Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week — for several months now — inventory levels of unsold homes on the market has been expanding compared to last year. There are still notably not a lot of sellers. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 13, 2024

While the industry is no stranger to predatory and/or unfair lending practices, new advisory opinion and research study on a type of home seller financing known as a “contract for deed” has been released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is had a field hearing in St.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Data from Altos Research shows that higher mortgage rates aren’t necessarily keeping sellers from listing their homes. New pending sales are also on the rise, with the 60,000 homes going under contract last week representing a 9% increase from the same week last year and an 11% increase from the same week in 2022.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2024

There seems to be continued debate among appraisers, reviewers, and underwriters regarding seller concessions. A particular point of contention in this debate is whether or not it is appropriate to adjust seller concessions on a dollar-for-dollar basis. You just learned the basics of handling seller concessions!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We still see more sellers than last year. The housing market data has been changing very rapidly this year. Inventory There are now 498,000 single-family homes available unsold on the market around the U.S. The market will continue to build unsold inventory from here for the rest of the season. There are now 30.4%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2024

However, with the recent spike in mortgage rates , it’s possible some sellers are just going to call it quits. New listings data One place to see whether home sellers are calling it quits is our new listings data, which would clearly show if home sellers are reluctant to list their homes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

real estate market is in and it may surprise you, but pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are pointing for growth now. We have more homes going into contract each week now than we did a year ago — supply and demand are climbing together. There are millions of would-be homebuyers who are simply priced out of the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 12, 2024

Home sellers are returning to the market, but buyers are hesitant, according to a recent Zillow market report. May 2024 Market Report Highlights Home values climbed month over month in all 50 of the nation’s largest metro areas in May. Buyers observed more listings month after month in all major markets except Miami.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Sellers can just wait it out, and it looks like the U.S. housing market is seeing that now. I think it’s worth examining if sellers will indeed just wait it out now. There are 634,000 single-family homes unsold on the market now. The pace of sellers has plateaued for the year. Inventory increases by 2.2%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. While marketing to your sphere of influence, networking, and direct mail campaigns work, they can be time-consuming and they don’t always yield quick results.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Could the housing market change and slow again in 2024? The data does not show any slowing on any of the active market metrics. Sellers are coming back There are 499,000 single-family homes unsold on the market now. Sellers are coming back There are 499,000 single-family homes unsold on the market now.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What will the housing market look like in 2025? For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more. Housing inventory There are now 722,000 unsold single-family homes on the market around the U.S. of the homes on the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 24, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) of homes on the market in June had been listed for at least 30 days without going under contract, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. Overall, the market is fairly stagnant,” said Shay Stein, a Redfin Premier Agent in Las Vegas.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than at the end of 2023. A few states have more homes on the market now than any time in the last eight to 10 years. more than a year ago.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last year at this time, sellers and homebuyers hit the brakes hard. Watch the weekly housing market recap video above to get the latest housing market data download from Altos Research. Meanwhile, there are 66,000 new, single-family listings this week, with 11,000 of those already under contract. is just under $430,000.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

If we look at the housing market right now, sales are down, new listings are down and prices are decelerating. Good inflation data came in last week, the bond market rallied and mortgage rates took a notable dip below 7% for the first time in months. If so, how should we expect the housing market to react? Inventory is 38.5%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Unsold inventory in the two biggest housing markets in the country, Texas and Florida, declined this week. This probably reflects seller discouragement in a low-demand market, pulling their listings to wait until next year. real estate market as of mid-August 2024. That’s still roughly 9% more sellers than last year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

held up in 2023, sales volume in the housing market cratered. If we get lucky with mortgage rates, though, we might just be at the bottom of the housing market recession right now. To get the weekly picture of the housing market, watch the video above. of the homes on the housing market have had a price cut. Plus, 39.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? The number of unsold homes on the market is finally getting closer to 2019 levels. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed. Two and a half years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

