Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2025

Pandemic-era growth unsustainable Cape Coral saw a meteoric rise in home prices during the COVID-19 pandemic — driven by remote work, low mortgage rates and a migration wave from northern states. “The state also has had a lot of new insurers entering the market, and people are actually getting lower quotes. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With high prices and still stiff competition, those looking to buy a home in today’s real estate market need to consider every opportunity, including the choice between new construction or a resale home. Census Bureau, the median sale price of a new construction home in March 2024 was $430,700.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

New-home sales have been a bright spot in housing markets across the country that have been struggling for years with high mortgage rates and low inventory. But the benefits of newly built homes are spread unevenly, as markets in the South tend to have more construction than other regions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

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% in July on a year-over-year basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Rich Bradford, broker associate with The Bradford Team at RE/MAX One Realty in Haddonfield, New Jersey, said the results for his local market could be even better if so many potential sellers werent locked in by low mortgage rates. First-time homebuyers stimulate sales, you know. They keep the market healthy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

loanDepot has signed a new joint venture agreement with Smith Douglas Homes , a top-50 homebuilder with a solid book of business in the Southern states.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Mortgage and property tax payments are not the only expenses that prospective homeowners need to consider. The listings portal combined weekly data on for-sale listings in 2023 and 2024 for comparison. Compared to existing homes , new homes were much more likely to include HOA fees, In fact, 69.9% of listings required them.

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New Construction Construction Mortgages Sales 388

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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% MBA’s survey tracks application volume from mortgage subsidiaries of homebuilders across the country. of loan applications.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2025

The regulation takes effect for home sales that close after Oct. To support housing development, the rule exempts certain pre-sales of new construction, provided contracts are signed before substantial completion and the seller offers at least a one-year express warranty.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

He also pointed to low mortgage rates as another positive for homeowners. Simonsen: I’ve talked about “the great stay” and how the labor market parallels the housing market, where I’m not leaving my mortgage because I’ve got a good mortgage. Divounguy: We revised the sales number down slightly.

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New Construction Mortgages Construction Sales 369

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Zillow Group ‘s new-construction listings will be automatically syndicated to Redfin. The deal between the listing platforms comes as new construction listings form roughly 30% of the housing sales market. New single-family home sales rose 23.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Navigating the home buying process often begins with deciding between a new build or an existing homeand while new construction offers exciting possibilities, it also comes with unique challenges. If no rate protection is available, buyers should ensure they still qualify for their mortgage in case of a rate increase.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, host and HousingWire President Diego Sanchez chats with Tom Davis , chief sales officer at Deephaven Mortgage. Diego: We’ve kicked off 2025 with mortgage rates that haven’t done much except go a little bit higher. That’s where the growth is at.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

New home sales started off 2023 on a positive note, rising 7.2% This marks the second consecutive month of increases and the strongest sales pace since March 2022. On a year-over-year basis, however, new home sales are still down 19.4%. January marked a surge of people signing contracts to buy new homes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

After a boost in July, the sales pace of new homes slowed in August, according to data published on Wednesday by the U.S. In August, the sales pace of new homes fell 8.7% On a year-over-year basis, new home sales were up 5.8%. At the current sales rate, this represents a supply of 7.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

New-home sales receded slightly in February but continued to track above last year’s pace, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000 last month, according to data published Monday by the U.S. decrease from the revised January rate of 664,000 sales, it also marks a 5.9% At the current sales pace, there is an 8.4-month

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. Ground-up construction growth will be high to meet the population growth and meet the demand due to limited inventory.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We were down by about 30% in (home) sales last year, but generally our members are very optimistic that there is going to be a significant rebound this year.” Walker said the prospect of lower mortgage rates is prompting many agents to feel more positive about the 2024 housing market. New construction is backed up,” she said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Pending home sales in October fell to their lowest level since 2001. As mortgage rates edged near multi-decade highs, pending home sales declined 1.5% As a result, NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index fell to a reading of 71.4, New home sales fell 5.6% down from 72.6 in September.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

Mortgage applications for new home purchases fell 9% month-over-month in May at a seasonally unadjusted pace ? the second consecutive month sales of new homes have dropped, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association. By product type, conventional loans made up 743.9%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Since mortgage rates have headed higher again, I was anticipating that today’s housing starts report would be the last decent print before the effects of higher mortgage rates hit the builders, but even this report was disappointing. However, mortgage rates shot up again after the Federal Reserve cut rates on Sept.

