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Existing home sales fell in June while monthly median sales price spiked

Housing Wire

With elevated mortgage rates sidelining both home buyers and sellers, existing home sales fell in June, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales were also down significantly from a year prior. Total existing home sales slipped 3.3% Year-over-year, sales dropped 18.9%

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What happens with mortgages if there’s a recession?

Real Estate News

Even if the hoped-for economic “soft landing” isn’t so soft, don’t expect to see a wave of short sales and foreclosures next year.

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The 2023 Housing Market: A Look Ahead

Housing Wire

There won’t be forced home sales like we saw in the crisis. Short sales are unlikely to reemerge unless there is a serious deterioration in borrowers’ ability to pay their mortgages. . The low levels of inventory seen in the data and experienced by homebuyers were a result of demand and rapid sales.

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How Long Does a Short Sale Take? What to Expect When You’re Buying Short

HomeLight

Between searching for, viewing, negotiating , inspecting, and possibly renegotiating on a home, the road to the closing table is rarely a short one. And if the house you’ve landed on is listed as a short sale, you could be in for a long ride. What exactly is a short sale? It’s a long sale.

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Real estate tech roundup: Hubzu and Brookfield Residential

Housing Wire

Hubzu is an end-to-end asset management platform for residential foreclosure, short sale, REO, deed in lieu, CWCOT and retail property auctions. million bids and the sale of more than 225,000 homes. The app offers potential buyers tools to find, research and bid on homes via a competitive auction format. and Denver markets.

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Hit Them With Your Best Shot: How Much to Offer on a Short Sale

HomeLight

But what if it’s a different kind of sale … for example, how much should you offer on a short sale? Enter the short sale : a solution for the seller, and a special opportunity for a buyer. What’s a short sale? Short sales are unique because they require the approval of the seller’s lender.

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Through the eyes of the single-family rental lobby

Housing Wire

For homebuyers, across the country we expect the shortage of homes for sale to extend well into 2022.”. This includes time with the National Association of Real Estate Investments Trust and the Urban Land Institute. Certainly, the great financial crisis accelerated the growth and development of the single-family home industry.

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