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Have we found the bottom in existing home sales?

Housing Wire

On Wednesday, existing home sales collapsed near the lows we saw during COVID-19 and back in 2007 when the housing bubble burst. Since the credit standards have improved post-2010, we shouldn’t see distressed sellers until a job loss recession happens, even if sales fall noticeably. Confused by this? Housing inventory.

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Advice on Short-Sale Transactions

The Residential Specialist

Experts who worked through The Great Recession of 2008 share how to handle tricky short-sale transactions. With its perfect storm of record-low property values and record-high unemployment, The Great Recession of 2008 triggered a rash of residential short sales. Short sales are not suited to all REALTORS ®.

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Don’t expect a drop in home prices in 2023, NAR economist says

Housing Wire

While elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and high inflation have taken a significant toll on the housing industry, it’s unlikely that these issues will cause home prices to drop next year, at least according to National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

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Xactus targets lenders through active listing data

Housing Wire

Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood. In May, the inventory of homes for sale rose 8%, marking the first inventory rebound since June 2019. year over year. .

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How can servicers best help borrowers as they exit forbearance?

Housing Wire

Hubzu for Signature Seller Assisted Sale (SSAS), standard short sale, foreclosure and ultimately REO management and sales) that can perform well, no matter the volume. HousingWire recently spoke with Travis Britsch, general manager of Hubzu , about post-forbearance strategies to benefit both servicers and borrowers.

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Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures?

Keeping Current Matters

Michael Sklarz, President at Collateral Analytics : “We may very well see a meaningful increase in the number of homes listed for sale as these borrowers choose to sell at what is arguably an intermediate top in the market and downsize to more affordable homes rather than face foreclosure.”. What are the experts saying? Bottom Line.

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How and When to Buy Foreclosure Property

Realty Biz

This article might be premature because across most of the country home sales continue happening rapidly. Many of these will be new investors that don’t have experience with the pre-foreclosures, short sales, and foreclosures, that occurred during the Great Recession. properties with a foreclosure filing. This becomes REO.