Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2023

Last week, mortgage rates hit a 21st-century high, the 10-year yield closed slightly higher than my peak forecast for 2023 , and housing inventory growth was still slow. Weekly housing inventory Mortgage rates have been near or above 7% for the last few months, and active listings growth has been slow during this tenure.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But I need to explain why this level has more in common with 2014 housing data than the credit stress markets of 2005-2008, and why you should care. Understanding this data line and what it is trying to tell you will be more valuable than erroneously thinking the market is crashing and we’ll see a wave of foreclosures.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

In this HW+ Slack Q&A , Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami gives the inside scoop on where rates are headed, whether or not he has updates to his 2022 forecast and more. As a member of HW+, you can us join for regular 30-minute Slack Q&As, where we invite the HW Media newsroom to break down the hottest topics in the industry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported today on two trends in existing home sales that we have seen for many months now: sales are declining while total inventory data has fallen directly for the three straight months. We needed to end this madness before we had prices escalate over 20% for another year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

The housing market was crazy again last week. Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Weekly inventory increased by 1,734. The economic data was OK last week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

As a member of HW+, you get access to 30-minute Slack Q&As, where we invite the HW Media newsroom to break down the hottest topics in the industry. HousingWire: The best way to start is to talk about purchase application data, can you break that down for us? What have we seen this year?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

In this HW+ Slack Q&A , Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami gives the inside scoop on where rates are headed, whether or not he has updates to his 2022 forecast and more. As a member of HW+, you can us join for regular 30-minute Slack Q&As, where we invite the HW Media newsroom to break down the hottest topics in the industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. We started the year with many pundits saying that the U.S. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. The housing crash addicts in America have now been wrong for a decade. What a year 2021 has been.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. Public health officials note that we have many more tools to address this latest — and likely not the last — challenge.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2023

The housing market functions differently than other markets because it can be characterized as a heterogeneous, thinly traded, illiquid market. And there’s another thing that separates the housing market from other markets — the buyer is often also the seller. This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Below, Banosian answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article? Below, Banosian answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Arjun Dhingra, who serves as sales and business development at All Western Mortgage. Creating a large following on Instagram , he offers updates on the housing market, tips on the home-buying process and so much more. HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In his current leadership position, he oversees all residential operations for the company and is responsible for 48 offices and 1,600 agents in six regions of North and South Carolina. Below, Scott answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

I have been a happy camper lately, particularly with the rise of the 10-year yield as I am seeking balance in the housing market. I love these times in the market and the San Francisco 49ers are making an epic run in the playoffs, so what else can a person ask for? Let’s look at my 2022 forecast based on the 10-year yield.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

The first Fed rate hike isn’t going to take us into a recession, it just raises the second of the six flags we would need to go into a recession. The low unemployment rate isn’t a recession factor, but all expansions end when the unemployment rate is at the lowest level. The implications for the U.S.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Yesterday, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December I reviewed home inventory and sales. House Prices The Case-Shiller National Index increased 3.9% A key question I discussed in July is Will house prices decline further later this year? YoY in September - and also to new all-time highs.

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The Close

APRIL 30, 2024

When it’s time for a price reduction, real estate agents must conduct market research and rely on the data. We also need to know how to have a price reduction conversation with our clients since pricing for homeowners can be emotionally driven. Ideally, we don’t want to take overpriced listings, but it does happen.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog Since we last spoke on Monday, are there any other things on your real estate mind? On Monday, we started to discuss the topics, themes, issues, and stories that would consume our “real estate minds in 2024,” notably the things that might concern us the most. Any new developments? Is it on my mind?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. for 2022.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

To help you learn how to get clients without the stress we worked with top-producing agents at Compass, Warburg, and Real NY to tell us how they keep their phone ringing in 2022. In this update we also include links to eleven deep-dive articles to learn more about each strategy. ” Related Article.

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The Residential Specialist

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As we head into 2022, agents should be aware of the projected market outlook for the upcoming year. The RE/MAX Preferred Group and Cincinnati-based agent’s prediction—shared by agents, economists and researchers alike—is that the 2022 market will look fairly similar to today’s market. By Michelle Huffman.

