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AmeriHome plans to go public – Let’s look at the numbers

Housing Wire

Like other mortgage firms, California-based AmeriHome has captured a glut of business over the last year due to low interest rates and paltry inventory. It’s a huge growth engine for AmeriHome – in 2014 the correspondent channel produced $1.9 from 2015 to LTM Q2 2020, positioning us as the third largest correspondent producer.”

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Given the current housing inventory crisis, it might surprise people to realize this: we built too many homes during the housing bubble years. Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. Wait, what?

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The standoff between homebuyers and sellers

Housing Wire

Inventory, which has been falling for years, broke to all-time lows in 2020. We didn’t have a seasonal push in inventory in 2020, and things worsened in 2021. Of course, this has brought back some inventory, as demand weakness always creates inventory through accumulation. million active listings, but at just 1.28

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Appraiser Countersues Alleged Discrimination

Appraisal Today

The current owners bought the place in 2014. Everything has been fully modernized. However, the “mortgage lock-in” phenomenon—where homeowners are reluctant to sell after buying or refinancing at lower rates before 2022—could limit future sales and inventories. After her death, it was reportedly sold for $7.5

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Originators gear up for the purchase market

Housing Wire

Yearly data compiled by the MBA found that in 2014 and 2018, years with weaker origination volume, the LO turnover rate was 44% and 37%, respective-ly. Industry experts also predict that home inventory will increase in 2022, creating more options for borrowers. Bank Home Mortgage , said at the MBA Annual convention.

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Chat GPT For Fannie Form Appraisal Reports

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Built in 2014, the six-bedroom estate was designed to resemble an English manor.