Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With it behind us, let’s look ahead at several housing market trends that are likely in 2021 and beyond. First, exceptionally low mortgage rates are likely to be around for an extended period. average during the 2010 to 2019 time period. 2020 was a truly unprecedented year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. economic recovery was a false story and that we were about to embark on a second housing bubble crash due to forbearance. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. What a year 2021 has been. The excellent.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

After 2010, qualified mortgage laws were in place, meaning everyone getting a mortgage has to be able to repay the loan. You can see the drastic change this made in the Mortgage Bankers Association Credit Availability index , below, which skyrocketed in 2005 and 2006 before an epic collapse in 2008.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire’s Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami answered questions on what to make of the latest housing data, his forecast for the rest of this year, and whether or not the housing market is returning to normal. This was my big fear. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. However, this year has seen one big game-changer: the 10-year yield finally cracked over 1.94%, which drove mortgage rates over 4%. We are not taking the unhealthy housing market theme off this marketplace.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Now that we are almost in July, we can safely say the premise that once mortgage rates hit 4%, the mass panic selling of American homeowners who need to get out at all costs, driving total inventory up in the millions, hasn’t happened. Now that mortgage rates have risen, demand is getting hit, while we are still showing 14.8%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2023

And, the recent uptick in mortgage rates to almost 7% slowed purchase application data again. Mortgage rates stayed in a small range between 6.89% – 6.94% Purchase application data had its fourth straight week of negative data as rates near 7% slowed down demand. Of course, we have a third story in this U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again. housing market; the 10-year is above 1.94%, something that didn’t happen in 2020 or 2021. million to 4.98 million in January 2019.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Not the forbearance plans themselves, which allowed mortgage holders to delay their payments for many months, but the fact that 2.72 Forbearance will have to end at some point, and when it does, couldn’t all these homes flood the housing market at once, driving prices down and scaring would-be homeowners away from purchasing?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

One of the most unloved American economic success stories has been how spectacular American households with mortgage debt look today. Post-2010, lending standards in America became normal again, and while I still believe they’re very liberal, they’re sane. The most important factor is that debt structures are vanilla. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

“In a red-hot housing market like Phoenix, RedfinNow is a great solution for people who need the cash from their current home to make a winning offer on their next,” Aleem said. “We ” How the mortgage industry is working together to make housing more affordable. Presented by: Fannie Mae.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

But the Scottsdale housing market, and Arizona as a whole, has seen an enormous uptick in out-of-state movers in the past 14 months — when the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the country, ultimately allowing people to work from home and seek larger, more cost-effective lots to live on. from 2010, per a recent U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. Mortgage interest rates have risen quickly in the past few months further eroding affordability. It is always good to know where we are with the real estate market, but it is essential to keep all data in historical perspective. . Historically 2.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In several previous articles I have opined that an increase in mortgage rates may be our only hope for slowing the escalation of home prices that we’ve been experiencing for the past year. This will be bullish for housing because the price gains we have been seeing are extremely unhealthy. Become a member today. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I’m talking about housing market crash headlines. The housing data has been wild this year. These dramatic peaks and valleys in the data have fed the demons of greed and fear that infest the minds our extreme housing bulls and the fierce housing market bears – leading to equally wild speculations about the future of U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As mortgage rates edged near multi-decade highs, pending home sales declined 1.5% Historically high rates harmed the housing market in October Annualized existing home sales remained below 4 million in October, the lowest rate since 2010. Pending home sales in October fell to their lowest level since 2001. down from 72.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In the face of spiking interest rates and historically high home prices , $3,000 monthly mortgage payments are common in today’s housing market. Between 2010 and 2021, mortgage holders withdrew an average 0.92% of available tappable equity each quarter. That share fell to just 0.4%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Economists and housing experts say mortgage lending standards will likely loosen in 2021, despite the increased risk of delinquencies ahead. housing market. The post Why mortgage lending standards will ease in 2021 appeared first on HousingWire. Such a scenario illustrates the growing disparities in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. From NAR : The median existing home price for all housing types in March was $393,500, an increase of 4.8% All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

