Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For the second month in a row the construction sector added jobs, rising by 44,000 jobs in October. Unfortunately for the residential housing sector, most of these jobs were in nonresidential specialty trade contractors (19,000), and in heavy and civil engineering construction (12,000). Residential building is up 5.4%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here are my three key points on the labor market recovery since I retired my COVID-19 recovery model on Dec. 9, 2020: 1. Employment continued growing in government, health care, social assistance, and construction, while transportation and warehousing lost jobs. Does this mean the labor market is breaking?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As 2020 comes to an end, realtor.com ’s economists believe that the housing inventory shortage won’t be as dire in 2021. Additional lockdowns and quarantines due to COVID-19 could put a dent in housing inventory and sales, potentially slowing down the market and putting increased pressure on buyers, the forecast said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Mortgage lenders are betting on down-payment assistance programs, buy-down options and renovation products to provide brokers opportunities to win in a market with mortgage rates nearing 8%, a lack of inventory and high home prices. “There is too much distraction in the market; there are some negative folks out there.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A bullish housing market. economy continue to recover from the lows of April of 2020, but the 2021 economic data shows it has been one of the hottest years in many decades. The housing market didn’t crash at all, in fact, more Americans bought homes with mortgages in 2021 than in 2020. What a year 2021 has been.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

The broader economy showed signs of recovery last week, pushing the average mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan up eight basis points to 3.17%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Even a slight quarter turn in rates will cause many borrowers to wait out the market. That’s a full 5% drop.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2021

Mortgage rates fluctuated again last week, down 5 basis points to 2.95% after managing to pop back up to 3% the week prior, according to Thursday data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. Mortgage rates have been hovering around 3% for over a month now, as macro economic factors left the bond market hesitant over the global recovery.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

It was the largest monthly jump in pending home sales since 2020. The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. “The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased to 77.3 in November.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

Today’s jobs report beat estimates , but the internals show the labor market is softening, as the Federal Reserve wants. This bodes well for those hoping to see a soft landing, and for those hoping for lower mortgage rates. Since 2022, I haven’t believed the Fed would pivot until the labor market breaks.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2021

During the previous economic expansion from 2008 to 2019, the housing market was subject to the constant refrain of build more homes. make corrections to the misguided lending standards) to have a stable, growing housing market once again — and this took time. million until 2020-2024. We ended 2020 with just 1,380,000 starts.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

While this is below the job growth in 2021 and 2022, when the economy was rebounding from the sharp job losses in 2020, it is still a much higher pace of job growth than we had before the pandemic,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said in a statement. With December’s numbers in, a total of 2.7 million jobs were added to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

Fickle mortgage rates rose once again last week, this time four basis points to an average of 2.99%, according to Thursday data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. However, despite fluctuating sub-3% mortgage rates, borrowers are still competing in a supply strained and overheated market. Even though rates have been below 3.2%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Pre-pandemic, Jacksonville’s housing market was propelled by strong tailwinds: affordability relative to the rest of the Sunshine State, Florida’s lack of income tax and the quality of life benefits of having a river and oceanfront, to name a few. Listings jumped at both the state and city levels in 2021 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

The 10-year yield and mortgage rates have been rising close to the 2023 high as some labor data shows that the honey badger labor market is still growing. To make things even more complicated, the spreads between the 30-year mortgage rate and the 10-year yield keep getting wider. The four-week moving average fell, to 253,25.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

In the last few months in my articles for HousingWire, I have written that monthly supply has been rising and that this increasing supply was the most critical metric for the housing market, specifically the new home sales market. months and below is a good market for the builders — 4.4 This represents a supply of 6.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic led job growth last month, with jumps in leisure, hospitality, public and private education and construction – good signs for the housing industry. The Mortgage Bankers Association expects this heightened pace to drop unemployment numbers to below 5% by the end of the year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Finally, some good news: the growth rate of inflation is cooling off for now, and with the CPI inflation report being positive, the 10-year yield fell noticeably, and mortgage rates will fall with that! This of course led some people to believe that bond yields and mortgage rates would go much higher today. year-over-year growth.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. All about the rates. Push for tech.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, construction, and manufacturing. The U6 unemployment rate, which has been historically used by American bearish people to say the labor market isn’t great, is currently below what we saw in the best levels before the great financial crisis.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

