Mortgage Applications Dive 6 Percent Last Week in America

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 29, 2023, U.S. mortgage applications decreased 6.0 percent from one week earlier. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 6.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis,…

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Most U.S. Homebuyers Say Buying a Home is More Stressful Than Dating in 2023

According to a new Redfin-commissioned survey, nearly two-thirds of recent U.S. homebuyers (59%) think purchasing a house is more stressful than dating. Daryl Fairweather “Getting ghosted by your date is stressful, but purchasing a home in today’s market comes with its own unique set of anxieties,” said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. “Buyers are increasingly…

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Greater Las Vegas Home Sales Down 10 Percent Annually in September

Yet home and condo prices hold steady last month Las Vegas Realtors are reporting this week that prices for local Southern Nevada homes and condos are holding steady, matching prices from one year ago. LVR reported that the median price of existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada through its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) during September…

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Despite Peak Interest Rates, Global Housing Markets Improved in Q2

According to Knight Frank’s latest Global House Price Index, global house price growth ticked up to 3% in Q2 of 2023, up from 2.9% in the previous quarter. About a third of markets saw prices decline during the most recent three months, narrowing from four in ten over the past year. Liam Bailey Liam Bailey,…

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Zombie Properties Increase in U.S. as Foreclosure Activity Grows in 2023

Based on ATTOM’s newly released third-quarter 2023 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, 1.3 million (1,277,612) residential properties in the United States are vacant. That figure represents 1.3 percent, or one in 79 homes, across the nation – the same as in the second quarter of this year. The report also reveals that 315,425 residential…

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Hong Kong Residential Sales Slowing in 2023 from Economic Uncertainty

Slowdown forcing Hong Kong developers to reduce prices or delay projects According to JLL’s latest Hong Kong Residential Market Monitor released this week, amongst Hong Kong projects completed in the first half of 2023, only 55% of units were sold as of the end of June 2023, lower than the average sell-through rate of 78%…

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Greater Orlando Area Home Sales Down 14 Percent Annually in July

According to the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, overall residential sales fell 8.7% from June to July 2023. There were 2,852 sales in July, down from 3,124 sales in June. Sales in July 2023 were also 13.8% lower than July 2022, when there were 3,309 sales. ORRA also reports housing inventory for July was recorded at…

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Share of Investor-Owned U.S. Homes Remains High in 2023

According to national data provider CoreLogic, the sizable U.S. home investor share of ownership seen over the past two years held steady going into the summer of 2023. In March 2023, investors accounted for 27% of all single-family home purchases; by June, that number was almost unchanged at 26%. Corelogic reports that 2021 saw a…

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Annual Home Price Growth in America Drops to 11 Year Low in May

Based on CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index for May 2023, annual U.S. single-family home price growth slowed for the 12th straight month in May, falling to 1.4% increase year over year. The last time CoreLogic’s Home Price index saw annual growth fall to less than 2% was in early 2012, but U.S. appreciation still remained…

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Mortgage Delinquencies Remain Near All-time Lows in U.S.

Based on CoreLogic’s recently released Loan Performance Insights Report for April 2023, 2.8% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 0.1 percentage point decrease compared with 2.9% in April 2022 and a 0.2 percentage point increase compared with…

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Southwest Florida Housing Markets Hit by Hurricane Ian Bouncing Back

According to national property broker Redfin, listings of homes for sale in the several Southwest Florida cities like the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area have recovered after plunging in the wake of Hurricane Ian last fall, and sales have begun to bounce back. In the two months after the devastating September 2022 storm, there were…

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‘Measurabl Continues Post-Series D Momentum With Two C-Suite Hires

Measurabl, the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) platform for real estate, has announced the addition of two senior executive hires, further strengthening the company’s C-suite leadership team. Kristin Rock as Chief Customer Officer, and Tom Spellios as Chief Financial Officer. The new appointments represent the latest in a series of recent milestones…

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