Adobe Stock/Amy Walters In housing, the two most basic factors to consider are location and employment. A long-standing rule of thumb is to “follow the jobs” by assessing housing markets with strong job growth and using that information to find opportunities. The labor market has been on a roll since the April 2020 low. Businesses …
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Home sellers should brace for a tough year ahead, with a real estate group predicting that property sales could fall in 2023 as more buyers are sidelined by rising mortgage rates and house prices out of reach. The number of homes sold will likely plunge 14.1% to 4.53 million homes, the lowest number of real …
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Americans looking to buy a home next year can expect less competition, more home choices and the highest average mortgage rates in nearly two decades. Here’s what they can’t expect: a general drop in prices that would relieve buyers of overpriced homes. That’s the main takeaway from Realtor.com’s 2023 real estate forecast released Wednesday. The …
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Adobe Stock/imagewell10 Although inflation has started to subside, it is still up between 6% and 8% compared to last year, and the overall economy has not yet returned to a healthier level. Over the most recent of Zonda Housing Market Updatechief economist Ali Wolf says Zonda’s expectation is for the economy to fall into a …