With home prices at all-time highs and concern that the labor market will break going into a recessionary period, is another 2008-style crash a possibility? The answer is no, and for that, we must thank the 2010 qualified mortgage (QM) rule, which has high standards for borrower credit scores and the ability to repay the loan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Despite the slight gain, pending contracts remain at historically low levels due to the highest mortgage rates in 20 years,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said in a statement. Because of homebuilders’ ability to create more inventory, new-home sales could be higher this year despite increasing mortgage rates. million, posting a 6.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. The market is just insane,” she said. “I

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Mortgage rates have been rising above 7% since August, which has diminished the pool of home buyers,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said. Yun also expressed concern about a possible government shutdown, which could worsen the conditions in the housing market. “It The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index fell to a reading of 71.8

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Since the onset of COVID-19, the Twittersphere has been ripe with rumor and speculation that the financial requirements to qualify for a mortgage have become increasingly more rigorous since the crisis and this would put a damper on the housing market. Case in point — the week of March 9 and the mortgage market meltdown.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2022

Purchase mortgage rates declined this week on the news that inflation appears to have peaked and appear to be stabilizing. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage decreased this week to an average of 5.13%, down from last week’s 5.22%, according to the latest purchase mortgage survey from Freddie Mac. for the week ending Aug.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

The revenue is up 6% from the first quarter of 2021, but net income dipped from $33 million that quarter, largely due to declining fortunes for the company’s mortgage joint venture with Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. million last year, but higher than any year between 2010 and 2019.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

As recession talk becomes more prevalent, some people are concerned that mortgage credit lending will get much tighter. When people say credit will get so tight that we are headed back to 2008 levels of lending, they’re telling me they’ve never read the MBA’s mortgage credit availability index, not even one time.

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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. Researchers estimated that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) incurred a net loss of approximately $10.4

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

From NAR : “In essence, the residential real estate market was frozen in November, resembling the sales activity seen during the COVID-19 economic lockdowns in 2020,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Plus, available housing inventory remains near historic lows.” economic history. . As we can see below, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The slowdown in the Federal Reserve ‘s short-term rate hikes , announced on Wednesday, was welcome news for the mortgage market and solidified expectations that the 30-year mortgage rates will drop throughout 2023. The MBA forecasts a modest drop in mortgage rates through 2023, ending closer to 5%. in February 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

The housing market is red hot. The Federal Housing Finance Agency house-price index rose 12% last year due to low inventories and high demand. And the National Association of Realtors reported that, for the first time in a generation, housing prices rose in each of the 181 metro areas it tracks at the end of last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2024

The best housing story in 2024 is that inventory is growing — both active inventory and new listings. With mortgage rates at the current levels, inventory is still below my expectations, but it’s still such a positive story that I had to discuss it on CNBC last week. A break above this level would send mortgage rates toward 7.5%-8%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

housing market for multiple reasons, Redfin said. were 65 and older as of 2020, up from 13% in 2010,” the report reads. Older Americans also have financial incentives attached to staying in their homes, since 54% of the baby boomer cohort own their homes free and clear without making monthly mortgage payments.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

With the banking crisis spurring more talk of a recession, the question now is: What would housing credit look like in a recession? housing market would crash during the pandemic. One of the main reasons for that fear was that housing credit was about to get tight, meaning fewer people could buy homes with mortgages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CoreLogic released its final three-year housing and mortgage outlook report for the year on Thursday, and if numbers hold up, the data company predicts 2021 will maintain its unprecedented sales and record low mortgage rates as the economy continues to recover. On average, CoreLogic predicts mortgage rates to sit closer to 3.2%

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Inman

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Monthly Fannie Mae survey shows homebuyer pessimism at a high for records dating back to 2010, but a broader index aimed at capturing overall housing market sentiment improved in October.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

I hear a lot of chatter about a boom in cash-out refinances, and the presumption seems to be that this is destined to wreak havoc on the housing market and the economy at some point. In the 2020 market, on the other hand, refinances were not driven just by an increase in equity but lower mortgage rates. Already a member?

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