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The Apple Peeled - Ask the Experts: Market Dynamics with Jonathan Miller

Miller Samuel

The 10-year Challenge (2009 vs. 2019). Some analysts are even comparing the current cycle to the last downturn and the housing bubble in 2009, but Miller outlined quite a few differences between then and now. In 2009, the average discount from listing was 10.2%. And, in-turn, when the market falls, it will fall forever.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time.

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David Stevens, former FHA Commissioner and MBA President, has died

Housing Wire

A fierce advocate for the industry, Stevens became a loan officer in 1983 in Colorado, rising through the ranks of World Savings during a 16-year tenure. Stevens oversaw FHA programs for single and multifamily housing for two years. He left government service and became president of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Home sales will be weak in 2024 regardless of “soft landing”: Fannie Mae

Housing Wire

“In order to achieve a soft landing, economic growth will have to slow to a rate that is below trend for some time in order for the unemployment rate to rise sufficiently to cause wage growth to slow consistent with a 2% inflation target over the long term, but not so slow that the economy falls into a contraction,” the ESR group said.