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Construction New Construction Residential Mortgages 370

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

New-home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000 in January, according to data published Monday by the U.S. The uptick in new-home sales underscores the persistent strength of demand in the housing market despite the challenges posed by winter weather. At the current sales pace, there is an 8.3-month

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Sales New Construction Construction Development 441

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

New home sales fell on a month-over-month basis in October, but continued to outpace last year’s levels. Meanwhile, low supply and high mortgage rates continued to dampen existing home sales. In October, new home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000, according to data published on Monday by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

mortgage lender loanDepot announced the promotion of regional sales director Bart Evans to regional vice president for the Southeast region. The new regional vice president brings a bit more to his role than executive mortgage experience. With the heart of an athlete, Evans will bring strong work ethic to his new role.

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Lending New Construction Mortgages Construction 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mortgage rates dropped significantly in the last few weeks, but the cost of borrowing remains high prompting many homebuyers to wait for even lower rates. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.29% for the week ending Nov. 22, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

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Mortgages New Construction Construction Sales 460

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

New home sales figures exceeded projections in September despite mortgage rates at 23-year high, declining mortgage applications and waning builder confidence. In September, the sales pace of new homes picked up considerably, up 12.3% On a year-over-year basis, new home sales were up 33.9%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mortgage demand for new homes jumped in October as the inventory for existing homes remained depleted. Mortgage applications for new-home purchases rose 39.7% We estimate that the pace of home sales increased for the third straight month to a 715,000-unit annual pace — the strongest sales month since May 2023.”

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Mortgages VA loan Loans New Construction 468

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Today new home sales beat estimates , and new home median sales prices hit an all-time high. Hopefully, I can make sense of this report, which showed the home sales beat estimates with prices still at all-time highs. In theory, the sales levels are lower than the data will show. What is going on here?

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Sales Construction New Construction Mortgages 475

Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

New home sales posted yet another increase in March, rising 9.6% This is the fourth straight month of new home sales increases. On a year-over -year basis, however, new home sales are still down 3.4%. On a year-over -year basis, however, new home sales are still down 3.4%. This represents 7.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

For the first time since November 2022, pending home sales fell in March, posting a 5.2% The monthly drop resulted in the Pending Home Sales Index recording a reading of 78.9, The lack of housing inventory is a major constraint to rising sales,” Lawrence Yun , NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. year over year.

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Sales New Construction Construction Mortgages 441

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales slumped last month under the weight of elevated mortgage rates. Existing home sales receded by 4.3% Year over year, sales fell by 3.7%. Existing home sales posted a year-over-year price gain for the ninth consecutive month and reached the highest price ever for the month of March.

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Sales New Construction MLS Construction 430

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

26 in Dallas, provided valuable insights into the forces shaping the mortgage and housing markets in 2025. Logan Mohtashami, an expert in the mortgage and housing ecosystem and lead analyst for HousingWire, set the tone with this optimistic message. It should be about helping lenders win new business, not just cutting expenses.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). ” According to Yun’s forecast, mortgage rates will fall to between 6% and 7% by spring 2024.

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Sales New Construction Staging Mortgages 468

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mortgage rates continued to trend up this week and dampen homebuyer momentum. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.94% as of Feb. 29, an increase from last week ’s figure of 6.90%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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Mortgages Fixed-rate mortgage New Construction Construction 482

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Pending home sales ticked up 1.1% NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index rose to a reading of 72.6 Pending homes sales mirrored the trend in new home sales , which posted a 12.3% Furthermore, inventory remains tight, which hinders sales but keeps home prices elevated.” in 2024, hitting 800,000 new homes.

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Sales New Construction Mortgages Construction 417

Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their descent this week to mark their lowest level since May 2023, welcome news for homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines for rates to drop. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% 12 compared to a week earlier.

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Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages New Construction Construction 531

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The proportion of newly built homes for sale in the U.S. of single-family homes for sale in the first quarter, virtually unchanged from a year earlier and down slightly from a peak of 34.5% Remote work and historically low mortgage rates made it particularly attractive to buy a home. two years ago.

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