Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. Yet, the complexity of real estate transactions lies beyond the initial online search.

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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. This implies that there are more than enough buyers at these prices and these mortgage rates to keep activity happening in housing. As of right now the housing market is growing.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Whats the housing market going to do in 2025? UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 1/15/25 Mike & Joel Event (free online (register Eventbrite)) 1/16/25 Sac Real Producers event (details TBA) 1/22/25 Windermere El Dorado […] The post Real estate trends to watch in 2025 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Real estate investor sentiment rose 16% from the prior quarter and 60% of surveyed investors view the current housing market more favorably than a year ago. ” In terms of forward-looking sentiments, 61% of respondents expect the market to continue improving, compared to 14% who expect it to decline.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With six of 10 distinct housing recessions since the 1970s preceding an economic recession (as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research Business), it is tempting to answer, “yes.” But real estate economists say it’s not so simple. A housing recession does not necessarily kick things off.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

The recent announcement of Homie’s decision to strip its brokerage services and end employment for its real estate agents has once again brought the discussion of alternative models in real estate to the forefront. I vividly recall when Homie first entered the market.

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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. While not rated, relationship-building with real estate agents is crucial, especially in light of changes to MLS compensation policies.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

real estate scene with its rapid growth and increasing appeal to homebuyers. 4, 2024, Altos Research reports 1,530 active listings for houses and 791 active listings for condos in Charlotte. This inventory has only fueled competition among the city’s real estate professionals. As of Sept. Click Here

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Youve likely heard about real estate teams and how they can impact your career but what exactly are they, and why are so many agents joining or building teams? Its important to understand how real estate teams work for you to decide whether its the right career move for you. How do real estate teams work?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Across the board, mortgage and real estate respondents to the HousingWire Pulse Q1 2025 survey say the housing market will be flat for the first three months of 2025. This diversity allows for a comprehensive understanding of the market dynamics. The good news?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Real estate agents have white-knuckled their way through more than two years of suffocatingly high mortgage rates that have stymied sales, choked off inventory and pushed home prices to new all-time highs. But the one component of the CPI that remains stubbornly high is housing costs, which makes up a third of the index.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its hard to imagine something more disruptive to a housing market than a hurricane. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market. 9, housing markets in the Tampa area came to a complete halt as sellers took their homes off the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com released data this week showing that demand for distressed homes — including bank-owned properties and foreclosures — shrank for a second straight quarter. Buyers have also been less active despite the Federal Reserve ’s 50-basis-point cut to benchmark rates last month.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 1, 2024

The 2023 housing market faced one of the same roadblocks we saw in 2022: mortgage rates were too high for home sales growth. Now that we’re in 2024, the Federal Reserve ‘s rate hike cycle is over, so let’s look at what that means for housing demand and home prices. Let’s look at that dynamic.

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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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Homebuyers have become older and wealthier Young people are having a particularly hard time in the housing market. Adult children of renters who want their children to have a better chance at achieving the American dream must figure out how to break into the housing market without family help.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I wonder if we’ve forgotten what the market used to feel like before 2020. UPCOMING […] The post Stop expecting lightning speed in real estate first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Let’s talk about it.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Optimism is a prerequisite for success as a salesperson, and real estate professionals have it in spades. At the Tom Ferry event last month and at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) going on right now, this attribute is on display everywhere. We’re professionals.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. Real estate investors tend to be more insulated from these dynamics, particularly from mortgage rates, as they are more likely to buy properties with cash.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

The real estate market has witnessed significant fluctuations over the years, and the accompanying challenges for real estate agents can offer valuable insights and opportunities. This collapse not only devastated the housing market but also triggered a global financial crisis.

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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? In the 2010s, interest rates were very low for basically the whole decade and that encouraged Americans to buy and hoard real estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Commissions paid to real estate agents representing buyers have remained essentially unchanged since new rules on commissions went into effect on August 17 , according to a new analysis from Redfin. In relatively competitive housing markets, agents are seeing more negotiation over who pays the buyer’s agent, and how much they are paid.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

real estate market is marked by contradictions that are leaving many confused. Mortgage rates, rental patterns, homeownership dreams, and housing trends across the country are all seemingly colliding in ways that create both opportunities and uncertainties. As 2025 approaches, the U.S. reflect a growing divide.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Zillow is predicting a more active housing market in 2025 , but those hoping to buy — or even refinance — should buckle up for a bumpy ride and be ready to move when conditions are right. Zillow is forecasting that housing market activity will pick up in 2025 – but the big wildcard is mortgage rates, which will remain unpredictable.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The role of the real estate agent has been under the microscope of late as a result of class-action litigation over agent commissions, but the feedback agents want most about their practices comes from two sources — home buyers and sellers. This was unambiguous among homebuyers. This concern even outweighed factors related to money.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. A large decline in mortgage rates is expected to increase competition and provide sellers more negotiation leverage by bringing more buyers than sellers back to the market. Americans have also began to embrace small-home living.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The stagnant 2024 housing market is one the real estate industry cant wait to get away from, but not so for the niche luxury market. The number of homes sold at $1 million or higher rose by 5.2% in the first half of 2024, and the median luxury home price jumped by 14.2%. Thats compared to a 12.9%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Brokerages are scrambling to adapt to the post-settlement landscape of real estate, and more of them are turning to the same method for growing their headcount — acquiring new teams. The addition of teams is an efficient way for major brokerages to bolster agent counts and boost sales volumes on their income statements.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

The year 2025 will be transformative for real estate. Rising personal home insurance rates, fueled by escalating claims costs, increasing property values and the growing frequency of natural disasters, will all have a profound impact on market dynamics and homeowners insurance costs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

The “ silver tsunami ” — a colloquialism referring to aging Americans changing their housing arrangements to accommodate aging — could have more of an impact on the housing market this year, according to analyst Meredith Whitney in a conversation with Yahoo Finance. “[T]he

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale.

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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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Understanding that real estate housing markets are hyperlocal, the RealTrends Verified City Rankings represent the newest evolution of RealTrends agent and team rankings. We also include ranking data submitted by the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance and AREAA.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 10/18/24 […] The post The hot mess of concessions in real estate first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. It feels messy that concessions information is no longer in MLS, there’s some confusion about how appraisers are handling some of this, and we have a new question to ask.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The strength of the storm has prompted officials to call for an evacuation, one that has already had a stark impact on the city’s housing market. We’re still getting plywood up, cleaning up their house, getting ready for the storm. New listings in Tampa were at 775 on Sept. 27, but they’ve since dropped to 555.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Pretium is a real estate investment firm that focuses on single-family rental (SFR), build-to-rent (BTR) and fix-and-flip properties. Prior to founding Pretium, Mullen was the head of global credit and mortgages at Goldman Sachs. Mullen describes Pretium’s platform as a residential ecosystem that originates nontraditional mortgages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to stay top-of-mind with clients and prospects is by consistently delivering value in an informative, helpful real estate newsletter. So, where do you start?

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