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Lending standards tighten due to high rates, worsening economic outlook

Housing Wire

Lending standards tightened in October, largely due to higher mortgage rates and the worsening outlook for the economy, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said. A decline in the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, is an indicator that lending standards are tightening, while an increase suggests loosening credit standards.

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Housing Market Tracker: Spring inventory falls

Housing Wire

Even though the labor market is currently showing signs of getting softer , there is no job-loss recession yet. As you can see in the chart below, there is a big difference between the current housing market and those looking for a repeat of 2008. Mortgage rates in a regular market should be 5.25% today but are at 6.5%.

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Mega Capital Funding returns to non-QM lending space

Housing Wire

Non-QM lending is poised for growth in 2021. HousingWire recently spoke with Mike Fierman, managing partner and co-CEO of Angel Oak, about the non-QM lending outlook for 2021 and how Angel Oak’s “originate to hold” model benefits originators. The index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. Presented by: Angel Oak. in January.

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Home Lending Pal leverages AI and machine learning to efficiently solve lenders’ and borrowers’ problems

Housing Wire

Home Lending Pal (HLP) has an anonymous marketplace that uses conversational intelligence, machine learning and blockchain to help first-time homebuyers through the home research and lending process. It’s no secret the housing market is hot right now. Bryan Young, CEO & Co-Founder.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

The online reaction was immediate — housing must be about to crash. That’s not to say that the data points the Fed used are incorrect — in fact, we are in a savagely unhealthy housing market , but it’s not a bubble. First, because there is no speculative debt demand going on today, there can’t be a housing bubble.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. crash, especially from 2012-2019. million listings.

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More than ever, lender profitability requires maintaining pace with innovation

Housing Wire

In light of this, HousingWire recently caught up with Teraverde Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Rob Peterson to learn more about the key to lender profitability in today’s lending environment. In the overall process of residential lending, our industry has not used automation. The blue bar is compensation cost since 2012.