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6 Tips for Appraising New Construction Homes

McKissock

New construction is treated a little differently by lenders, FHA, and the GSEs. When appraising new construction homes, you must take into consideration certain features and attributes that don’t necessarily apply to re-sales. Be careful as you choose comparable sales.

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Fannie Mae’s chief economist on housing market outlook

Housing Wire

However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. Read on to learn more about Duncan’s views on the housing market, loan performance and affordability challenges homebuyers face. To what extent builders will offer rate buy-downs to drive sales remains to be seen.

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Why Purchasing New Construction Can Be a Smart Move for First-Time Homebuyers

Realtor.com

Getty Images Many first-time homebuyers might presume they’re better off going used rather than new—in other words, purchasing a pre-existing property rather than pricey new construction. Unless you want to be waiting a long time to buy your first home, you should consider new-construction homes.

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Builders rediscover a tool from the 1980s that keeps new home prices from falling

Housing Wire

This phenomenon becomes clearly apparent when compared to existing home sales, for which these buydowns are very rare. As shown in the chart below, existing and new home sales for the 19 largest home builders had roughly the same note rates until January 2022. As of July 2023, the gap had slightly narrowed to 0.8 2022 to Dec.

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

FBC Mortgage recorded originations of about $8 billion in 2022, including its joint venture volume, Nunziata said, adding that about 70% of that volume “was new construction.” The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that existing-home sales dropped 17.8% in 2022, the weakest showing since 2014.

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Mortgage applications for new construction homes ticked up in July

Housing Wire

With strong demand and limited options for existing homes, many homebuyers are turning to new construction. Mortgage applications for new construction home purchases increased 35.5% of purchase applications came from the FHA , the highest share since May 2020. from 60,000 new home sales in June.

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Mortgage applications for new construction climbed in August

Housing Wire

Demand for newly constructed homes continues to remain high as existing for-sale inventory remains historically low. Mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 20.6% It indicates that a larger share of first-time homebuyers are active in the new home sales market. from 56,000 new home sales in July.