income on housing costs, far above the recommended 28% threshold, Cotality explained. “The last 25 years have seen home prices, homeowners’ insurance, and property taxes surge in Florida ,” Selma Hepp , Cotality’s chief economist, said in the report.

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New-home sales beat estimates but need a dose of reality

Housing Wire

We had no growth in residential construction work hiring earlier in the year when rates were higher. I recently raised this concern about housing construction and new home sales in an interview on CNBC. I discussed this recently with the previous housing starts report. Then mortgage rates fell from 7.5%

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Did new home sales really just crash?

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates have been rising and the housing market is also experiencing the impacts of hurricanes. That’s because the South is also dealing with higher property taxes, higher home insurance costs , and a lack of migration; all three have made their markets softer than other parts of the U.S.

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Some say Austin’s rental market might collapse. That’s not reality

Housing Wire

“Apartment rents have dropped by nearly 15% in two years, which is warp speed for the housing market. What’s more, operating costs for apartment and SFR (single-family rental) operators are up significantly since 2019 due to higher property taxes, insurance, and payroll costs.

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A look at Knoxville’s hot housing market

Housing Wire

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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Build-for-rent is a bet on the ‘new normal’ housing market

Housing Wire

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. While the market share of [single-family] BFR homes is small, it has clearly been trending higher,” the NAHB report continues. In addition, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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Rising insurance costs will continue to put a strain on homeownership

Housing Wire

As a housing economist, insurance costs and the effect of insurance on the housing market is not something weve ever really worried about, Selma Hepp , chief economist at CoreLogic , told attendees at HousingWire s Housing Economic Summit on Wednesday.

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