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Thinking of waiting out the housing market? Some non-buyers regret sitting on the sidelines

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Thinking of waiting out the housing market? Some non-buyers regret sitting on the sidelines

| 12/20/2021

Thinking of waiting out the housing market? Some non-buyers regret sitting on the sidelines

As Florida home prices spiked during the pandemic, some people decided to put their home shopping on pause in the hopes that prices might drop, a decision they are coming to regret. Now, a year-and-a-half into record price growth and dwindling inventory, non-buyers are stuck in a precarious situation: they want to buy, but are facing higher prices than they did when they first started searching and are finding themselves at risk of being priced out of the South Florida real estate market. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

Citizens Property seeks 11% hike in home insurance rates

With thousands of new policies a week pouring into Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed insurer’s board on Wednesday approved seeking 11 percent across-the-board rate increases next year. The Citizens Board of Governors tossed aside a staff recommendation that, in part, called for increasing homeowners’ rates by an average of 7.3 percent in 2022, with the hikes varying based on factors such as location. [Source: News Service of Florida]

Column: Beyond the pandemic — Long-term changes and challenges for housing in Florida

As unexpected and unpredictable as COVID-19 has been, few could have predicted the housing boom that the pandemic ignited across the nation. The U.S. housing market—notoriously known for its role in the 2007-2009 Great Recession—defied expectations and experienced record price growth over the past year as demographic trends, government policies, and basic supply and demand all coalesced. [Source: Florida Times-Union]

5 tech trends that will move mortgages and housing in 2022

In the Amazon age, consumers are more pampered – and less patient – than ever. Tap your phone and, voilà – hot food from your favorite restaurant arrives in minutes. High-end electronics appear on your doorstep in hours. However, the mortgage industry has yet to deliver anything like that level of instant gratification. The typical time from application to consummation of a mortgage is 50 days, according to ICE Mortgage Technology, a glacial pace compared to the swiftness of most other things in modern life. [Source: Bankrate]

As South Florida beachfront condos age, developers seek owners willing to sell out

For some South Florida condo dwellers, that tap on the shoulder could lead to the deal of a lifetime. The tri-county’s white hot real estate market is prompting developers to take stock of the region’s older beach front high-rises as potential buyout candidates for redevelopment. While not new, the trend has taken on greater importance as vacant land disappears and more out-of-state residents move to South Florida in search of luxury digs. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

STAT OF THE WEEK
180,000
Miami-based Altis Cardinal has purchased the Ceridian Office Park in St. Petersburg and plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use project that will include up to 1,500 apartments, 50,000 square feet of retail and 180,000 square feet of office space. [Source: Business Observer]

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