Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell to 2.8% The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage was 2.33%, falling from last week’s 2.35%. After this week’s dip, there have now been 13 consecutive weeks when average mortgage rates have been below 3%, and rates have broken records 11 times this year. The average U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Average mortgage rates for 30-year and 15-year mortgages fell to all-time lows this week, Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday. The 30-year average is 2.86%, breaking the prior low of 2.88% set in the first week of August, and the 15-year average is 2.37%, beating last week’s record low of 2.42%, the mortgage financier said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan rose this week to 2.84%, Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday – up 6 basis points from the previous all-time record low set last week. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage also gained slightly by 2 basis points to 2.34%. Presented by: VRM Mortgage Services. The average U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2020

From this stronghold I have been able to see past the chaos and view the economy and the future of the housing market through the lens of my core economic principles. million, my number for an outperforming market. Here’s what I think that means for the 2021 housing market. In 2020, the U.S. We’ve come a long way, folks.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan is 2.88% this week, falling from last week’s 2.9% , Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage was 2.36%, falling from last week’s 2.4% to a level that’s one basis point away from the record 2.35% set two weeks ago, the mortgage giant said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell this week to 2.72%, Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday – the lowest rate in the survey’s near 50-year history. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage also fell by 6 basis points to 2.28%. Low mortgage rates fuel the demand for valuation and settlement services.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The housing and mortgage markets have been the rare bright spots in an otherwise fragile economy brought forth by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mortgage origination volume this year is on track to be the highest in more than 15 years, led by a strong wave of refinances. Just how busy have lenders been?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Additional lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19 could put a dent in housing inventory and sales, potentially slowing down the market and putting increased pressure on buyers, the forecast said. The 2021 housing market will be much more ‘normal’ than the wild swings we saw in 2020,” said realtor.com’s Chief Economist Danielle Hale. “The

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan remained unchanged at 2.72% this week, Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday – the second week in a row rates have sat at the lowest recorded level in the survey’s near 50-year history. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage also remained unchanged from last week at 2.28%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 31, 2020

After falling to the lowest rate in Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey’s near 50-year-history last week, the average U.S. mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan remained at a survey-low 2.67% this week. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage also fell this week to 2.17% from 2.19%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The idea that it’s a seller’s market also picked up steam last month with the percentage of respondents who said it was a good time to sell a home gaining 3% to 59% in October. Low mortgage rates fuel the demand for valuation and settlement services. Presented by: VRM Mortgage Services. million Americans unemployed.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Despite slightly higher Treasury yields, mortgage rates held steady at record lows this week, according to a survey by Freddie Mac. Rates remained at last week’s level of 2.71% for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Although today’s mortgage spread is about 1.8%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

in July from a year ago, the biggest advance since 2018, as rock-bottom mortgage rates made it possible for people to bid higher for properties. With mortgage rates poised to remain low for the near future, barring a sudden surge in inventory, it appears that upward price pressures should endure into the fall.”. cities gained 3.9%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The deadliest pandemic in more than a century has failed to derail the housing market because of the lowest mortgage rates ever recorded coupled with a shift in how people use their homes. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has been under 3% since late July, as measured weekly by Freddie Mac. The average U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

August’s HPSI survey revealed both a confident seller’s and buyer’s market, however, Fannie Mae reported September buyers showing more hesitancy. With the market heading into fall, sellers, on the other hand, proved more resilient as the percentage of respondents who said it was a good time to sell a home gained 8% to 56% in September.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2020

According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has been communicating with mortgage industry groups about delaying the implementation of a fee which would add a 0.5% surcharge to refinance mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac starting Sept.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell one basis point this week to 2.71%, Freddie Mac said in a report on Thursday – the lowest rate in the survey’s near 50-year history. The average fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage also fell last week to 2.26% from 2.28%. The average U.S. on FHA loans through its Conquest Program.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Days on market fell from 36 days to 21 days on a year-over-year basis. The housing market is hot. You may be told that future moderation indicates “cracks in the housing market, but don’t buy into it. And third, mortgage rates will stay low during these five years of great demographics and long housing tenure.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2020

mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell one basis point this week to 2.66% – the lowest rate in the Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey’s near 50-year history. This week’s mortgage rate broke the previous record set on Dec. The average U.S. and boost house-buying power while keeping purchase demand robust.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

