Housing Wire
MARCH 5, 2024
“ 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. What I tell all loan officers, no matter who I talk to, is that there’s no foreclosure crisis coming on the horizon,” Saghafi said.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 14, 2023
“Given inflation continues to decelerate and the Federal Reserve Board’s current expectations that they will lower the federal funds target rate next year, we likely will see a gradual thawing of the housing market in the new year,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said in a statement.
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Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The pivot also coincided with its former chief retail officer Stephen Carpitella requesting the opportunity to start his own wholesale mortgage business. Many of EPM’s retail loan officers transitioned to Informed Mortgage , a lender Carpitella launched in August. We will be ready for it.” ”
Housing Wire
AUGUST 25, 2022
During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 29, 2023
After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. Strategies for 2024 I’m heavily focused on recruiting , improving technology and marketing, empowering the loan officers — by giving them the same technology and marketing support.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand. Most LOs don’t expect traditional rate-term refinance demand to return until the second half of 2025 and into 2026.
Housing Wire
JUNE 13, 2023
The refinance must close no later than December 31, 2025 — and the borrower must have made at least six consecutive on-time payments on the purchase loan before applying to refinance. Qualified borrowers can also take advantage of its payment protection program to refinance with no lender fees if rates drop, the company said.
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