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Why home prices haven’t crashed even with high mortgage rates

Housing Wire

The most underreported housing story I’ve seen this year is that even with mortgage rates rising to 8%, the number of homes that took price cuts before they sold was 4% below 2022 levels. Weekly housing inventory data We will start with the price cut data percentage because it deserves a detailed explanation.

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Pandemic Trends: Real Estate Google Search Terms Point to Shifting Interests [3-Year Analysis]

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For renters , certain search phrases appeared in 2020 and 2021 that, prior to the pandemic, few — if any — people knew about or were interested in: For example, “rent relief” went from 90 searches per month in 2019 to 9,900 in 2020 and 49,500 in 2021.

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Housing Market Tracker: Purchase apps surprise

Housing Wire

That was surprisingly strong, but as I have always stressed, context is critical. Active housing inventory grew while new listing data fell. But, last year we had the biggest waterfall collapse in purchase application data ever for a single year, and since Nov. 9, 2022 , this data has been forming a bottom-end range.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. So where does all that drama leave us for 2023? Home price s.

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How to Sell Your House Fast With a Realtor’s Expertise

HomeLight

You need to move ASAP and would prefer to sell your house fast with a Realtor®. Plus, your house could use some TLC. Stream a virtual open house. One hiccup can cause a chain reaction that can push back a sale, just like in a concert when someone goes off-key. Sweeten the deal with incentives. Know when cash is king.

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NLP in Real Estate: Hands-On Tactics to Master the Hard Client Conversations

HomeLight

More than ever, communication is the key to keeping your buyers and sellers calm and keeping their transaction moving forward. Article: James Clear writes about “because” and the copy machine study. ” It was early 2021, and we did an entire episode about NLP in real estate. About This Episode. Are you ready? Here we go.

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HomeLight and NAREB Launch the Black Real Estate Agent Program™

HomeLight

HomeLight is partnering with the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) to launch the Black Real Estate Agent Program. It’s an effort that we believe will change lives and make the real estate industry more inclusive. Join our Walkthrough Listener Community. Black Real Estate Agent Program – information and application.

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