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2021 housing market outlook: No signs of slowing

Housing Wire

2020 has been a remarkably strong year for the housing market. Sales volume has remained elevated compared to last year since about mid-June, home values are growing more quickly than they have in 15 years and homes are typically selling a full three weeks faster than a year ago. million homes sold – 21.8%

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Urban home values growing faster than ‘burbs in Midwest

Housing Wire

A Zillow report released Thursday shows urban home values in Midwest cities — namely, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus and Indianapolis — have risen faster than suburban home values over the past several months. rise in urban home values, and St. growth in urban home values.

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Home Values Surge in Q2

Appraisal Buzz

The equity gains coincide with a surge in home prices during the 2024 spring buying season, with the median national home price rising 9% quarterly to a record $365,000. This price increase has helped boost equity levels across much of the country by widening the gap between home values and the amounts owed on loans.

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Millions will enter housing market in 2021: Zillow

Housing Wire

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. markets; by December 2020, prices were already up 23.6%

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Housing Market Nears $50T Valuation Milestone

Appraisal Buzz

housing market is rapidly approaching the $50 trillion mark, with the total value of homes across the country hitting a record $49.6 In a decade, the value of U.S. homes has more than doubled, rising nearly 120% from $22.7 New Brunswick’s total home value surged 13.3% This represents a $3.1

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StreetWire partners with MetroList on home value insurance product

Housing Wire

Real estate data company StreetWire has partnered with Northern California MLS MetroList to produce an insurance product called Home Value Lock. It’s designed to protect homeowners from declining home values. Someone buys a house for $500,000 but then decides to sell due to a job relocation or an expanding family.

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Mobile home values rose 34% in the last 5 years

Housing Wire

Key findings of the study show: On a national scale, the median value of a mobile home is $61,400 to $220,000 less than that of a single-family home, although median mobile home values increased by an average of 34.58% from 2016 to 2021. Only in these states are median mobile home values more than $100,000.