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Survey Examines Financial Gap Between Young Homeowners and Renters

Appraisal Buzz

Many young Americans purchased their first homes during the pandemic or in the years preceding it, and they later profited from a historic increase in home values brought on by the homebuying boom of 2021–2022. Many young people were able to amass significant home equity as a result, and today’s home values continue to climb.

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Single-Family Rents Climb to Record High

Appraisal Buzz

While builders response has kept multifamily rent growth steady for several months and stubbornly high mortgage rates are limiting buyer demand and home value increases, detached single-family home rentals are still rising at an accelerating rate. In the meantime, owned home value growth has leveled out at 2.6%

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New American Funding partners with EasyKnock on sale-leaseback program

Housing Wire

In a typical sale-leaseback transaction, EasyKnock receives a processing fee from the initial home sale and then receives monthly rent after the customer becomes a tenant, he said. If the home value appreciates, customers get to keep the difference.

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Investors bought one in six homes sold in Q2 2024: Redfin

Housing Wire

It then plunged nearly 50% in 2023 due to declining rents and home values in some markets. Although demand for rentals remains strong, rent prices have shown slow growth due to a bevy of new apartments hitting the market, creating competition for tenants.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Housing Market? 

Appraisal Buzz

Since then, the number of $1 million homes has more than doubled, home values and rents have risen to all-time highs, and buyers preferences and methods for looking for a home have changedpossibly irreversibly. While the financial hurdle is higher, the home-shopping process has improved. With home prices rising 40.3%

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Institutional SFR players are stuck in the doldrums

Housing Wire

“The vast majority of IH’s renovations required permits — including for demolishing and constructing sections of single-family homes, installing and demolishing pools, and significantly altering the electrical work— but permits were not obtained,” court pleadings allege. billion [due to increased home values]. “…The

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Investing in Affordable Housing - Part 2 - Accountability to Housing Authority

Eppraisal

So, owners accept lower rent payments from qualified tenants while receiving funding and/or tax benefits from the federal government. In addition, destitute populations can affect home value in the community. Thus, the housing authorities have a vested interest in locations of satisfactory home value.

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