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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

But since 2022, the spreads between them have gotten worse, meaning mortgage rates are abnormally higher than they should be. However, this year, even though the spreads are still historically bad, they’ve improved over last year, which is a plus for the housing market.

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Fannie Mae cuts origination forecast for 2022

Housing Wire

Limited inventory, supply chain disruptions and concerns about inflation have led economists at Fannie Mae to lower their mortgage origination forecasts for the remainder of this year and into 2022. It also downsized its 2022 mortgage origination volume forecast by $55 billion to $3.25 trillion from the $4.36 growth projection.

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Housing Market Predictions for 2022 and Other Appraisal News

McKissock

As the end of the year approaches, housing market predictions for 2022 abound. Fortune reviews various 2022 housing forecasts, focusing specifically on home price growth. Redfin predicts a more balanced residential market in 2022. Predictions for the top housing markets of 2022 may surprise you.

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Home prices accelerated in March even as mortgage rates climbed

Housing Wire

below its June 2022 peak.” Low inventory , maintained by an extremely low level of new listings coming onto the market, has fueled demand amongst the few buyers who can afford to stay shopping. Relatedly, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recorded a 4.3% House prices were up 0.5% from February.

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U.S. Housing Market Collapse? Nowhere in Sight

Empire Appraisal Group

Housing Market Collapse? Housing Market Collapse? The housing market has taken a few hits, such as a doubling of mortgage rates in 2022, but it remains solid even if legitimate news providers suggest doom and gloom. NEW YORK – The rock-hard foundation of the U.S. Housing Market Collapse?

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Mortgage market affordability and inventory challenges

Housing Wire

2022 State of the Mortgage Industry: Affordability and Inventory. It was no surprise that affordability hit the top of the list in every interview. Black Knight reported that May was the least affordable housing market in 16 years. In Seattle, Dan Keller reported 47% of all listings had price reductions.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2023 housing market forecast

Housing Wire

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. From 2013 to 2022 I forecasted price growth every year.