Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

According to a new study, climate-induced shifts could significantly lower property values over time. But this could have a double-edged effect, depending on the market. Climate risk data provider First Street released its 12th national report, “Property Prices in Peril,” this week. real estate market.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A comprehensive analysis by First Street , published in its 12th National Report, Property Prices in Peril , provides insight into the observed and projected effects of climate change on the U.S. real estate market. Utilizing peer-reviewed methodologies and macroeconomic modeling, Property Prices in Peril estimates a potential $1.47

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the uptick in the severity and frequency of these natural disasters , as well as the rising costs to rebuild and reinsure, more real estate professionals and consumers are finding homeowners insurance to be a far greater concern than ever before. That has changed. The first is the frequency and severity of natural disasters.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As low inventory levels, elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices keep the housing industry stagnant, short-term real estate investors — aka fix-and-flippers — faced market turmoil during the third quarter of 2024. An index score above 50 indicates market expansion, while a score below 50 indicates contraction.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 30, 2025

While some homeowners prioritize their mortgage payments, those who are not financially prepared may face significant challenges due to other essential and frequent expenses such as homeowners insurance, property taxes, utilities, repairs, and maintenance. Census Bureau.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 5, 2024

ATTOM has released its latest Special Housing Market Impact Risk Report , a study examining county-level housing markets around the U.S. The report shows that California, New Jersey, and Illinois once again had high concentrations of the most-at-risk markets in the country, with parts of Florida also joining that mix.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the narrative is more complex in niche markets like the Texas capital of Austin. Social media posts have fueled speculation that Austin’s rental market is in freefall. Gerli told HousingWire in an emailed response that normalizing market conditions would be indicated by a slow and gradual decline in rents.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Prospective homeowners enter the housing market with two questions: Where do I begin? Offering access to market-defining research and data Most shoppers review listing and pricing information through the Zillow platform, brokerage websites, or multiple listing services (MLSs). How much home can I afford?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Reverse mortgages were included in the assessment alongside options like Medicaid, Medicare, health savings accounts (HSAs), veterans benefits, LTC insurance and home equity loans. The reverse mortgage industry has aimed in recent years to position itself as a potential avenue to fund LTC directly or pay for LTC insurance.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

But that benefit is beginning to be offset by a surge in insurance costs and HOA fees caused by intensifying natural disasters ,along with rising property taxes. This gives buyers leverage when theyre negotiating with other insurers.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 4, 2025

Cost Burdens Rise in Unexpected Markets While high-cost regions continue to challenge homeowners, some of the most dramatic increases in cost burdens have occurred in traditionally affordable metros.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

One key finding from the bureaus Office of Mortgage Markets is that HEI companies often market themselves against reverse mortgage products, touting the products as not being debt-based instruments that do not require monthly payments. Home equity contracts have no age restrictions, while HECM loans also require counseling from a U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The home insurance marketplace has been facing a reckoning. With the death toll from Helene crossing the grim milestone of 230 this week — and with thousands of impacted homes without flood insurance wiped away — this could lead to a ripple effect that drives homeowners insurance premiums even higher.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Mortgage rates have been rising and the housing market is also experiencing the impacts of hurricanes. That’s because the South is also dealing with higher property taxes, higher home insurance costs , and a lack of migration; all three have made their markets softer than other parts of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

With affordability, insurance, and property tax concerns in southern states like Texas and Florida, inventory is picking up more in those areas — which doesn’t seem like the backdrop to be shelling out a lot of housing permits for construction. In the new home sales report, we have about 1.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Tom Kriby, vice president of client development and partnerships at Westwood Insurance Agency, about how working with an insurance agency can simplify the closing process for their customers, even in times of interest rate uncertainty. Take insurance, for example.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Title insurance provides vital protection to the largest and most important purchase most Americans will ever make—their home. Director Rohit Chopra himself, in a recent appearance before the House Financial Services Committee , shook his head “no” when asked whether title insurance was a “junk fee” in questioning from Rep.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

I develop, direct, and provide strategic vision for sales and marketing plans for mortgage products and services,” according to her bio. Incenter Lender Services has offerings that span capital markets, loan diligence, student lending, insurance, property tax, accounting, marketing and more.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

The borrower must remain in the home as their primary residence and continue paying property taxes, homeowners insurance, HOA fees and maintenance costs to keep the loan in good standing. In 2024, Mutual of Omaha became the leading HECM lender in the country on a per-unit basis.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

real estate market is marked by contradictions that are leaving many confused. It’s a complex landscape where the tension between renting and owning is more pronounced than ever, and regional differences in housing demand highlight the uneven nature of the market. As 2025 approaches, the U.S.

