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Pennymac to issue $650M in unsecured debt

Housing Wire

Pennymac Financial Services is the latest mortgage company to issue debt in a challenging housing market. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repay a portion of the Company’s secured term notes due 2025 and for other general corporate purposes,” Pennymac said in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?

Housing Wire

“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. A little more than two months into the year, however, mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been as the U.S. economy remains hot.

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EPM doubles down on wholesale channel, reduces retail footprint

Housing Wire

Atlanta-based Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) has decided to focus its investments on the wholesale channel amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades. Meanwhile, with competitive pricing, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) reached an estimated 54% market share at the end of 2022. “Wholesale is growing. in 2014. .

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A soft landing for the real estate market. What’s next?

Housing Wire

The market was roaring — way too hot — with bidding wars, speculators and investors who thought they couldn’t lose. In the fall of 2022 after mortgage rates jumped to 7.5%, I thought maybe we’d missed the soft landing call. We could see inventory from distressed sellers emerge in 2025. This is what a soft landing looks like.

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Stavvy’s CTO on moving a whole industry to digital

Housing Wire

Our recent acquisition of assets from Evolve mortgage, SigniaDocuments, include its SMART Doc engine and whole set of docs for mortgage, including HELOCs. We expect things to pick up this year, but certainly 2025 should be a great year so ’24 is that bridge year.

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Housing Data – Including Prices – Jump in Latest Market Review

Will Springer Realtor

Even after a few weeks of mortgage rate jumps, the Seattle/King County housing market is displaying surprising strength. Pending sales (sellers in contract with buyers) climbed 14% year-on-year (YoY) for King (2775) and Seattle (1012); they are up 23% YoY on the Eastside (865). Prices rose, too, to near-record highs. annualized.

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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. The number of homes going under contract – known in the industry as Pending sales – fell to 2340, an August figure not seen in King since 2010 when there were only 1580 in the heart of the housing crisis. There are 7.4%

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