The residential real estate market continues its winter slump, even as the feverishly-high mortgage rates of the previous year have begun to come back down to Earth. According to the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors, pending sales of single-family homes decreased by 1% in the final week of January, while townhouse/condo sales saw a larger […]
New mortgage financing policies from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are poised to shake up the housing market for 2023. Loan Level Price Adjustments (LLPAs) are determined by a number of factors, most prominently the borrower’s credit score and debt-to-income ratio (DTI), among others. The new policies concerning LLPAs will reduce the cost incurred for […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL – RCP Companies officially broke ground on Wellory Living, a $108 million aspiring net zero energy multifamily development to be located on the corner of Old Monrovia and Stax Street. Establishing a net zero energy status and reduced carbon footprint are intentional measures the company made as the industry continues to trend towards net zero and sustainable living. […]
The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR) has released its monthly figures for December of 2022. The report caps off a year defined by the rapid deceleration of the market via inflation and interest rate hikes. Nationally, pending sales have dropped by 37.8% from December of 2021, as reported by the National Association of Realtors […]
The big news in the real estate market this week has been the slight uptick in the average rate of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage. According to Freddie Mac, the mortgage rates had been steadily declining for five weeks prior to the week ending December 29, 2022. This led to a drop of three-fourths of […]
2022 was a year marked with a sharp, shocking rise in inflation and then interest rates, which reverberated throughout the real estate market. Despite these events, and the subsequent slowdown of the housing market, the prognosis for Huntsville’s real estate market for 2023 is surprisingly positive. As reported earlier this month, the National Association of […]
Weekly statistics for the Huntsville/Madison County residential real estate market, compiled by the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR), continues to show a trend of general slowdown. The report, accurate as to December 10, 2022, shows that both new listings and pending sales for single-family units continued to decrease, with listings down 27% and pending […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – RCP Companies announced a new net zero energy residential development, Wellory Living, to MidCity District. The $108 million multifamily development will be located on the corner of Old Monrovia and Stax Street, bringing future forward, sustainable living and dining options to the area – all with a net zero energy status and reduced […]
The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR) has released its report on the state of the region’s real estate market for the month of November. The immediate takeaway is that the effects of the interest shock are continuing to work their way through the market. While the inventory of both single-family units and townhouse/condos have […]
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has compiled a list of the top ten real estate markets that bear watching for the upcoming year. The ranking was unveiled at the NAR’s fourth annual year-end Real Estate Forecast Summit. All ten metropolitan areas on the list are located within the South. These markets were selected due […]
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