Eyes on Housing
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Mirroring a steep rise in mortgage rates that began in the early part of 2022 and coupled with ongoing building material supply chain bottlenecks that increased construction costs, housing affordability posted three consecutive quarterly declines in 2022 and now stands at its lowest level since the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) began tracking it on a consistent basis in.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Wells Fargo , the largest depository mortgage lender in America, issued pink slips to employees in its home lending business on Tuesday following its decision to exit the correspondent channel. “I can’t provide any specifics but we announced in January strategic plans to create a more focused Home Lending business,” Tom Goyda, senior vice president of consumer lending communications at Wells Fargo, said in an e-mailed response.
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George Dell
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Multiple regression works very well under some conditions. We ask: Are these conditions true in most real property valuations? This is actually a vast topic, so we can only reflect on some of the conditions or assumptions which are required for a multiple regression to be valid. Much (if not all) “advanced” appraiser education makes […] The post Ban Multiple Regression?
Real Estate News
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
You can fix up a house — but you can't fix the neighbors. Despite the horror stories, there are a few ways to prevent neighbor woes from ruining a sale.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
There is so much talk about buyers sitting on the sidelines right now, but let’s talk about sellers who are also sitting. This is a local trend, but it’s something showing up in many markets across the country also. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 2/8/23 SAFE Credit Union “Snacks & Facts” (for RE) (register here) 3/06/23 […] The post Sellers have been sitting out of the housing market too first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
As a Home Measurement Specialist, this article is close to my heart! This week my regular guest blogger, Betty White from Moving Offices San Diego , offers some reasons why you should hire a professional to measure your home as well as to remodel it. I hope you find some helpful information in this article! There are many benefits to hiring an expert to measure your home, and there are two most obvious reasons for that.
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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. There is one simple reason for this: it’s not 2008. They have less competition as they are working from low sales levels in today’s housing market. The truth is that if mortgage rates fell below 5.875% and kept going lower, everyone’s housing predictions would need to be revised this year because the b
Eyes on Housing
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The median age of owner-occupied homes is 40 years, according to the latest data from the 2021 American Community Survey[1]. The U.S. owner-occupied housing stock is aging rapidly especially after the Great Recession, as the residential construction continues to fall behind in the number of new homes built. With a lack of sufficient supply of new construction, the aging housing.
Real Estate News
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Florance, founder and CEO, made the announcement during a Q4 earnings conference call Tuesday, which also highlighted the company's revenue gains.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
There is so much talk about the housing market bottoming out, and I want to give some perspective on what to watch for. I hope this helps. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 3/06/23 Matt the Mortgage Guy YouTube Live 3pm PST 3/08/23 Matt Gouge Event TBD 3/10/23 PCAR Market Update Lunch & Learn 3/28/23 Downtown Regional MLS meeting […] The post Looking out for two housing market bottoms first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.
The Appraiser Coach
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Principles are tremendously important tools we can use in our lives to affect change. A principle is an eternal truth. It can be applied across all circumstances, all times, all.
Inman
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Even though the extreme seller's market is in the rearview mirror, disgruntled clients have been filing more lawsuits against their agents, according to an analysis by Victor Insurance Managers.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The housing market experienced more volatility last week, with housing inventory dropping as mortgage rates moved higher. Here is a quick rundown from last week : Purchase application data had a 3% week-to-week increase. The start of 2023 has been good, considering mortgage rates have stayed above 6% most of the time. Weekly housing inventory continues to decline, as we saw a decrease of 13,238 units, double the amount we had this time last year.
Eyes on Housing
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Two consecutive solid monthly gains for builder confidence, spurred in part by easing mortgage rates, signal that the housing market may be turning a corner even as builders continue to contend with high construction costs and building material supply chain logjams. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in February rose seven points to 42, according to.
Real Estate News
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The rental market is massive. Between investor purchases and property management, it can be a lucrative business for brokerages — and a source of buyer leads.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Did prices really go up in February? What’s happening in this market? Today I have a few things on my mind. Scroll by topic or digest slowly. I hope this helps – whether you’re local or not. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 3/06/23 Matt the Mortgage Guy YouTube Live 3pm PST 3/09/23 Matt Gouge Event (sign up here) […] The post Prices went up & worst volume ever first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.
