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Mortgage market affordability and inventory challenges

Housing Wire

With a rapid spike in interest rates, inventory at historic lows, home prices rising at unprecedented levels above income, and a purchase market that is both highly anxious and digitally reliant, mortgage and real estate professionals must be strategic to capture the market opportunity today. Inventory rising, historically low.

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With low inventory, house hunters are in full safari mode

Housing Wire

It boils down to two factors, according to housing-industry experts: a lack of housing inventory , or supply; and high demand for that limited housing stock — which also is fueling a jump in new-home sales. In other words, if there were more inventory, we would have more sales happening.” Just because there’s vacant homes in the U.S.

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The non-QM outlook for 2022

Housing Wire

As we look forward to 2022, the non-QM market is predicted to grow substantially. The amount of equity in these loans, the underwriting, the guardrails around ATR have proven that this is a real, sustainable product that investors like.”. Investor-related loans are also seeing an increase, Lind said. Housing supply shortage.

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Can first-time homebuyers afford homes today?

Housing Wire

Since October of 2022, the share of buyers who are purchasing their home without a mortgage has been more than one quarter of the market. The share is collected monthly in the Realtors Confidence Index and includes buyers who purchased primary homes, vacation homes and investors. In March of 2022, sellers received an average of 5.5

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Mortgage rates dip to 6.6% to mark the lowest level since May 2023

Housing Wire

However, as purchase demand continues to thaw, it will put more pressure on already depleted inventory for sale,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Housing starts declined 9% in 2023, an indication that homebuyers looking to purchase a new construction home may continue to struggle with the lack of inventory this year.

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LenderPulse Q4 2023 survey: Mortgage pros still see opportunities in the housing market

Housing Wire

The top three opportunities mortgage pros see are new construction (15.3%), first-time homebuyers (14.5%) and cultivating referrals and building new relationships with buyers, builders and agents (13%), according to HousingWire ‘s Q4 2023 LenderPulse survey. Home price gains hit a new high , rising 0.6% Roughly 47.4% are optimistic.

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Mortgage rates tilt towards 7% as the 10-year treasury yield jumps

Housing Wire

Investors assessed the state of the U.S. Some economists say that this development contributed to drive up the 10-year treasury yield to its highest level since November 2022. Despite higher rates and lower purchase demand, home prices have increased due to very low unsold inventory.” The following day, the U.S.

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