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The last time houses were this unaffordable was 2006

Housing Wire

in February, which was the first month to see price growth greater than 20%, according to Black Knight ’s monthly mortgage monitor report. Since the start of 2022, rates have gone up 200 basis points and housing prices have surged 5.9%. How lenders can continue to serve borrowers despite housing affordability challenges.

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What will housing credit look like in next recession?

Housing Wire

With the banking crisis spurring more talk of a recession, the question now is: What would housing credit look like in a recession? housing market would crash during the pandemic. One of the main reasons for that fear was that housing credit was about to get tight, meaning fewer people could buy homes with mortgages.

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MBA forecast for 2021: Prepare for rising mortgage interest rates

Housing Wire

At its Annual event Wednesday, Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni forecast that interest rates could rise in the year to come, but that they will remain near all-time lows. The chart below shows interest rates for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will end this year at about 3% and could hit around 3.3%

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

The housing market is very subsidized for demand to grow and whenever the economy gets weaker, rates fall and that impacts the housing market in a disproportionate way. So when you add move-up buyers, move-down buyers, first-time homebuyers, cash buyers and investors together, this can get out of hand.

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The forbearance crash bros spoke too soon

Housing Wire

Some of their biggest hits (or should I say misses) in the last 8 years have been the never-realized silver tsunami crash, the ever popular investor supply crash, the Airbnb supply crash, and this year, COVID-19 was for sure going to send prices crashing 30%-50%. Needless to say, this was a very precarious and unhealthy market.

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Fannie Mae execs see path to exit conservatorship

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae, the largest mortgage financier in the U.S., trillion, the highest level on record, of which refi volume made up $948 billion, the highest level since 2003. said Friday that its net income in the fourth quarter of 2020 checked in at $4.6 billion – up 8% from the third quarter. billion, a 2% increase from 2019.

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VA Approves Desktops and Exterior-Only Appraisals

Appraisal Today

My comments : The big push to cut down on appraisal turn times because of the appraisal shortage is Very Old News since mortgage volume has plummeted. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc.