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Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance fall in February

Housing Wire

One would have to look to 2014 to find lower monthly volume,” New View stated in its commentary accompanying the February data. Looking back When asked to compare the low-issuance figures from 2014 with the current market, Kelly referred RMD to its blog post that detailed HMBS results for April 2014.

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Existing Home Sales End 2022 with Weakest Year Since 2014

Eyes on Housing

As elevated mortgage rates and tight inventory continue to weaken housing demand, the volume of existing home sales declined for an eleventh consecutive month as of December, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This is the longest run of declines since 1999.

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CFPB settles decade-old foreclosure relief scam enforcement suit

Housing Wire

The bureau first filed its complaint against Consumer First Legal Group, The Mortgage Law Group LLP and the four attorneys on July 22, 2014, as part of “a coordinated effort against various foreclosure relief scam operations by the CFPB, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and 15 states in 2014,” the bureau said.

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

Housing Wire

But I need to explain why this level has more in common with 2014 housing data than the credit stress markets of 2005-2008, and why you should care. With the massive housing inflation since 2020 and higher mortgage rates, we are back to familiar territory with existing home sales and purchase application data: we are back to 2014 levels.

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American Financial Resources announces two executive hires

Housing Wire

Since 2014, he worked as its senior vice president. “I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues to drive innovation, maximize productivity, and deliver exceptional service to our clients.” ” Collins joins AFR after serving for more than 11 years at California -based lender Pennymac.

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Bloomberg's Masters in Business: Jonathan Miller on High Mortgage Rates

Miller Samuel

I joined my friend Barry Ritholtz of RWM and of The Big Picture on his Bloomberg Radio MIB podcast for the sixth time since 2014. Here are the previous interviews from 2014 , 2016 , 2020 , 2021 and 2022. Here's the transcript , book recommendations , and the podcast version!

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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

Housing Wire

He also cited Keller Williams’ referral network as one of the reasons that drew him back to the brokerage, where he worked from 2014 to 2019 in various roles. Debbie Bradley, regional operations manager of Northern California and Hawaii for Keller Williams, warmly welcomed Leung to the brokerage.