Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

1, investors are trying to make sense of the steady September inflation data and its impact on the Fed ‘s next rate-hike decision. What is happening in the housing market ? If mortgage rates pass 8%, housing market activity will see a contraction, Sturtevant said. In comparison, the CPI rose 0.6%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

“Mortgage rates were volatile last week, as investors tried to gauge upcoming moves by the Federal Reserve amidst several divergent signals — including rising inflation, mixed job market data, strong consumer spending, and a supply-constrained housing market that has led to rapid home-price growth,” Fratantoni said. “As

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

On Wednesday evening, during the firm’s Q1 2024 earnings call with investor and analysts, CEO Rich Barton took a contrary view: Zillow is just beginning to unlock its revenue generating potential. “In In a hostile housing market and a noisy industry environment, why is Zillow outperforming?” he posited.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

housing market , we just experienced an event that most people never thought could happen. However, in 2020 new listing data came back, and we don’t want to see the new listings continue to decline this year — that would be a double negative for the housing market. The days on market were too low.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Non-QM mortgages include loans that cannot be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“We are excited about how we are set up for 2024 and beyond,” CEO Carrie Wheeler told investors and analysts listening to the firm’s Q4 2023 earnings call on Thursday evening. Looking where we stand today, we are expecting an increase in contract volume late in Q1, which will translate into sequential acquisition growth in Q2,” Wheeler said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The franchisor’s leaders believe current housing market conditions will have a greater impact on NAR membership numbers than the provisions in their settlement. “We “In about half the U.S., It’s impossible to be an agent if you can’t see which homes are for sale, or unlock the door to those homes, or even write an offer.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021. Some of them are gone forever, and some of them are basically going to have to rebuild capability,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2023

In addition, loan officers said that investors took advantage of a slower market. ” Who is jumping into the market? Investor demand tends to increase at times when most borrowers are waiting for rates to decline, Justin Fullmer, area manager in Idaho for Future Mortgage , told HousingWire. from the week prior.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

District Court of Southern District of New York against Sprout Mortgage and Sprout Mortgage Asset Trust for fraud, breach of contract, promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment. New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb. What lenders should know about today’s economic climate.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

The 2022 housing market has been underscored by interest rate spikes and refi decline and lenders are working hard to adjust to new borrower trends. Unison, through an REA contract, advances the homeowner a portion of the equity in the property in exchange for a lien position and a share of the home’s future appreciation.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In recent years, the real estate industry has noticed some significant trends in the commercial and residential housing markets. Moreover, earlier this year a bidding war broke out over a 140,000-square-foot shopping center housed at Office Depot in Port Charlotte, Florida. Why Private Investors Want Commercial Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

District Court of Southern District of New York against Sprout Mortgage and Sprout Mortgage Asset Trust for fraud, breach of contract, promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment. New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb. What lenders should know about today’s economic climate.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The trade group estimates that the average contract 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for conforming loans ($647,200 or less) increased to 3.75% from 3.72% the week prior. How lenders can continue to serve borrowers despite housing affordability challenges. Presented by: Equifax.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2023

“Investors remained attuned to the uncertainty around the U.S. “Investors remained attuned to the uncertainty around the U.S. The housing market received positive data on new residential construction – which is seen as a key solution to the lack of housing inventory,” Kan added.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The last year has been a completely split housing market — one that started with the lowest inventory NAR has recorded dating back to 1999 and one with low mortgage rates. The market has now faced a contraction in existing-homes sales for nine consecutive months, while home prices and rates rise.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . Since the summer of 2020, I have talked about what could change the housing market, which was a 10-year yield above 1.94%, which means rates over 4%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

From the National Association of Realtors : “The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, rose 7.5% An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.” in October. Year-over-year, signings fell 1.4%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

How that policy of shrinking the Fed’s MBS holdings will ultimately shake out short-term in the mortgage origination and secondary markets as it is played out, she said, is simply not knowable at this point, however. “It’s You don’t know what investor demand is going to be. The FOMC’s next meeting is in early May.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MAY 11, 2022

