Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Though the demand for homes remained strong across the United States in August, there are clear signs that the housing market is past its peak. Still, the 69,563 homes that went into contract represented a 9% decrease from the high point set in May 2021. Why today’s housing market makes speed and agility crucial for lenders.

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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

JUNE 21, 2021

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. Generally, they go under contract in a day or two.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

But the Scottsdale housing market, and Arizona as a whole, has seen an enormous uptick in out-of-state movers in the past 14 months — when the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the country, ultimately allowing people to work from home and seek larger, more cost-effective lots to live on.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. Within the platform’s dashboard, clients can view documents like offers, appraisals, listing contracts, open houses and more.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And while real estate agents repping luxury homes aren’t seeing as many bidding wars as they did this summer , their respective housing markets are still crazy right now. Contracts during this time also skyrocketed 62%. Miami Realtor Ines Flax, with One Sotheby’s International , said her housing market is heating up this winter.

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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. If the delay is too long, some contracts may expire, leading buyers to renegotiate or back out of the deal. Economic activity is also significantly influenced by the housing market.

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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

MARCH 26, 2021

But the East Coast seaside town was gaining popularity way before then – millennials , especially, began flocking to the Portland housing market in 2020 to take advantage of the city’s growing startup scene of biotechnology , bioscience and biopharma. A balanced market, Davin said, requires five to six months.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This “higher for longer” conventional wisdom is working its way through the housing market. I interviewed Dr. Jessica Lautz from the National Association of Realtors for the Altos podcast and we talked about the prospect of 8% mortgage rates. There are 345,000 single-family homes in the contract pending stage.

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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

JULY 3, 2024

Today’s housing market suffers from affordability issues due to mortgage rates in the 7s and high home prices. People are quick to panic over any part of the housing market that looks stressed, fearing we’ll see 2008 levels of destruction all over again. Why choose 2011?

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Commissions trended slightly lower following the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement , dropping from an average of 2.42% in March to 2.35% in August, when the new changes went into effect. In relatively competitive housing markets, agents are seeing more negotiation over who pays the buyer’s agent, and how much they are paid.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

according to data released last Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Yet, mortgage applications point to a thawing, but still cold, housing market as mortgage rates come down.”. month-over-month drop that resulted in an index reading of 73.9,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

The seasonally-adjusted index measuring signed contracts was up 15.5% year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We As states reopen, Yun expects the market to remain hot.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After hitting the second-lowest level on record in July , pending home sales rose slightly in August, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). A reading of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. On a regional basis, contract signings rose in the Midwest (up 3.2%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

After eight months of consecutive gains, the consequences of low inventory finally caught up with the housing market in February. drop in the number of homes in contract from the prior month, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. Tightened supply was largely responsible for a 10.6% respectively.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This valuable information can significantly enhance our understanding of housing economics and what is coming next. The question is: How can we harness the data to give you more confidence when talking about the housing market? We have observed that pending contracts improved when mortgage rates dropped to around 6%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

After plummeting to an all-time low in May , pending home sales bounced back a bit in June, with the Pending Home Sales Index rising 4.8%, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). A reading of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. The index rose from a reading of 70.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. in November.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

in August, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Pending home sales, like new home sales, are based on contract signings. Buyers are hitting affordability ceilings, causing some of them to sit out the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Persistent inflation has proven quite harmful to the housing market,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. This is the fourth consecutive month of declines.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

For the fifth consecutive month, pending home sales declined in March from February, down 1.2%, signaling a potential return to “much calmer” conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors. The post A more “normalized” housing market is on the horizon: NAR appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PRO TIP You may see the terms “real estate agent” and “Realtor” used interchangeably. While a Realtor is indeed an agent, the term doesn’t work both ways. To be a Realtor, an agent must be a member of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). This course covers real estate law, contracts, finance and ethics.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

in April compared to March as rising mortgage rates weighed on the market, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). New-home sales , which are also based on contract signings, fell 4.7% Pending home sales sales dropped 7.7% Year over year, pending transactions fell 7.4%. All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to the National Association of Realtors , contract signings kicked off strong in August , with the most contract signings last week in the Midwest, at 21%. Since homebuying season was pushed back from this spring, realtor.com ’s Housing Market Recovery Index reported that August is the new May.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Realtors can usually count on their biggest season being spring, followed by summer, but nothing about 2020 has been normal, including home-buying patterns. 20, the National Association of Realtors said that contract signings were up 23% year over year. Now, believe it or not, fall home-buying season is in full swing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

According to local real estate agents, the region’s housing market seems to have read the same memo, as June did not bring the same market boost as many have grown accustomed to. Data from Altos Research shows that the 90-day average number of days on market in Coos County is 49 days, up from 42 days a year ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“As a result of low mortgage rates that have stayed under three percent since July, the housing market has seen a strong, upward trajectory during a very uncertain time,” said Khater. Pending home sales, measuring signed contracts to purchase properties, soared 8.8% However, this time surpassed his expectations, he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. April was National Fair Housing Month. In February, NAR in partnership with Realtor.com released The Double Trouble of the Housing Market report.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Mortgage rates leading up to June’s Fed rate hike surpassed the 6% level as higher-than-expected inflation data triggered volatility in the market, which led to turbulence in mortgage rates. If mortgage rates peak, Fratantoni said, “potential buyers who had been scared off by the rate spike, might find their way back to the housing market.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Thanks to provisions in both Anywhere’s and RE/MAX’s settlement agreements , as well as Redfin’s announcement that it would be requiring agents to cancel their National Association of Realtors membership, much of the speculation has focused on what will become of NAR’s 1.5 million members. Certainly there are a lot of places in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

in July, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). However, unlike the market for new homes , which has recovered convincingly above last year’s lows (+31.5%), pending home sales continue to lag behind year-ago levels (-14.0%). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

in October – the second consecutive month the index has fallen as affordability strains the market, a recent report from the National Association of Realtors said. However, borrowers are still maintaining a strong pace, as contract signings are up 20.2% pending home sales fell 1.1% compared to a year ago.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 31, 2024

increase was reported in June pending home sales by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). The rise in housing inventory is beginning to lead to more contract signings,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist. The level of contract activity in 2001 is represented by an index of 100. In a new report, an estimated 4.8%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

year-over-year, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, contract signings increased by 16.4%. Although month-over-month contract activity fell in all four major regions, there were still gains in pending home sales transactions. Presented by: WFG.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

After falling for the first time since November 2022 in March , pending home sales remained unchanged in April, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. annual drop recorded in March.

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