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The Average Size of a New Mortgage just Set a Record, as Home Prices Continue to Climb

Rising home prices are prompting more borrowers to take out supersized home loans. Borrowers are taking out the largest mortgages ever on record.The average purchase loan size reached an all-time high of $453,000, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports. Loan sizes have continuously been hitting new record highs over recent weeks. Home prices are up by double-digit percentages compared to a year ago.“Prospective buyers still face elevated sale

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10 Booming Winter Resort Markets

Investors are capitalizing on sky-high single-family and condo investments in winter resort housing markets. Rising home prices and strong demand are keeping investments in these resort towns profitable.The real estate data firm ATTOM Data Solutions and ZRankings.com identified the top ski resorts based on single-family and condo sales data in 2021. Researchers found that in nearly half of the counties analyzed, home sellers more than d

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Commercial Investments Hit Record High in 2021

The commercial real estate market is roaring back. U.S. commercial real estate investment volume in 2021 totaled a record high of $746 billion, a newly released CBRE report shows. That marks an 86% increase over the previous year.In context, however, that is a comparison to when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. in 2020 and sparked significant declines across the commercial sector.But 2021 marked the commercial industry’s comeback. Multifam

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Lumber Costs Rising Again

Lumber prices are climbing once again, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of a new home. Builders and consumers thought relief had arrived when the price of lumber started to fall late last year, after soaring to record highs earlier in the year. But starting in December 2021, lumber prices again started to increase.Lumber prices are about triple their average pre-pandemic levels, reports Random Lengths, a lumber industry news site.That

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30-Year Mortgage Rate Surges to 3.69% this Week

Mortgage rates continue to rise and are nearly a full percentage point higher than a year ago. House hunters should brace themselves for rates near 4% before the end of the year, economists say. “The normalization of the economy continues as mortgage rates jumped to the highest level since the emergence of the pandemic,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “Rate increases are expected to continue due to a strong labor market a

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South, West Population Growth to Drive New-Home Demand

Migration patterns have changed or kicked into overdrive in some parts of the country ever since the pandemic began. Some states are seeing a wave of new residents, which is taxing infrastructure from rapid growth and increasing housing demand.Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic, shared data during the 2022 International Builders’ Show this week in Orlando, Fla., that shows where movers are headed. He said the states that posted the hig

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Foreclosure Activity Highest Since Pandemic Began

Completed foreclosures have reached their highest level since March 2020. Foreclosure filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions, jumped by 29% in January over December and are up by 139% compared to a year ago, according to the January 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, released by ATTOM Data Solutions.Should the housing market be concerned?The numbers are still below historical levels of foreclosure acti

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Home Price Surge Continued in Fourth Quarter

Home prices continue to climb, adding to homeowner wealth and putting buyers into the position of considering how much home they can afford.The median sales price of single-family existing-home sales increased nearly 15% year over year to $361,700 in the fourth quarter, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Thursday. That is down slightly from a 15.9% gain in the prior quarter.“Homebuyers in the last quarter saw little relief as home

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Fewer Homeowners are Selling

House hunters feeling that inventory continues to tighten are right, a new report shows. The number of homes for sale is down 28.4% compared to a year ago, according to realtor.com® data. Two years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of active listings was 60% higher than today.Winter months tend to be slower for the housing market as fewer sellers list homes. But this winter, inventories have fallen more than normal.Economists do

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