George Dell
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
To regulate or improve something, you first measure it. The word credible appears in the most recent version of USPAP (©1999) some 276 times. The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as published from time to time by the Appraisal Foundation. The word credibility is used an additional 39 times, specifically as a measure of […] The post Measure Credibility?
The Appraiser Coach
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
I’ve recently been looking into real estate as an investor, and I found a rental property relatively close to my home that looked pretty promising. It was advertised as a.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
While the homebuilders weren’t surprised by the better-than-estimated new home sales report released Friday, some people were a bit shocked. But the forward-looking purchase application data was getting better from Nov. 9 up until the early part of February as mortgage rates fell from 7.37% to 5.99%. Now, of course, that has all changed quickly. On CNBC Friday morning , I highlighted that whatever data stabilization we had at 5.99%, it’s now gone in the blink of an eye.
Eyes on Housing
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Single-family built-for-rent construction ended 2022 strong with a rising total market share. According to NAHB’s analysis of data from the Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design, there were approximately 17,000 single-family built-for-rent (SFBFR) starts during the fourth quarter of 2022. This is 6% higher compared to the fourth quarter 2021 total.
Real Estate News
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
In football, a competitive drive and strong work ethic are key to success. No wonder players turn to careers in real estate, which requires similar traits.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The housing market is definitely heating up for the spring, but it still feels frozen with so many buyers and sellers sitting right now. I recently talked about sellers sitting out of the market, but today let’s look at buyers. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 3/06/23 Matt the Mortgage Guy YouTube Live 3pm PST 3/09/23 Matt Gouge Event […] The post The housing market is heating up & still frozen first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.
George Dell
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is Part 6 of the series on Neighborhood. We’re told we should analyze a neighborhood. This is mostly a residential concept. For non-residential appraisal the focus is often a “district” – a group of similar property uses. (Rather than a group of complementary uses.) In previous Analogue Blogs, we have looked at […] The post Measure the Neighborhood?
The Appraiser Coach
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
I recently celebrated an exciting milestone. I have officially gone one full year without eating sugar! Now that’s not 100% – everything has sugar in it these days. But I.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Given the hotter inflation reported in Tuesday’s CPI data , can mortgage rates go above the 2022 peak of 7.37%? Initially the 10-year yield fell after the report, then rose higher, only to fall back down again. For all the hype around today’s stock market close, it was a dud of a Valentine’s date if you ask me. A lot of times, on days when big economic reports are released, you can get wild intraday action but not have much happening by the end of the day.
Eyes on Housing
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
An expected impact of the pandemic was a need for more residential space, as people use homes for more purposes including work. During the housing boom after covid, this led to a rise for new single-family home size. However, as the housing market weakens on lower affordability conditions, this trend has reversed. According to fourth quarter 2022 data from the.
Real Estate News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The Case-Shiller and FHFA housing indices for December showed further cooling of home prices in all metros.
Inman
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Watch this week's three new expert-led classes featuring top tips for agents, and what you should know about the latest tech trends
George Dell
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Market, the word, is used over 2500 times in The Appraisal of Real Estate. And over 650 times in the current (2021-2024) version of USPAP. “Market” must matter! But what is it? “Market” has two main meanings which correspond to the definitions in The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal. One is a system to bring […] The post Market Target? appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Building the future of mortgage servicing technology is about granular, nuanced innovation — knowing what changes must happen and when, and executing with no mistakes across scale operations where every tiny detail is highly regulated. And doing all of this within aging infrastructure — it’s about building pathways within the aging infrastructure and incrementally replacing it with the new.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Despite mortgage rates briefly falling below the 6% threshold, both housing inventory and mortgage demand fell last week. Let’s dive into the trend lines of the housing market. First, here is a quick housing market rundown from last week : Purchase application data was negative 10% week to week — but still positive for the year Housing inventory decreased by 8,664 units, a more extensive inventory decline than we saw in the prior week The 10-year yield had a wild week, and mortgage rates d
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data. Here is a quick rundown from last week: Purchase applications fell 18% week to week and hit levels not seen since 1995.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. But many may be surprised to learn that title and settlement professionals do so much more than conduct title searches, issue policies and process claims. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
January’s pending home sales picked up right where they left off in 2022, posting the second consecutive month of increases, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). After posting a 2.5% month-over-month increase in December , the Pending Home Sales Index rose 8.1% month over month in January to a reading of 82.5.
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