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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The personal finance components also remained fairly flat month over month, with fewer consumers expressing job loss concerns and slightly more indicating that their household income fell year over year. The post Consumers Feeling Better About Housing Market Despite High Home Prices first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In a housing market shaped by uncertainty, military veterans and service members are emerging as some of the most confident and prepared homebuyers, outpacing their civilian counterparts. This was driven by optimism about the housing market and economy. It also shows up in their personal finances.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Home prices firmed up in today’s existing home sales report , but we caught on to this trend two months ago with our Housing Market Tracker. I discussed this on Yahoo Finance this morning. If you connect the dots with our weekly tracker data, it shouldn’t be surprising that housing demand picked up.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. This is the most among all states, according to an analysis by climate-modeling firm First Street Foundation on behalf of the The Wall Street Journal.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Mortgage professionals : Lenders primarily consisted of loan originators and mortgage brokers, providing a perspective on financing. Overall Market Sentiment The overall sentiment towards the housing market remains cautiously optimistic, with most respondents expressing neutral to optimistic views.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

housing market. This means that baby boomers have the most economic power when it comes to housing markets, as sellers are more likely to accept offers where financing is least likely to fall through.” Retirement often signals a major shift in a person’s life.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

This hybrid summit brings together leaders from the federal government, private sector, and housing industry to discuss the critical role of independent mortgage banks in the housing finance ecosystem. Census Bureau Advance Monthly Retail Sales (Thursday) Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (Thursday) U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

housing investing at Minneapolis -based Värde Partners , and Karen Kulvin, a former senior managing director and co-head of the real estate debt platform at Los Angeles -based Kayne Anderson Real Estate. “This is a pivotal moment in the market, and I look forward to helping Pretium continue its leadership in this space.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

PACE loans which are often used to finance environmentally minded renovations, like the addition of solar panels have led to financial instability for some borrowers. The rule applies existing protections for residential mortgages to borrowers who seek PACE loans to upgrade or renovate their homes through clean energy technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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MARCH 7, 2025

economy can withstand job losses in the government sector, reduced spending in the economy, and a housing market on the brink of losing residential construction projects. I recently discussed this in an interview with Yahoo Finance. Currently, we have an average of 138,000 jobs created each month in 2025.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

in the third quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency , while the U.S. Higher financing costs for those traditional buyers limits the pool of potential buyers for renovated homes, the report explained. for the year. For context, annualized home-price growth was 4.3% as of December.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

year over year in the third quarter of 2024, per the latest House Price Index (HPI) released Tuesday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). housing market has experienced positive annual appreciation each quarter since the start of 2012. . home prices rose 4.3% from August. “U.S.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Supply Surge: We’re witnessing a once in a generation influx of new apartments, often concentrated in “hot” markets. This is a hangover from the favorable financing conditions of 2021/2022. For instance, Chosewood Park in Atlanta is seeing its housing stock double in just a few years.

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MARCH 4, 2025

March figures to be a crucial month for gauging consumer interest in the 2025 housing market. would been as a sign of stability for a housing market that has been volatile of late. The pace of home sales remains near a 30-year low point as home prices and mortgage rates keep potential borrowers in wait-and-see mode.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q3 2024 provides a detailed snapshot of current housing market sentiments and challenges faced by real estate agents, brokers, and mortgage professionals. The survey reveals a generally cautious optimism among these sectors, despite varied expectations regarding market trends over the next three months.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key points of this report indicate that the Federal Reserve has overlooked the housing market for years. The existing home sales market does not align with their dual mandate of ensuring stable personal consumption expenditures (PCE) or consumer price index (CPI) prices, as these measures account for rent.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Amid the whirlwind of economic forces impacting the housing market, one trend stands out. Multigenerational housing, once a rarity, is now becoming commonplace and reshaping not just how we live, but also how we lend and borrow. There are dozens of scenarios that could cause families to choose multigenerational housing.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

To that end, Veterans United Home Loans conducted a study to find which housing markets are best for current and former military members in these two generations. It concluded that the most favorable markets are on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The city that topped the list is Tampa. and the quality of life score ranks No.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

In a challenging and expensive housing market , some prospective homebuyers may compromise on certain standards and features to secure their purchase. This finding likely stems from an increase in renovation costs over the past three years, forcing some buyers to pursue costly financing sources to improve their homes.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

In addition, a sizable amount of the inventory is new construction, and builders are able to offer better financing terms for buyers with their in-house mortgage businesses. Altos Research’s Market Action Index exposes how dramatically the dynamic has changed between buyers and sellers over the last couple years.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

The purchase market is slower to respond, and the data now is still showing the positive impact of lower rates of recent weeks. Mortgage rates bounced back up over the last couple days, and it demonstrates how fragile this housing market recovery could be. Leading indicators, such as price reductions, have topped out.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. To get a sense for what the mood is among real estate agents right now, look no further than Portland , Oregon. 25 statewide in 2023 transaction volume.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. The deal is projected to boost Rockets adjusted earnings per share by late 2026.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

People seeking more space to accommodate working from home led to a minor outflow of residents that put the housing market on pause. Like many other big cities across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t kind to Chicago. Buyers] have been the ones to benefit from just the steadiness and lack of volatility.”

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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?

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Nominations for HousingWires 2025 Finance Leaders Award are open now through January 31, 2025. Click here to nominate a Finance Leader. to discuss the trends shaping the housing industry in 2025. Charlotte Simonelli: Weve found many use cases where we can leverage generative AI in finance.

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MARCH 8, 2025

housing market , trailing only married couples. But Lautz also said that finances have a lot to do with the purchasing power of men and women. When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first started its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in 1981, it found that single women were the second largest demographic in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Permits are a leading indicator of future starts, and they increased for the third consecutive month in September, a positive sign for a supply-starved housing market,” added Kushi. The housing market remains structurally underbuilt, and homeowners with locked-in low mortgage rates are keeping existing-home inventory limited.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced that the conforming loan limit values (CLLs) for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) in 2025. housing market experienced positive annual appreciation each quarter since the start of 2012. In most of the U.S., Delaware: 8.5% Rhode Island: 8.4%

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

While assessing the full scale of the damage could still take months, the short-term effects on the two state’s housing markets were immediately visible — the markets came to a complete halt. In the days right before and after Hurricane Milton battered central Florida, two highly responsive metrics went into free fall.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Its an ominous start to 2025 after many housing market experts predicted that mortgage rates would drop by a full percentage point or more by the end of the year. when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) wraps up its next meeting on Jan. This is also the highest rate since June 2024. PCE growth stood at 2.4% in November.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The most common way buyers have secured below-market rates is through special financing offers from sellers or home builders. Homebuyers face challenges due to the volatile mortgage-rate environment, which limits their options and, in certain situations, keeps them from joining the housing market at all.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

A recent analysis of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) data by the Urban Institute dispels the myth that manufactured homes do not appreciate as much as site-built homes. Similarly, increased federal participation in the manufactured housing market could improve mortgage standardization, reduce rates, and enhance affordability.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“Apartment rents have dropped by nearly 15% in two years, which is warp speed for the housing market. Austin fits the classic example of a boom/bust housing market, where a collapse is taking place.” A better way to describe Austin’s market is “stabilizing,“ Whitaker said.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

About one in three (35%) received special financing, while 26% made their purchase offer contingent upon a lower rate. Zillow home trends expert Amanda Pendleton noted a trend of new buyers thinking outside the box when it comes to mortgage financing.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This “underscores the urgent need for reforms to reshape the nation’s housing finance system so it can help the families that need it most,” NAREB stated. This development has “significant implications for the housing market.”

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