Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

But increased activity in residential construction , particularly in the South, is helping to alleviate affordability challenges in certain regions, according to ananalysis from First American Financial Corp. This construction boom is contributing to slower home-price appreciation and, in some cases, price declines.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

New construction The reverse mortgage industry has, for a while, aimed to communicate the potential benefits of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) for Purchase program as a mechanism for securing a new home by using a reverse mortgage. Some feel like homes arent built like they used to be.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The residential construction industry is facing a crisis as builders manage the critical shortage of building materials and labor. Explosive supply and labor costs are forcing long delays and leaving builders out of pocket, as the United States’ property fervor drives insatiable demand. . The current situation isn’t sustainable.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

The annual initiative which aims to advance innovation in the real estate sector focuses on scaling companies that provide digital solutions for the residential and commercial real estate markets.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

.” HUD and the Census Bureau are attributing this increase in production to strong demand for new construction. As housing inventory across the country continues to remain at historic lows, it comes as no surprise that many prospective homebuyers are turning to new construction. higher in the Northeast, 9.6%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

One key data line that is flagging a path to recession is the loss of residential construction workers. A while back, HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler and I discussed the risk of recession due to a lack of construction labor. Let’s look at today’s residential construction report and see where we are.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2020

Last month, Buildfax estimated if single-family authorizations and existing housing activity continue to gain, new construction could stabilize in the Fall. This sentiment is supported by recent data from the National Association of Home Builders that stated residential construction employment rose by 24,000 in July to 2.8

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

After months of growth, the construction sector lost 5,000 jobs in January from December, due to the loss of 9,500 jobs in heavy and civil engineering construction. As a whole, the construction sector is still 85,000 jobs below its February 2020 level. Residential building construction employment is up 5.3%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In Florida, new housing inventory has not grown significantly: the number of newly listed homes stands at 43,081, an 8.8% Florida is a top state for new residential construction, yet Florida homebuilders haven’t reported significant strides in new construction sales either. Home prices increased 5.4%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

New construction rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,560,000, according to the U.S. Single-family building activity drove November residential construction activity. “The Housing starts rose in November, significantly beating expectations. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

San Francisco-based private lender Kiavi announced on Thursday that it has secured $300 million in capital after another securitization of its residential transition loans (RTLs). This move follows Kiavi’s recent expansion announcement , in which it shared plans to offer its products in 13 new states. billion since 2019.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. Now add in the most recent news of outright fraud and embezzlement by Evergrande executives, and there is a chance the sector will drag down an already slowing Chinese economy. However, even bad news often has a silver lining.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some popular real estate newsletter content includes: Market updates Featured listings Industry news Local news Community events Agent profiles Investment opportunities No matter what content you choose to include, your real estate newsletter should serve as a meaningful touchpoint that continuously builds your client relationships.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The number of housing units that came online in September showed a big year-over-year jump, but data on earlier stages of construction suggest not much is coming through the pipeline. That’s according to monthly data on new residential construction from the U.S. But housing completions rose 14.6% month over month.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For career switchers looking for a new path that doesn’t necessarily require a college degree, they could do worse than the building trades. million new hires for construction. Since the last housing bubble burst, when more than a million residential construction workers lost their jobs , a shortage has developed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) is taking off, but is it bringing down housing costs? A new report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting casts doubt on it, citing uneven geographic distribution of deregulations and the high cost of construction. As a result, the most impactful ADUs are in new construction.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Strong new home sales have gotten the new construction industry back on track to deliver much-needed inventory for this undersupplied market. They now supply about 30% of the residential sales market. This has brought a resurgence to the new construction industry with sales rising and home builder confidence climbing.’

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He began his presentation during the “Residential Economic Issues and Trends Forum” by analyzing the data points that impacted 2023 real estate conditions before diving into forecasts for next year. In 2023, new-home sales are up 5% year to date, Yun said. The question is when are rates going to come down?