What helped Erica Davis, a loan originator at Guild Mortgage , in the current high-rate environment is a seller-funded temporary 2-1 rate buydown. In a high-rate environment, lenders call the temporary rate buydown a win-win strategy for both sellers and buyers when used appropriately. in the second year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Ironically, a strong employment situation in the country drives the bond market to higher rates. The purchase market is slower to respond, and the data now is still showing the positive impact of lower rates of recent weeks. Even the withdrawal rate of frustrated home sellers declined over the last month. Nationally, we have 36.7%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and December is well under way, we can start looking ahead to the 2024 housing market. Home prices will also be up and we have more homes under contract than we did at the end of 2022. Watch the video above to get the latest housing market update from Altos Research. housing market in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Any sales growth momentum in the real estate market we might have had early in the year is gone. New home sales contracts are coming in pretty consistently fewer than last year — 4.9% Our Immediate sales measure of homes that get listed, take offers and go into contract in a few days is also notably lower than last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you’re struggling to market your business on social media, or worse, haven’t even started yet, you might be in for a rude awakening in 2024. Prioritize reputation over reach The key to successful social media marketing is to build meaningful connections with people in your farm area who want to buy or sell real estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Demand for “have-it-all” properties and the “forever dream home” will shape this spring’s luxury housing market, according to the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury 2024 Mid-Year Trend Report , which forecasts growing optimism among affluent consumers and an influx of desirable inventory. of responding specialists agreed. Among specialists, 32.8%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As we approach the end of another hot year for the market, homebuyers and sellers are eagerly looking ahead to the 2022 housing market. Will the market continue its streak of strong growth, or are we finally about to see a slow down? I’ll also highlight which variables we should be watching for unexpected market shifts.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For one, it’s easier to qualify for more of the homes on the market now that mortgage rates are a bit lower. Attractive properties in hot markets are still selling quickly, but some metros — or neighborhoods within them — have flipped further in favor of buyers.“ “Buyers have more options to choose from for two reasons.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Nationally, the housing market indicators have been slow for several months now. There have been a few markets; however, that have defied the national trends where inventory has stayed tighter and demand keeps rolling in. is 40% more now than last year, but some markets are just now starting to lift beyond the pandemic lows.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

At the same time, seller volume dried up. But now sellers are coming back into the market. There are still a lot of people who assume that mortgage rates need to fall before we see a rebound in home sales, but the data shows that we only need stability in the mortgage markets. More sellers means more sales in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

These are the homes that go into contract immediately after listing. Inventory continues to build There are now 605,000 single-family homes on the market. this week, and there are now 39% more homes (170,000) on the market than last year at this time. Most of the country has over 30% more homes on the market now.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Austin, Texas might be the hottest housing market in the country. 1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. It is just a super tight housing market. Austin has ranked as the No. In fact, Austin has just about 1.2

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

It’s the end of May and unsold inventory on the market is increasing across the U.S. Every state in the country has more homes on the market now than a year ago and, in many places, new construction is being completed and added to inventory, so it’s not just resale inventory that’s growing. real estate market at the end of May 2024.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Year-over-year, contract signings increased in all four U.S. NARs Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signingsadvanced 2.2% A PHSI reading of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. regions, with the West leading the pack. in November. from November 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

I got one good crumb from the Fed meeting that made me smile: Powell finally admitted that the labor market isn’t tight anymore, which is a beneficial statement for rates down the line if the labor data gets weaker. As most sellers are buyers, seeing more sellers listing their homes has been good.

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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. The housing market won’t be like this forever.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2024

This is precisely what the doctor ordered for the housing market. In March of 2022, we only had 240,000 active single-family homes available for sale, leading me to call the housing market savagely unhealthy as we simply had too many people chasing too few homes. With more sellers who are buyers, we have a tad more demand this year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Even as money is more expensive and there are more sellers than a year ago, we can also see slight home sales growth over 2023. The housing market data has been changing very rapidly this year. New listings rise New listings continue to show us that more sellers are interested in this market this year.

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