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Inman

JULY 23, 2024

Hidden costs of homeownership, like property taxes and homeowners insurance, were given a 37 percent risk factor for triggering mortgage delinquency by leaders in default servicing, according to a survey by Auction.com.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

real estate investors are planning to grow their portfolios and invest significantly in property improvements in 2025, according to a new survey from property management software provider RentRedi. landlords plan to acquire new properties this year. A majority of U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

The current reverse mortgage industry market leader, Mutual of Omaha Mortgage , announced on Tuesday that it has launched a new proprietary reverse mortgage product, with initial availability in California and Florida. It will also exclude broker-network borrowers from the companys outbound marketing campaigns.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

It’s still April, so there could be as many as eight more weeks of seller growth in the spring housing market. housing market at the end of April 2024. Housing inventory There are now 556,000 single-family homes on the market. from last week, with slightly more than 13,000 additional properties on the market now than a week ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2021

home price increase translated into a monthly mortgage payment of $1,179 on a median-priced home — not including property taxes and insurance. Top Markets for Renovated Inventory. The post Top markets for affordable renovated housing inventory appeared first on HousingWire. The resales sold for 100.4%

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Inman

MARCH 14, 2025

Soaring property tax and homeowners' insurance costs have made homeownership less affordable than any time since the 1980s, Bernice Ross writes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Prospective buyers from out of state often come to Indiana for its growing job market, low taxes and relatively affordable housing. Caruso said this is indicative of the markets in Indiana, where low inventory, high interest rates and inflationary pressure are still making it hard for clients to find — and afford — a home to buy.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

Simonsen noted that markets on Florida’s Gulf Coast, as well as pandemic-era boomtowns in the West such as Austin, Phoenix and Denver, have seen price cuts become more common of late. of the active market has taken a price cut from their original list price. Nationally, 36.9% Nationally, 36.9% That’s notably soft. “You

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Other holding costs for real estate include taxes and insurance. According to S&P Global, insurance premiums increased nationally by 34% between 2017 and 2023, with even more increases hitting homeowners in 2024. In particular, insurance can be a significant portion of monthly payments. Today that ratio is 31%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Redfin ’s newest housing market report shows that buyers backed out of 56,000 purchase agreements in June, which constitutes 14.9% Housing markets that were hot after the pandemic began had the highest cancellation rates last month as many of those markets have cooled. In his market, 17.6% of buyers canceled in June.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As of this week, the death toll has surpassed 230 and thousands of homes, many without flood insurance , have been destroyed. Researchers used Harvey, Irma and Ida as references for prior hurricanes and their impacts on the RMBS market. billion, a total that includes residential and commercial properties. in Georgia, 0.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Housing markets across the country have stalled due to elevated mortgage rates and limited for-sale inventory , but some counties are at risk of a more dramatic downturn. The housing market boom continues to gain momentum, thanks to another [seasonal] boost,” Attom CEO Rob Barber said in a statement. Richmond, Virginia; and Nashville.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to help our clients strengthen their market positioning despite today’s challenges,” Duffy said in a statement. Incenter’s business channels include capital markets, loan diligence, student lending, insurance, property tax, accounting and marketing solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. Still, even the single-family rental (SFR) market, including the BFR sector, faces an uncertain future in the year ahead, given the ongoing volatility in interest rates and inflation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2022

Homeownership continues to swerve into unaffordable territory, with median-priced single-family homes becoming less affordable in three-quarters of the nation’s market, a report published by ATTOM Data Solutions last week said. The post Home affordability plummeted in fourth quarter appeared first on HousingWire.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 22, 2024

Our partners in the default servicing industry are on the frontlines of any emerging risk in the mortgage market, and we communicate regularly with them to identify those risks and build solutions of value,” said Jason Allnutt, CEO at Auction.com. through the year’s end. “Our Click here for the report in its entirety.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

” Incenter has businesses focused on capital markets, loan diligence, student lending, insurance, property tax, accounting and marketing. According to Parrish, some of Incenter’s clients, such as IMBs, face pressures from the market downturn.

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