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What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

Housing Wire

For 2026, Fed officials projected rates to fall below 3% by the end of 2026 through three more quarter percentage point reductions. While inventory typically rises with higher mortgage rates and falls with lower mortgage rates, there is no signal of any flood of sellers, which would be bearish for home prices, Simonsen noted.

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Mr. Cooper to acquire Home Point Capital for $324M in cash

Housing Wire

The transaction will ultimately result in the seller shutting down operations. Per the transaction, Mr. Cooper is acquiring all outstanding shares of Home Point and assuming $500 million in outstanding Home Point 5% senior notes due in February 2026.

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Mr. Cooper extends deadline to acquire Home Point Capital’s outstanding shares

Housing Wire

In addition, Mr. Cooper is assuming $500 million in outstanding Home Point 5% senior notes due in February 2026, per the deal announced in May. per share net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon. After onboarding Home Point customers, Mr. Cooper will shut down the seller operations.

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Overblown rumors of demise? NAR has lost only 45K members since December

Housing Wire

NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun has repeatedly said that he expects membership to decline over the next two years before potentially rebounding in 2026. Economists and analysts say the “decoupling” of buyer and seller commissions will convince a significant number of Realtors to abandon the field. How many is unclear.

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

Housing Wire

Through the client portal, homebuyers and sellers will be able to track and see everything their agent does, including prepping comparative market analyses, scheduling tours, coordinating with home inspectors and negotiating with the listing agent. million homes in 2026,” Reffkin said. million to 5.6

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6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)

Housing Wire

When rates go down by a point, people sit on the sidelines because the consumers and the sellers want to know what the market is going to be when they sell the house. Most LOs don’t expect traditional rate-term refinance demand to return until the second half of 2025 and into 2026. in 2024, followed by 5.5% in 2025.

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Despite Falling Rates, King County Housing Market Flops to End Forgettable Year

Will Springer Realtor

Perhaps too late in the year to make a difference to many, at least the Fed’s upbeat forecast offers renewed hope for the pent-up pool of prospective buyers – possibly sellers, too – to seek out a new home in the coming 12 months. YoY, as sellers accepted prices at an average of 96.6% YoY, with sellers accepting 96.7%