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Will mortgage lending get tighter in the next recession?

Housing Wire

As recession talk becomes more prevalent, some people are concerned that mortgage credit lending will get much tighter. One of the biggest reasons home sales crashed from their peak in 2005 was that the credit available to facilitate that boom in lending simply collapsed. The short (and long) answer is no, not a chance.

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People movers: Notarize, RE/MAX and Planet Home Lending

Housing Wire

Planet Home Lending has promoted four people to vice president positions, supporting the company’s continual growth. Michaelene Whyte has been promoted from processing manager of the East to VP, national fulfillment, distributed retail, and has been with Planet Home Lending since October 2018.

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Homestar names Gurp Bhandal EVP of national production

Housing Wire

Prior to HOMESTAR, he served as the executive vice president of retail production at AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation and area lending manager roles at Citi. The company was established in 2002 in Georgia. Bhandal’s professional career spans more than 20 years in financial services.

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US home prices continued to rally in July 2023

Housing Wire

“This is about the same rate of price growth that occurred during the 2002 through 2006 period when subprime lending drove exuberant housing demand. “But that is where the similarities end.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

We aren’t anywhere close to the housing bubble dynamics we had from 2002 to 2008; that environment is simply impossible to replicate. I’m going to take their talking points and explain in detail why this isn’t the housing bubble of 2002-2005. “ Let me explain. Our evidence points to abnormal U.S.

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What will housing credit look like in next recession?

Housing Wire

today and why they’re so different than the period of 2002-2008. However, the current housing market is much different than the credit boom-and-bust cycle of 2002-2008, and it’s vital to understand why. How can we be sure not to make the same mistake that millions of people made by calling for housing to crash in 2020 and 2021?

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Are we seeing a cash-out refinance crisis?

Housing Wire

First, the refinance boom’s main driver in the 2000s was unhealthy because of the marketplace’s speculative unhealthy lending standards. Home prices were growing at an unsustainable level from 2002-2005, leading to some excess risk-taking on inadequate loan debt structures.

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