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Midwest, Northeast housing markets stay hot amid national cooldown

Housing Wire

Our new listings have gone up slightly but not enough to keep up with demand. I think that we’ve underbuilt for 13 years in this country and in this state, so definitely, new construction is in order, she said. That would definitely help with the sale pricing of new construction.

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Zillow and Redfin partner on new construction listings

Housing Wire

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. New single-family home sales rose 23.8%

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Luxury Market Heats Up as Affluent Buyers Seek ‘Forever Homes’

Appraisal Buzz

There also is a rising demand for “impeccably presented, move-in ready or new construction homes with attractive pricing,” concurred 44% of the specialists on their survey. As evidence, “a notable uptick in sales was observed from January to May, coinciding with the introduction of new listings,” according to the report.

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Zillow’s Orphe Divounguy says homebuilders need help to address affordability

Housing Wire

Even if we had a massive increase in that number of new listings, that would not be enough to get affordability to get the kind of price declines that we need. What that tells me is that we really need more housing supply coming from new construction. But ultimately, the big lever here is mortgage rates.

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To avoid recession, the Fed needs a housing comeback

Housing Wire

One key data line that is flagging a path to recession is the loss of residential construction workers. A while back, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler and I discussed the risk of recession due to a lack of construction labor. Let’s look at today’s residential construction report and see where we are. From the U.S.

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Mortgage rates head lower, helped by better mortgage spreads

Housing Wire

The seasonal decline period is starting soon, so we should get accustomed to seeing a decline in new listing data as the year heads toward its end. The seasonal decline period is starting soon, so we should get accustomed to seeing a decline in new listing data as the year heads toward its end.

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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

After a slow start to the year, housing markets in upstate New York have also started to pick up, with bidding wars and multiple offers becoming more common. A key factor suppressing new listings is the prevalence of homeowners with historically low interest rates on their existing mortgages, reducing the incentive to sell and move.