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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

2021: 66,836 2022: 67,567 2023: 49,045 Compare our current new listing data to weekly new listing data in previous years when we had a more normal housing market: 2015: 94,470 2016: 86,608 2017: 78,886 The NAR data going back decades shows how difficult it’s been to get back to anything normal on the active listing side.

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Brian Covey to speak at Engage Marketing June 17

Housing Wire

That’s why we’ve invited vice president of regional production at loanDepot Brian Covey to speak on a panel titled Building a Personal Brand at HousingWire’s virtual Engage Marketing event on June 17. His mortgage career was affected by the 2007 market crash just as he was raising toddlers with his wife Nicole. .

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MORE AMORIN INFLUENCE (MAI): The AI National Nominating Committee Design Is Being Attacked By FOJs

Miller Samuel

To all members of the Appraisal Institute: Before I start, I wanted to share what the Appraisal Institute's MAI designation is referred to by many of its members. I find his efforts consistent with the disrespect and lack of attention that residential membership has experienced since the Jim Amorin era began in 2007.

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Fairway makes new reverse mortgage investments, rejoins NRMLA

Housing Wire

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced on Tuesday a series of reverse mortgage maneuvers designed to increase the company’s investment in the space. The division’s leadership team will now also include Dan Ventura, who has served at Fairway since 2007 and last year was appointed as VP of reverse mortgage operations.

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GSE single-family pricing framework changes should streamline capital requirements, HPC says

Housing Wire

The original request for input published in May was designed to gather public feedback on goals and policy priorities the agency should pursue in its oversight of the pricing framework. FHFA, it noted, should continue to calibrate risk-based pricing to the ERCF.

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Experts share insights about the Fed, data ‘vibes’ and housing trends

Housing Wire

Three of the biggest topics in housing right now are mortgage rate movements tied to Federal Reserve policymaking, the day-to-day moves in key housing data and forward-looking trends for the housing market. In 2022, I brought up the premise that the Fed will not pivot until the labor market breaks,” he said. “So,

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UBS agrees to pay $1.4B to settle RMBS fraud case

Housing Wire

According to the DOJ, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS “defrauded investors” by making false and misleading statements to buyers of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 and 2007 relating to the characteristics of the loans. In addition, UBS knew that property values associated with the loans were unsupported, the DOJ claimed.

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