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

HUD also seeks to transition away from the discontinued Fannie Mae Form 1009, the residential loan application for reverse mortgages, to Form 1003, the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). The associations also request that HUD give HECM lenders at least 120 days before implementing the new forms, the letter said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2023

The NAHB/HMI report is based on a monthly survey of NAHB members, in which homebuilders are asked to rate both current market conditions for the sale of new homes and expected conditions for the next six months, as well as traffic of prospective buyers of new homes. That share from 2000-2019 was a 12.7%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

But people need homes,” said Kenny Deen, senior account executive at the independent mortgage banker and residential home lender Paramount Residential Mortgage Group. ” Amid the challenging landscape, Guerin, from New Jersey-based AFR, said the company doubled its efforts to do more renovation loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With broad expertise across the residential spectrum, including single-family homes, mixed-use communities, and projects meeting local governments’ affordability requirements, we will benefit from Scott’s deep understanding of the homebuilding process as lack of supply and new construction issues persist in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She has more than 25 years of real estate industry experience, and she specializes in lake properties and new construction. She is a certified home stager with experience in both residential and commercial real estate. “I’m very excited to be back and working with my esteemed colleagues,” Walsh said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

“The market for new homes is booming because the number of existing homes coming on the market has slowed to a two-decade low. It’s a unique housing market, unparalleled in recent years, for the active inventory to be so heavily skewed towards new construction. At the current sales pace this inventory represents 7.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Shelter inflation has been coming down slowly since the summer, as new residential construction activity ramped up in 2023,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Bright MLS. Even though shelter prices dropped to 0.3% the prior month, they’ve increased 6.7% On Tuesday, traders priced in a nearly 85.7%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The analysis is limited to resale properties and does not include new construction, which means that build-to-rent activity is excluded. New Western , meanwhile, also stood out as a marketplace for real estate investors. Purchase activity peaked in July, driven by a portfolio acquisition completed by Invitation Homes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. Let’s look at the new construction forecast for 2024. The business appears durable, too. million, but 4.1%

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2023

New construction starts and completions were both strong in May, which is welcome news. However, most projects underway in the month were 5+ multi-family units, as opposed to single-family residential units,” Walden said. Single family residential units account for just 40% of the total number of projects underway. “As

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We do not see new construction returning in a meaningful way any time soon. Kurt Carlton, President of New Western. “We do not see new construction returning in a meaningful way any time soon. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5% The median existing house price increased 7.7%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Urbanization is rapidly transforming cities worldwide. By 2050, it is projected that 90% of the U.S. population will reside in urban areas, signifying a monumental shift towards city living. As cities become denser, the challenge of providing sufficient, affordable housing becomes more acute. rose 37.5%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

An under-supplied market has strong implications for house prices, particularly during a time when prices seemingly set new records every month. An under-supplied market has strong implications for house prices, particularly during a time when prices seemingly set new records every month.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The new construction industry was not blind to the impacts this will have on housing demand. Builders are starting on construction on fewer single-family houses, but they’ve been breaking ground on more apartments and condominiums. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. year over year.

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Keeping Current Matters

MARCH 17, 2021

Unemployment was under 4% , forecasters were giddy with their projections for the economy, and the residential housing market had the strongest January and February activity in over a decade. Remarkably, the residential real estate market (including existing homes and new construction) has flourished over the last twelve months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Among them are Geneva Financial , a mortgage lender headquartered in Arizona, which opened a branch location in Chicago, and New Western , a real estate investment firm, which also launched its first office in Chicago, marking its expansion with its 43rd office location in its 19th state. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Keeping Current Matters

JUNE 15, 2021

When it comes to new construction , builders are trying to do their part to bring more newly built homes into the market. In their Monthly New Residential Sales report , the United States Census Bureau states: “The seasonally?adjusted adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of April was 316,000.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Balancing supply and demand is a delicate dance between new construction and existing properties. TF: VRM Mortgage Services (VRM) is an experienced residential and commercial real estate solutions provider, transcending conventional boundaries to deliver a spectrum of services beyond REO. territories.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

. “The latest data on the housing market show that homebuilders are pulling back the pace of new construction in response to low levels of traffic, and we expect this weakness in demand will persist in 2023, as the U.S. retail residential mortgage applications. ” Uptick in applications . last week from 29.4%

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