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Daren Blomquist’s 2023 housing outlook

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. These buyers are primarily local community developers who purchase distressed properties and then resell or rent those properties on the retail market following rehab — a process that typically takes six to 12 months. . Paul; and Riverside, Calif.

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Better inflation data won’t sway the Fed

Housing Wire

The Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday showed again that the breakaway 1970s-style inflation is not happening, even with an expanding economy and an unemployment rate under 4%. Pivoting doesn’t mean they’ll cut rates, it just means they’ll change their language describing the economy.

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The Red-Hot Housing Market

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. The red-hot housing market of the past 2 ½ years was characterized by sub-three percent mortgage rates, fast-paced bidding wars and record-low inventory. The run-up in home prices was driven by rock-bottom mortgage rates and pandemic-fueled demand.

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Is the spring housing market about to rebound?

Housing Wire

These buyers are primarily local community developers who purchase distressed properties and then resell or rent those properties on the retail market following rehab — a process that typically takes about six months. This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. million in February and was at 4.3

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In Your 20s and Thinking About Buying a Home? Here’s What You Need to Know

Lighter Side of Real Estate

According to research from realtor.com , more than 70 percent of Gen Z plan to buy a home at some point in the future. And for many, that future is quickly approaching—with 43 percent planning to buy a home in the next five years and 45 percent actively saving for their home purchase. Down payment. Future plans.

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Mortgage Rates Begin to Decline: Good News for Homebuyers in 2023

Realty Biz

Good news on the home-buying front: after months of mortgage rates trending upward , fueled by rising inflation and the US Federal Reserve’s hiking base rates to combat that inflation, signs have begun to emerge that the average home lending rate in the United States has begun to decline instead. percent to 6.27

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5 Silver Linings for Home Buyers in 2023

HomeLight

Everything from stubborn inflation and increasing mortgage rates to potential home price declines could cause potential buyers to rethink a new home investment. Prices are inching lower As high mortgage rates tamp down housing demand, prices are peeling back in some areas of the country. 2022) Portland -1.9% Las Vegas -1.8%