Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

While we may be ready to firmly plant our feet in 2021, we shouldn’t leave the past 12 months behind without taking a critical look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the housing market, and how it will pave the way for 2021 and beyond.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

I hear a lot of chatter about a boom in cash-out refinances, and the presumption seems to be that this is destined to wreak havoc on the housing market and the economy at some point. In the 2020 market, on the other hand, refinances were not driven just by an increase in equity but lower mortgage rates. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Guaranteed Rate and CrossCountry Mortgage have their eyes fixed on serving more Hispanic borrowers, who are expected to make up 70% of homeownership growth in the U.S. A Spanish website and mortgage applications tool to help Hispanics overcome language barriers went live this week by CrossCountry Mortgage. billion in loans.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

I already hear murmurs from the fear-mongering housing bears that once the forbearance plans expire, we can expect to see a collapse of the housing market in America like we haven’t seen since the bubble years. The post Here’s why we won’t see a housing crisis after COVID-19 appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

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. As you can see below, we haven’t had the mortgage credit boom like we saw during the housing bubble years.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The mortgage market slowdown is unfortunately affecting our entire industry,” Rick Arvielo, CEO of New American Funding, told HousingWire in a statement. “It Founded in 2003 by Rick Arvielo and his wife Patty Arvielo, New American Funding offers a variety of conventional, government, adjustable-rate and non-qualified mortgages.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Tai Christensen, CBC Mortgage Agency’ s director of government affairs, will join other housing luminaries to discuss how lenders can increase their diversity to impact minority homeownership at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4. She also serves as an advisory council member for the American Mortgage Diversity Council.

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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

JULY 28, 2022

HousingWire: As businesses of all types begin to rely more heavily on automation, is the mortgage industry doing enough to keep pace? increase in total labor productivity in the US from 2003 through 2022, largely through business process improvement and automation. In 2003, the typical underwriter achieved 115 closed loans per month.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

From 1998 to 2006, according to Freddie Mac , the median annual mortgage rate was 6.45%. Therefore, there were more housing sales in 1996 than there will be this year. Mortgage rates today are not much higher than they were then. This is something that housing industry leaders should be thinking about — carefully.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

9 up until the early part of February as mortgage rates fell from 7.37% to 5.99%. To combat higher mortgage rates, builders have been cutting prices and buying down rates to move product. They still have a lot of work to do here, so we shouldn’t expect anything good to come from the housing permits side of the economy in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

Home price growth slowed in May, showing signs of a cooling housing market. But housing is the least affordable it has been since the mid-1980s as mortgage rates rise and home values soar, driven by low housing inventory, a new Black Knight report suggests. in May from a revised 20.4% in May from a revised 20.4%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Affordable housing prices combined with a vibrant history and a thriving culinary scene have certainly made Derby City a popular destination for homebuyers. However, even Louisville’s active housing market has slowed down recently. “I According to Wood, this latest market shift is no exception to the rule. Boise, Idaho.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

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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Home Junction

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s tough to predict housing market trends due to our ongoing circumstances, but experience and current indicators can shed light on some of the possibilities. Several variables will affect home sales following COVID-19, most notable of which is the reaction of the job market once people return to work.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

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.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

However, as the housing market bounced back , so did the mortgage giant’s profits. Compared to the overall housing market, the latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows mortgage forbearances continue to decline, and are currently at 5.9%. Fannie Mae’s net worth increased from $16.5

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. So it’s true to say that turmoil and mortgage outlooks are strange bedfellows, but it’s true. Interest rates are rising, affordability is a challenge, and geopolitical conflicts impact global supply markets.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, liability, markets with few sales, Bias, unusual homes, mortgage origination A California Winery With a 91-Acre Vineyard for $12,995,000 Red Soles Winery, a 91-acre vineyard. How does your market compare with Ryan’s?

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 12, 2022

Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? Geo Market Area: Westchase. Year Built: 2003. Days on Market: 8. Days On Market: 654. As home prices increase over time, it lowers the loan value of any mortgage debt.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Given this pre-foreclosure paradox, mortgage servicers and government policymakers are forced to walk a thin line: nudging distressed homeowners toward making a choice that’s in their best interest while also arming them with the knowledge and resources they need to be protected in the pre-foreclosure marketplace.

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