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The Close

MARCH 23, 2023

New luxury high-rises were popping up like weeds, and open houses looked more like trendy nightclubs with lines of eager buyers spilling out onto the sidewalk. In this article, I’ll walk you through the simple six-step process I used to become a successful real estate agent. Sean and I failed more times than most agents even try.

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The Close

JULY 23, 2022

In my 27 years as an agent and coach, I have never seen inventory this low. Low inventory is a lose-lose for real estate agents and buyers. Imagine if you could tap into a pool of hidden listing inventory that nobody else knows about. Low inventory is a lose-lose for real estate agents and buyers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Starting this week, I will analyze weekly data in a Housing Market Tracker article every Monday to provide a status update on the U.S. housing market and economy. This weekly tracker will give you updates on the data lines that don’t need to wait for monthly housing data reports. . Housing market inventory.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2023

The recent growth broke that streak, but demand is still low. Active housing inventory grew while new listing data fell. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory grew 8,041 weekly. But, last year we had the biggest waterfall collapse in purchase application data ever for a single year, and since Nov.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

My wife and I both agreed, back in 2013, that a mere one week Honeymoon in the Bahamas would be too short, and that’s why we decided to stay for a full two weeks. On the seventh day, when everybody around us was looking sad, preparing to head home, we were absolutely elated to be staying! To leave now would be way too soon!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2023

The housing market has been wild the last few years, making weekly data more critical. This is why I’ve created the Housing Market Tracker — a weekly analysis of purchase apps, housing inventory and mortgage rates that will be published every Monday. We had some exciting data after the weaker CPI report in November.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in 2021, when I was talking about how people should worry about home prices overheating, I had a glimmer of hope that maybe toward the end of 2021 we would be spared another seasonal collapse of inventory. Inventory always falls in the fall and winter, but I hoped it wouldn’t be a repeat of 2020.

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The Close

APRIL 26, 2022

If you spend any time on Realtor Facebook groups like Lab Coat Agents these days, you will hear the same complaint again and again: “I have tons of buyers but no homes for them!” Inventory here in Colorado is tighter than it has ever been and homes sell the first weekend they’re listed. We don’t stop there, though.

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Real Trends

MAY 23, 2022

A federal judge’s ruling that lets hundreds of thousands of housing consumers partake in a class action lawsuit against NAR is “an issue of concern to the nation’s business community.” We can’t infer too much from class certification,” said Erik Hovenkamp, a University of Southern California antitrust law professor. “Of

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

Home prices are skyrocketing, housing inventory is at all-time lows and homebuyers have to contend with multiple bids. In time, markets always find balance and balance is a good thing. But, that doesn’t mean housing is going to crash. Can this last? No, it can’t.

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The Close

JANUARY 25, 2022

Want to work with all-cash buyers who scoop up multiple properties per year, close fast, and won’t drag you to open houses every Sunday? I’ll walk you through the nine skills you’ll need to hone to start working with investors in 2022. Be an Expert in Your Market. Know a Good Deal When You See One.

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Norada Real Estate

MAY 25, 2022

If you are thinking of buying Birmingham Investment Properties in 2022 , you might be wondering whether it is the right decision or not. Well, for a start let us know a little bit about this beautiful city of Birmingham. Birmingham is an affordable market with growing demand for housing. square kilometers of water.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Most of the time, the economy is like a slow-moving ocean liner that changes direction gradually and without much effort. Even in the extreme conditions of COVID-19, my general premise on housing economics predicted that the two variables with the most influence — demographics and mortgage rates — would hold up the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2022

Below, Healy answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Rogers Healy: This is my favorite article because it accurately outlines how the housing market is not the only factor in a recession. HousingWire: When do you feel success in your job?

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Point2Homes

MAY 25, 2021

But although house hunters have resumed their activity, the new market conditions are shattering their hopes of buying — o nly 21% still plan to buy a home in the next six months. Americans have been trying to find new, better homes and have resume their pre-pandemic house hunting practices.

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