COVID didn’t get the housing market, but it did pull a fast one on those pesky bears. For the casual observers of the market, it may seem intuitive that with all the economic chaos we suffered during the first half of 2020, the housing market would take a drastic hit – from which it would be difficult to recover. Look, I get it.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Since the onset of COVID-19, the Twittersphere has been ripe with rumor and speculation that the financial requirements to qualify for a mortgage have become increasingly more rigorous since the crisis and this would put a damper on the housing market. Case in point — the week of March 9 and the mortgage market meltdown.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

United Wholesale Mortgage announced Tuesday it is rolling out a loan program that offers borrowers mortgage rates as low as 1.99% for both purchases and refinances. The rate is only available through independent mortgage brokers, the company said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Mortgage lenders continued to be optimistic in the third quarter, with 48% of lenders saying they think profit margins will increase compared to the prior quarter, according to Fannie Mae ‘s Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CoreLogic released its final three-year housing and mortgage outlook report for the year on Thursday, and if numbers hold up, the data company predicts 2021 will maintain its unprecedented sales and record low mortgage rates as the economy continues to recover. On average, CoreLogic predicts mortgage rates to sit closer to 3.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While the United States may not have been prepared to combat a deadly virus, a quick and robust response from the Federal Reserve , along with changing consumer preferences, created a perfect storm that resulted in a record year for the housing and mortgage industries. bond market. Quite the opposite. Sales of new homes spiked 18.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Average mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage increased slightly to 2.87% this week, the second-lowest on record, rising one basis point from last week’s all-time low of 2.86% , while the less-popular 15-year rate fell to a new low of 2.35%, Freddie Mac said on Thursday. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage will be 3.1%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

After two weeks of slight declines , mortgage applications regained their footing last week, rising 1.7% from the week prior, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Overall, refinances gained to two-thirds’ share of mortgage activity last week after they rose to 66.7% from 66.1% the week prior.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Despite what they promised, we sit here today with the United States housing market outperforming all other economic sectors in the world during the pandemic. In order for the housing market to crash due to too many loans going into default when forbearance programs end, the number of loans in these programs needs to grow.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mortgage applications were back up 6.8% last week, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association , further evidence that, thanks to the pandemic, August is the new May for home-buying. share of total applications for mortgage activity, the highest level since May. of total applications from 3.1%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Mortgage credit in August was the tightest in more than six years as a weak economy prompted lenders to tighten standards, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a report on Thursday. The group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell 4.7% last month, the lowest since March 2014, indicating stricter requirements to get loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

His corner of the Atlanta mortgage market – high-value home loans that wouldn’t be bought by the GSEs – was booming. Over the last several months, liquidity has poured back into the non-QM market, prompting roughly a half-dozen lenders to once again underwrite non-QM loans. Mark Dodson was having a promising start to the year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As mortgage rates sta y below 3% for the 17th consecutive week, a Black Knight report released Friday found that the number of “high quality” refinance candidates continues to climb. Looking at current mortgage rates, Black Knight estimates those 19.4 Low mortgage rates fuel the demand for valuation and settlement services.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

homeowners with mortgages in forbearance this week, down 22% from May’s peak of 4.7 Measured as a share of all mortgages, 7% of home loans are in forbearance, down from 7.1% Measured as a share of all mortgages, 7% of home loans are in forbearance, down from 7.1% There are 3.7 million U.S. in the prior week, Black Knight said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

LoanDepot is poised to go public later this year, becoming “Lyft to Rocket Mortgage’s Uber,” according to a new report. The California-based mortgage lender headed by Anthony Hsieh could be worth between $12 billion and $14 billion in an IPO, according to Bloomberg ‘s sources. billion to $2.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2020

Don’t let them get away with that excuse when every other federal and state agency is bleeding billions of dollars to support consumers, support businesses, and stabilize the market. Calabria has written, spoken, and testified for years on his view that the mortgage market should be fully privatized.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Mandated shut-down measures and the fear of what COVID would do to our economy temporarily immobilized the housing market, evinced by nine weeks of declines in the weekly purchase applications data on a year-over-year basis. The frozen market thawed and resumed its steady pace of growth, even making up for lost time. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2020

forbearance rate measuring the share of mortgages with suspended payments fell to 5.92% last week, the lowest since mid-April, according to the Mortgage Banker Association. The decline was largely led by portfolio loans and private-label securities as their share of mortgages in forbearance fell to 8.86% from 10.06% the week prior.

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