So How’s The Birmingham Housing Market? We’ll take a look at some key metrics including sales volume, median sales price trends, days on market, the sale price to list price ratio, active listings, and months of supply. Days on Market. This stat is tied directly to the type of market we are in.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The nonagency share of the MBS market just prior to the housing market crash some 15 years ago exceeded 50% — with the balance being MBS issued by Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, or agency issuance. By 2012, in the wake of the global financial crisis, private-label MBS market share had shrunk to 1.83%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Dubbed “Lock & Shop,” the product, rolled out in mid-June, has two terms: the 75-day lock, which gives borrowers 45 days to shop and 30 days to close the contract; or the 90-day lock, giving customers 60 days to find a home and 30 days to complete the contract. . The product also allows a one-time float down if rates decline.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

months of supply; a healthy market generally has between four and six months of supply. Buyers were likely anticipating further rate increases and locking in at the low rates, and investors added to overall demand with all-cash offers,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. That translates to just 1.6 “While the 6.7

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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. Market their listings; go to their listings. economy remains hot.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. Who will buy these assets?

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Eppraisal

APRIL 25, 2023

In the last post, we looked at how bank failures can lead investors to bonds which, subsequently, pressure mortgage lenders to lower their interest rates. A successor bank is obliged to honor the contracts the failed bank entered into. Held properties, not under contract, are subject to the new bank's rules.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Meanwhile, mortgage lenders are still trying to calm down their investors and business partners. ” The MBA survey shows that the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) was 6.71% last week, down from the previous week’s 6.79%.

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Hank Miller Team

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Attention media Please stop; the greater Atlanta housing market was just fine in the 3rd Qtr of 2022. The Atlanta housing market in Q3 2022 did not melt down. Atlanta Housing Market in Q3 2022 Let’s have a look at factual data. We examine list price, contract price and sold price.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. Properties are still going under contract. Worried about missing out on a boom?

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Listing Spark

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Is that the case for all major Texas housing markets? What should they expect in this housing market? We’ll dive into the state of the Texas real estate market with Real Estate Real Fast host Aaron Jistel. 00:02:50] Peaking into the Fall 2022 Austin housing market. Episode highlights. Key takeaways.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

Reading headlines or, in this case, Tweet threads , rooted in the “demise of the market,” tend to create false pretenses that sway investment decisions, often when they shouldn’t. An opportunity for commercial real estate investors and developers? When this back and forth was unfolding, mortgage demand rose 2.9% I think so too.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Reffkin has set the ambitious goal for Compass, the largest brokerage in America by sales volume , to be cash flow–positive by the end of June, even amid the biggest housing market slowdown in years. This meant slowing growth or contraction at a lot of previously high-flying proptech companies.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

If you do not have a lot of time on your hands to organize open houses , this might be the solution for you. Real estate investors also prefer homes that require repairs because they can renovate the property themselves and flip it afterward. It is quicker to sell your home as-is. The same goes if you need the money fast.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

I’m always looking for something new = Shifting Tides in the Housing Market: A February 2024 Perspective By Kevin Hecht Excerpts: As we navigate through the early months of 2024, the U.S. housing market presents a landscape of contrasts and evolving dynamics. Is The Housing Market OK? by year-end.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

People used to talk about Compass all the time,” said Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel , who compiles housing market reports for Douglas Elliman , a Compass rival. Meanwhile, Compass is fending off with a stick trade secret lawsuits from brokerages, and even breach of contract cases from Compass’s own agents.

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Eppraisal

JULY 21, 2023

However, with the constantly shifting dynamics of the housing market and the advent of alternative financing options, it begs the question: Is rent-to-own still a thing in real estate? One of the primary reasons for this decline is the revitalization of the housing market.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 3, 2021

As part of our contributor series, Daniela Andreevska , content marketing director at Mashvisor , talks about investment property strategies. Mashvisor provides a real estate analytics tool that helps real estate investors quickly find traditional and Airbnb investment properties. .

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