Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the narrative is more complex in niche markets like the Texas capital of Austin. Social media posts have fueled speculation that Austin’s rental market is in freefall. Gerli told HousingWire in an emailed response that normalizing market conditions would be indicated by a slow and gradual decline in rents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

These green building benefits associated with modular construction do not come with the dreaded green cost premium even though recent research shows that developers are willing to pay an average 10% more on construction costs if it allows their business to shift towards a more circular and sustainable business model.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. The construction figure in Florida far exceeds the next most prominent states. million built in total in that period, the First Street analysis found.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Davis also highlights Deephaven’s edge in products like their Ground-Up Construction and Fix-and-Flip products, offering originators essential tools and training. Davis believes that by aligning with the right lender and expanding product offerings, originators can position themselves as valuable partners in a shaky market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As high mortgage rates reshape the housing market, existing homes are making up a larger percentage of for-sale inventory, and homebuyers are taking notice. This marked the lowest market share for new homes in three years. market share, while first-quarter 2022 saw a record high of 34.4%. Census Bureau.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Heading into 2024, there are continuing and emerging financing options, grant programs and legislation all designed to help homeowners and builders create much-needed infill housing. These will help on the margin, but we still need smart lenders to help create even more robust financing options for ADUs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.”

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Real Estate News

JUNE 18, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Home construction stalls as costs rise, demand softens Housing starts and permits fell in May in response to economic and market factors, while buyers continue to hold out despite easing mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

that have long been viewed as a refuge for affordable homeownership are now grappling with rising prices , limited inventory and increasing competition pressures once thought unique to urban housing markets. ” Inventory squeeze, financial access The report found that rural housing markets are increasingly behaving like urban ones.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Many of the distressed properties Sandoval encounters are not in good enough condition to qualify for traditional financing. That means the buyer will need to pay in cash or use non-traditional financing such as a hard money loan. After-repair value is the estimated market value of a property in fully repaired condition.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

New Hampshire s hot housing market has spiraled the Granite State into crisis mode. I think there would be even stronger growth and more stability in the market if we had more houses for sale, he added. It is encouraging to see some uptick in apartment construction in some of our larger communities.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Apollo orchestrated this transaction and now our partnership through Newfi provides the financing needed to grow this business and scale it to a higher level. It’s a complete financing solution that helps us ramp up and scale our production in the BPL sector. Could you share how this move puts Dunmor at the forefront of that?

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Founded in 2022 as a spinoff from Airbnb , Samara has broader goals to revolutionize housing construction with a streamlined, cost-efficient model one that founder and CEO Mike McNamara believes could be a meaningful piece of a much larger national puzzle. Its ADUs are constructed entirely off-site in a factory environment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. Index values for most construction inputs are down from 2022 but remain above pre-pandemic levels. That could set the backdrop for a slower pace of construction.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. The average rate throughout 2024 for 30-year fixed mortgages was 6.72% higher than it was during the 2008 market crash. It reflects another pressing issue of imbalanced supply and demand in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson today announced the closing of a forward flow agreement up to $100 million for a private real estate lending platform specializing in short-term bridge , fix-and-flip, construction and land development loans.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

However, this rapid population growth comes with challenges for the single-family rental market. Remote work flexibility, retiree relocation, and an influx of younger families seeking affordable living have all contributed to Floridas rental market surge. Floridas demographic trends are also shifting.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Stats are the fuel to the fire of the real estate market and will make you exude confidence in conversations with potential clientsmaking them feel confident in hiring you to represent them. This proves your expertise to clients and allows you to provide them with knowledge about the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Homebuilders are also pacing the number of homes they bring to market. Home construction New home construction ramped up early in the pandemic but moderated as interest rates ticked up and mortgage rates followed. The rate of homes under construction has roughly plateaued since April 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In this executive conversation, Steven Katz, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Residential Financing at Arbor Realty Trust, shares his thoughts on the burgeoning build-to-rent (BTR) market. SK: Construction lending is extremely complex, and in which banks have traditionally been the dominant players.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

But there are clear warning signs in the New Hampshire housing market, particularly when it comes to affordable options for Granite State residents. As a result, New Hampshire’s housing market has been heating up. It is also considering a separate bill to permit manufactured housing construction in all residentially zoned areas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

housing market is back on track , stronger than ever, with a total estimated value of $52 trillion, according to a new analysis by Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow Group. housing market has surged by more than $2.6 Fueling this increase is new construction, according to Divounguy, even though the 1.3%

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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% compared to September 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

In the address, the president will call for a $10,000 tax credit for both first-time homebuyers and people who sell their starter homes; the construction and renovation of more than 2 million additional homes; and cost reductions for renters.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It uses county-level data for single and multi-family permits to gauge housing construction growth in both urban and rural metros. The latest HBGI data continue to show a changing geography for home construction,” Robert Dietz , the NAHB’s chief economist, said in a statement. of all building during the quarter, while 11.7% in Q2 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

However, permits for future construction recorded a 4.4% “Slower construction activity in the Northeast could reflect cooler demand as well as challenges builders face in finding availability lots,” she said. Could multifamily construction stall? Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. They were 23.3%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a notoriously expensive housing market and maintains an estimated population of more than 260,000 people, according to data from the 2020 U.S. Like many localities across the country, Marin County leaders describe a housing crisis in their area that they hope to alleviate through the construction of more ADUs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

At Finance of America (FOA), the increased limit for next year is seen as a positive development that could also make clearer the potential use cases for reverse mortgage products beyond the federally insured HECM options. Peter Sciandra, executive vice president of reverse lending and secondary marketing at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.,

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And The home equity investment is a new concept for many homeowners and is still small compared to the size of the traditional mortgage market. billion have been completed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Kiavis expansion into these 13 additional markets provides an immediate opportunity to equip more real estate investors with the fast, reliable, and transparent capital they need to create move-in ready housing while scaling their businesses, Arvind Mohan , CEO of Kiavi , said in a statement. In 2024, Kiavi reportedly originated a record $6.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

As we continue our expansion, our focus remains on delivering home financing solutions that put our clients first. Abt, who has extensive experience in the mortgage industry, will oversee operations in the Albuquerque and Carlsbad markets. About a year before that, the company began operating in Montana.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

Against that backdrop, Zillow identified prime markets for first-time homebuyers , and half of them were nestled in the Midwest. “Attractive homes are moving fast, so those looking to buy this spring should get their finances in order now, including getting pre-approved for a home loan.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“This continues a theme we have seen in recent months, where the labor market is not seeing large layoffs but instead an ongoing reduction in job openings and a reluctance by employers to add workers,” Fratantoni said. Construction was another sector that posted gains in October, adding 8,000 jobs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Under the terms of the investment, Newfi will continue to provide an initial financing facility to expand Dunmors origination capacity. It will also provide a strategic minority investment for Dunmor to capture the growing market opportunity within the residential transition lending (RTL) sector.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Redfin cited the boom in multifamily construction over the past few years as one reason why rents have remained stable. The surge in multifamily construction addressed demand in certain regions, particularly in the Sun Belt states, but builders are now slowing down.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When market players say housing leads us into a recession, it traditionally means the Federal Reserve raised rates too much, housing slowed down as a result and a job-loss recession isn’t too far off. It happened because big homebuilders made deals, cut prices, and paid down rates , all to grow market share. percent (±13.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

The report described a scenario with long permit-processing times and prohibitive financing costs, plus landfills getting stuffed with demolished buildings old construction materials.

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