Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

From 1998 to 2006, according to Freddie Mac , the median annual mortgage rate was 6.45%. Therefore, there were more housing sales in 1996 than there will be this year. Mortgage rates today are not much higher than they were then. This is something that housing industry leaders should be thinking about — carefully.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Rather than fear the storm, Keller Williams agents embody resilience and adaptability to conquer any market challenge. Keller kicked off the first day of the two-day gathering by offering his take on the housing market and economic conditions. million sales in 2021, but roughly the same as 2009 to 2012. “If

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Budget-tightening constraints of inflation, higher mortgage rates, and housing price gains are constraining consumers from buying houses. Fannie Mae ‘s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, dropped by 4.7 points to 68.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

Mortgage rates surged to 5.27% over the last week, the highest average since 2009, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS. This week’s average purchase mortgage rate rose 17 basis points from the prior week’s 5.10%. This week, mortgage application volume rose 2.5% from the previous week. Presented by: Polly.

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DW Slater Company

JANUARY 30, 2023

What’s happening in the housing markets? The rocket soon turned and begin its descent in May as mortgage rates began to rise in March. Mortgage rates impact housing as they affect buying power. Mortgage interest rates peaked in November and have been hovering around 6 % for the 30-year fixed rate.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The question many in capital markets have been asking since the GSEs were put into conservatorship is this: Without Fannie , Freddie , or the Fed , who will buy the agency MBS? “In 2009-2010, the combined portfolios were over $1.5 The problem now is that we have the greatest quandary in the markets.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 20, 2022

The housing market cooled considerably as mortgage rates climbed to their highest levels since 2009. Seasonally adjusted home sales fell 3% month over month, their only May decline on record outside of 2020, when the start of the pandemic sent shockwaves through the housing. Home prices rose 1.5%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

The HPSI — which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home — rose a mere 0.8 Unsurprisingly, consumers continue to attribute the challenging conditions to high home prices and unfavorable mortgage rates. points to 66.8 The full index is up 4 points year over year. in June, up from just 0.2%

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. A study commissioned by the U.S. Overview of findings The report was released to the public in November 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

At its Annual event Wednesday, Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni forecast that interest rates could rise in the year to come, but that they will remain near all-time lows. Yes, it’s come down to 10 million, but look at how that compares again to the peak in 2009 of 6.6 Housing inventory and prices.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Young people make up a smaller share of recent homebuyers than in previous years most likely due to the increased market activity of baby boomers, a new Zillow report published on Thursday found. From 2009 to 2019, the share of recent buyers who are 60 years and old grew 47% , while the share of recent buyers ages 18-39 fell by 13%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. SVB’s mortgage origination volume reached $2.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. In terms of sales volume, Dietz expects that new home sales will comprise 15% of transactions on the market in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

The lack of existing homes for sale on the market is driving a resurgence of home-price growth and supporting increases in new home construction, according to Fannie Mae ’s Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) group. The supply of existing homes is near the 2009 crisis low, and it’s showing no signs of easing. and negative 0.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. Annual house price growth hit a record high in 2021, over 17%, and growth remains in the double digits thus far in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

“I started as an agent up here in 2009, and I’ve been saying since then the only thing that would slow down the market would be some sort of national or international event,” said Pullin, a managing broker at Skyline Properties. Here’s what to expect in the mortgage application process. Presented by: Citi.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

have taken advantage of its mortgage relief provisions. Thanks in large part to these programs, the sort of housing market crisis of the 2008-2009 Great Recession has thus far been avoided. How the National Flood Insurance Program’s recent extension provides stability for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2021

The housing market is no stranger to supply constraints. But according to Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae , it’s not going to be just one of these factors that brings the market back to some semblance of normalcy. It’s going to take all of them. HousingWire Magazine delivered to your home or office.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

I have always believed that no country has a Dorian Gray labor market. The lack of construction productivity over the decades has been one reason why I have never believed in a housing construction boom in America. The other reason is that the builders don’t ever oversupply a housing market, so when demand fades, so will construction.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

Bill Dallas , president of Finance of America Mortgage , will speak at engage.marketing on the panel: Winning in a red-hot purchase market. Dallas is a mortgage industry veteran, building two mortgage companies from the ground up: First Franklin and Ownit Mortgage Solutions , starting in 1981.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. Yet staggeringly few are aware of its existence.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. So it’s true to say that turmoil and mortgage outlooks are strange bedfellows, but it’s true. Interest rates are rising, affordability is a challenge, and geopolitical conflicts impact global supply markets.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Below, Esser answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” takes a deep dive into what the heck is going on with purchase applications, housing demand and inventory levels.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

“Across the United States, homebuilders reliably broke ground on between 125,000 and 140,000 homes almost every month in 2021, and by one common measure, last year was the second-least volatile year for housing starts since 2005.”. Overall, an estimated 1,595,100 housing units were started in 2021, a 15.6% increase from 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the number of homes being built in age-restricted communities has grown significantly, since 2009, with about 6% of all new homes built for those either age 55 and older or 62 and older, as of 2022. New construction in age-restricted communities is becoming a rising trend.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

I am going to do my best to try to make sense of what is happening with the housing market right now, since the years 2020-2024 have been a talking point of mine for years and my biggest concern since the fall of 2020 has been prices overheating — not having a deflationary collapse. . A short history of the housing crash narrative.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. It’s also what keeps Andrew Marquis, regional vice president at CrossCountry Mortgage and Scotsman Guide ’s seventh top LO, up at night, especially as he sees more buyers entering the market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and recent data shows that we are at fresh new all-time lows in housing inventory, with mortgage rates and the unemployment rate both under 4% currently. Mortgage demand needs to slow down. However, the rate of price growth cooled down and days on market grew.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2022, mortgage rates have risen faster than even most economists were forecasting, with 30-year fixed rates ending last week averaging 4.95%. The rise in rates has exceeded 200 basis points since early 2021, impacting those on the margin more than any other segment of the housing market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The fate of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgages in the ongoing downcycle housing market is being compared with a canary in the coal mine by several industry experts who track the sector and are seeing early warning signs of distress. Rick Sharga, executive vp of marketing at realtytrac.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2021

down payment on a 30-year mortgage with a 3% interest rate. could afford a median mortgage), Cincinnati (39.7%), Cleveland (39.0%), and St. Under former President Barack Obama, the federal government offered first-time homebuyers a tax credit of $7,500 in 2008 and $8,000 in 2009 and 2010 via the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is looking to finalize a rule that would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hold higher levels of liquidity to protect against any sudden shortfalls, creating a further $10 billion cushion for the publicly-held mortgage companies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

If a recession is avoided, then ongoing limited supply of homes for sale on the market combined with continued affordability constraints and the ongoing ‘lock-in’ effect, whereby existing owners do not want to give up their current low mortgage rates, is expected to lead to a low pace of sales,” according to the ESR group. million. “If

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

All year, the strength of homebuyer demand and the tight supply of homes for sale has meant that the market pretty rapidly found a floor on the home-price correction of 2022. If you were looking at the market in the fall of 2022, you would have expected home prices to continue to fall further in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

has long been a major player in the private-label securitization market, and it sees a looming problem brewing in the housing industry. That issue is about boundaries — specifically, the line drawn between the roles of private industry and the government in the housing market. Redwood Trust Inc.

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