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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Then, the mortgage industry showed why it is called a cyclical business: in the second half of 2021, the Federal Reserve signaled an increase in interest rates and an easing of the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, choking the refi market.

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When borrowers ‘ghost’ their servicers

Housing Wire

And for the hardest cases, the biggest problem for servicers right now is simply establishing communication with them. Goldstone, who is president of Capital Markets & Lending at BSI Financial Services , estimates that between 20% to 25% of borrowers in BSI’s servicing portfolio have been non-communicative, he told HousingWire.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Grace Alipour spoke loudly into the phone over the cries of her two-year-old being strapped into a car seat. “I I started at Redfin 12 years ago,” she said. With a two-year-old, I couldn’t meet the quota,” she said. In July, the National Association of Realtors reported that 87% of its over 1.5 On a mission.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. This is creating a “tale of two cities” both locally and nationally. The data below covers the “average Houston home.” Need To Sell?

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Build-for-rent is a bet on the ‘new normal’ housing market

Housing Wire

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. The Northmarq report points out that the BFR sector currently accounts for only a small slice of overall home starts, at about 6%.

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Hit list: Inside CoStar’s all-out war against Zillow

Housing Wire

A “major car crash two months ago,” he said, compels doctor’s visits. real estate, with over 6 million single-family homes bought and sold each year. But CoStar is starting to try. Andy Florance graduated from Princeton college in 1986, and a year later started CoStar. Andy Florance, CEO and founder of CoStar.

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Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions. SUMMARY: Our greatest concern is that last year’s euphoria (home sales are up 13% and total dollar volume is up 28%) led to some really risky deals that violated the 9 Kisses of Death – the 20-year research study of what NOT to buy in Houston. Get PDF Now.