Average Mortgage Rates Hit Five Percent

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Wall Street Journal:

Freddie Mac's Economic & Housing Research Group

Primary Mortgage Market Survey®
U.S. weekly averages as of 04/14/2022

Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit the following link for the Definitions. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.

Source:  https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms

Original Article, print PDF 4-15-22: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wXQfkhmjP04YTZR1wpIfQsNOIY2bV0PS/view?usp=sharing 

U.S. Home Affordability Report (First-Quarter, 2022)(ATTOM)

Home Affordability Gets Tougher Across the U.S. As Prices and Mortgage Rates Surge

ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data,  released its first-quarter 2022 U.S. Home Affordability Report

• "...median-priced single-family homes are less affordable in the first quarter compared to historical averages in 79 percent of counties across the nation..."
• "...up from just 38 percent of counties that were historically less affordable in the first quarter of 2021, to the highest point since mid-2008."
• "...home prices continued rising faster than wages in much of the country."

FULL ARTICLE:  https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/home-sales-prices/attom-q1-2022-u-s-home-affordability-report/

Bathroom Features First Time Home Buyers Want (What Homebuyers Really Want 2021 Edition)

 

Full Article:

https://eyeonhousing.org/2022/03/in-the-bath-first-time-buyers-really-want-both-a-shower-tub/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Social2022

10 Home Features First Time Home Buyers Want (What Homebuyers Really Want 2021 Edition)

Full Article:

https://eyeonhousing.org/2022/03/what-first-time-home-buyers-really-want/

Most Popular Kitchen Feature (What Homebuyers Really Want 2021 Edition)

Full Article: 

https://eyeonhousing.org/2021/06/nahb-study-finds-double-sinks-pantries-the-most-popular-kitchen-features/

State of Homebuying Report 2022, ServiceLink

https://go.svclnk.com/state-of-homebuying-report-2022.html

Is The Housing Market Going To Regress Like It Did In The Mid 2000's?

• "No, it's not the same kind of  market.  No No No No No!..."   
• "Todays market is fueled by individual buyers who want a better place to live, and bring there business home, and raise their kids."
• The mid 2000's drop off was "...investors, house flippers, poor mortgages... by companies that shouldn't have been lending money at the time... It was a false market, with a false bottom, and it fell.  We are not going to have that now."

Barbara Corcoran, Venture Partners Co-founder. 

Full Article:
https://youtu.be/TpeqJMgzoA0
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Lumber Prices Drop Over 40%, Yet Still 275% Higher than Pre-Pandemic Prices

• "The great lumber bubble of 2021 has popped."
• "Now, lumber futures prices are on track for their sixth consecutive weekly loss, wiping out all of their 2021 rally."
• "Lumber futures tanked more than 40% in June alone, suffering their worst month on record dating back to 1978"

Full Article:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/30/lumber-prices-dive-more-than-40percent-in-june-biggest-monthly-drop-on-record.html

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U.S. home price growth climbs at fastest rate in more than 30 years

Source:  Yahoo Finance 

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Everyone is Talking About Lumber on Capitol Hill (NAHB)

National Association of Home Builders:

• NAHB has been working to make members of Congress aware of the impact soaring lumber prices are having on home buyers and employers in their districts. 
• NAHB is also working with the administration on solutions to the crisis. 
• Recently, lumber was discussed extensively in committee meetings and hearings with numerous members of Congress and cabinet secretaries using NAHB messaging.

Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItJxuxFxurA

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Vacation home sales see a 16.4% increase amid the pandemic

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Are Sale-Leasebacks a Good Idea? Some May Never Be Homeowners Again | WSJ

Source:  Wall Street Journal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQeEJHVQqU&t=3s

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Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey (U.S. weekly averages as of 06/10/2021)

• "30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.96 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending June 10, 2021, down from last week when it averaged 2.99 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.21 percent."  Freddie Mac's PMMS 6-10-21
• Please keep in mind that these are just National averages from their survey.  Also, borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.

Full Article:  http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/#

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Significant Increase In Nationwide Residential Permits Issued

National Association of Home Builders:

• "Over the four months of 2021, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 384,196. On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, this is a 35.6% increase over the April 2020 level of 283,344."
• "Between April 2020 YTD and April 2021 YTD, all 50 states and the District of Columbia saw growth in single-family permits issued."
• "The District of Columbia recorded the highest growth rate during this time at 332.1% from 28 to 121."

Full Article:  NAHB Eye On Housing, By DANUSHKA NANAYAKKARA-SKILLINGTON

https://eyeonhousing.org/2021/06/april-single-family-permit-gains-austin-2nd-largest-multifamily-market/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Social2021

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$1.9 Trillion in Equity Gains For Homeowners (1st Quarter YOY)

CoreLogic’s Q1 Homeowner Equity Report

• "...an average gain of $33,400 per borrower, since Q1 of 2020." CoreLogic via Eric C. Peck, MReport.
• “Homeowner equity has more than doubled over the past decade... These gains have become an important financial tool and boosted consumer confidence in the U.S. housing market..." Frank Martell, President and CEO of CoreLogic.
• “Double-digit home price growth in the past year has bolstered home equity to a record amount.  ...11.4% rise in the year through March 2021, leading to a $216,000 increase in the average amount of equity held by homeowners with a mortgage,” Dr. Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist for CoreLogic.

Full Article 
https://themreport.com/daily-dose/06-10-2021/q1-homeowner-equity-gains-hit-1-9-trillion

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April 2021 Existing and Pending Home Sales (National Association of Realtors)

Prices:

• "Median home prices reach all-time highs, with price gains of 19% from one year ago." 
• "In April, home price appreciation, the strongest ever!

Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist & Senior VP of Research National Association of Realtor

Real Estate Market Video Updates

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Expect lumber to remain historically high, despite recent drops: Sherwoo...

Lumber:

• "...we are off the peak prices, the frenzied pace we once saw."
• "We do see some relief over the next 6-12 months..."

Kyle Little, chief operating officer at Sherwood Lumber, joins CNBC

Lumber Price Video Updates

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Is another housing bubble on the horizon? Nobel prize-winning economist ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dm-xcpkiMA&t=61s

• "We are seeing price increases now that haven't quite been realized since those years right before the financial crisis." Nobel prize-winning economist Yale Professor Robert Shiller.

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Realtor.com COVID-19 Housing Market Update - 5/28/21

Refinance in a Rising-Rate Market | U.S. Economic Outlook: June 2021