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Homebuyer sentiment hits record low

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Only 24 percent of consumers think now is a good time to buy a home — the lowest reading ever recorded in a monthly survey conducted by Fannie Mae since 2010. Continue reading →

‘Stock is not the company:’ Robert Reffkin on Compass 1 year after IPO

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In a heartfelt letter posted on LinkedIn, Compass founder and CEO Robert Reffkin addressed his company’s stock market troubles and cast his vision for the future. Continue reading →

Mortgage tech provider Blend pulls back on hiring, eyes Title365 layoffs

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A sharp decline in mortgage refinancing prompts Blend to pull back “very hard” on hiring and reconsider the “right number of people” needed in the title insurance segment. Continue reading →

Bond yields rise as Fed says it will double pace of tapering

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The Federal Reserve will double the pace of its tapering of support for mortgage markets, as falling unemployment and worries about inflation outweigh uncertainty around the potential health and economic impacts of the Omicron variant. Continue reading →

First-time homebuyers likely to be hit hardest by inflation in 2022

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Real estate coach Brian Buffini shared his annual predictions for the year ahead during a webcast in which he urged agents to hunker down on the fundamentals of their training and get back to basics in preparation for a market shift. Continue reading →

It’s official: Inflation ramps up to fastest annual pace in 40 years

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It’s not just the housing market. The prices of U.S. consumer goods have been rising faster than at any 12-month period since 1982, according to the Consumer Price Index, released Friday. Continue reading →

Home sales — and prices — expected to decline over next 2 years

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For the first time, Fannie Mae is forecasting all the way out to 2023, when it expects the economy to enter “mature state of the business cycle,” with the risk of another recession moving into focus. Continue reading →

5 reasons to be optimistic about the 2022 housing market

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At the National Association of Realtors’ national conference on Friday, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun shared promising insights about 2022. Continue reading →

Grant Cardone: Real estate is in ‘a super cycle of super cycles’

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Financial guru and real estate investor Grant Cardone described the current real estate market as experiencing a “super cycle” onstage Thursday at eXp Realty’s Las Vegas gathering EXPCON. He also said that “real inflation” hasn’t arrived but is coming. Continue reading →