Mortgage applications dropped for the second straight week — falling 2.2%, according to the latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The continued increase in mortgage rates is to blame, according to MBA’s Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting Joel Kan. from 11.6% the week prior.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

If you’re looking to buy a home, you’ll stand the best chance in a buyer’s housing market, where listings are flush, demand is low and buyers have the upper hand — not to mention most of the negotiating power. Seller’s markets, on the other hand, are on the opposite side of the spectrum. A buyer’s market in 2021?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

However, since I had the possibility of the 10-year yield getting to 2.42% and 4% plus mortgage rates, I accounted for that in the range. Due to this reality, I have downgraded the housing market from unhealthy housing to a savagely unhealthy housing market. HousingWire: How will rising rates affect new home construction?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A federal judge ordered Ronald McCord, the founder of Oklahoma City-based lender and servicer First Mortgage Company , who was also once the president of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), to pay $51.8 million in restitution for mortgage fraud. As the housing market changes, so does lending fraud.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CoreLogic released its final three-year housing and mortgage outlook report for the year on Thursday, and if numbers hold up, the data company predicts 2021 will maintain its unprecedented sales and record low mortgage rates as the economy continues to recover. On average, CoreLogic predicts mortgage rates to sit closer to 3.2%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

“Even though the pace of layoffs has picked up, many businesses, particularly in transportation, healthcare, and hospitality, continue to have strong demand for workers,” Mike Fratantoni , the Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief economist, said in a statement. Residential building construction added 2,400 jobs during the month.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

To say that mortgage rates have been on a wild Mr. Toad’s ride in 2022 is an understatement. People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% People thought the mortgage rate drama in 2013-2014 was a lot when rates went from 3.5% It’s savage man, truly savage with the mortgage rate rise.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

Mortgage credit is still the tightest it has been in more than six years, but an unwavering February may be the calm before the purchase storm as lenders prepare for a revitalized economy, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a report on Tuesday. The group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index remained unchanged at 124.6

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Job growth continued in February, but at a slower pace, suggesting that the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes are having at least a mild impact on the labor market. However, the continued job market resilience could equate to even tighter monetary policy , spelling hard times ahead for the housing market. in January to 3.6%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

While “homeowner tenure” has fallen slightly since its 2020 peak, the length of time that homeowners are remaining in their properties doubled to 11.9 housing market for multiple reasons, Redfin said. were 65 and older as of 2020, up from 13% in 2010,” the report reads. years last year, up from 6.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2022

jobs report released Friday shows that 678,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in February, and the return of skilled labor in residential construction is reason alone for optimism. unemployment rate recorded in February 2020, just prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. After mixed results in January , the U.S. in January.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Ohio-based Union Home Mortgage is the latest in a string of lenders this week to institute workforce reductions. The multichannel lender, which originated roughly $13 billion in residential mortgage last year, declined to provide any details about the layoffs. from 2020 to 2021, to $13 billion. billion, up 65.5%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership. HousingWire: What is the current state of the housing market for first-time homebuyers and communities of color? According to the Radian Home Price Index , home prices rose 9.2%

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

The labor market is moderating gracefully, but conditions remain too hot for the Fed’s liking. The incoming economic data has been filled with conflicting signals,” said Mortgage Bankers Association SVP and Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni in a statement. year over year, while non-residential is up by 4.8%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

Given Friday’s job report , those who have been concerned with entrenched 1970s inflation — which would lead to double-digit mortgage rates — can put their disco shoes back in the closet. Let this sink in; while the labor market was booming in 2022 and 2023, the fear of a wage spiral never materialized. percent, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

The fix-and-flip market has seen a boom in recent years, with more than 407,000 homes flipped in 2022, a 14% increase from 2021 and a 58% increase from 2020, according to a recent report by real estate data firm ATTOM. ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales last year — 8.4% — involved fix-and-flip investors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. Nobody was doing buydowns in 2020 and 2021 [when 30-year fixed mortgage rates were in the 3% range]. in year one, go to 5.2%

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