2007 Housing Market Lending Sellers 
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 17, 2021
During the 2007-10 mortgage default meltdown, appraisals were a target of complaints and allegations by lenders, the GSEs, some state appraisal boards, and a few unscrupulous entrepreneurs. As appraisers, we faced tremendous pressure from buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and loan officers during the previous run-up.
Housing Wire
APRIL 16, 2023
This is one reason housing inventory has taken so long to bottom out. Mortgage rate volatility was so wild in the second half of 2022 and even this year that some home sellers are gun-shy in listing their homes, since they will be buying another one. In 2007, when sales were down big, total active listings peaked at over 4 million.
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Housing Wire
MAY 3, 2024
As the spring selling season kicks off, many educated sellers know that buyers are experiencing spring fever and are tired of sitting on the fence watching home prices increase. As a result, sellers who are winning in this market spent time making sure their homes are in show-ready condition.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 18, 2023
You need a buyer and seller,” Brown said. mortgage insurance market in 2023 to deteriorate. The sector outlook reflects expectations for a slowing economy in 2023, with a modest increase in unemployment and potential pricing corrections in the housing market. Fitch Ratings also expects the outlook for the U.S.
Housing Wire
MAY 4, 2022
This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. Homes that reach the market sell quickly, bidding wars are the new normal and the investor share of sales continues to rise.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 29, 2022
As we close out 2022, it’s time to reflect on a historic year for the housing market, which was even crazier than the COVID-19 year of 2020. A few months ago, I was asked to go on CNBC and talk about why I call this a housing recession and why this year reminds me a lot of 2018, but much worse on the four items above.
Housing Wire
AUGUST 30, 2022
While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. Case in point, purchase application data is already below 2008 levels today.
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