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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. Weekly housing inventory data Last week was another week that missed my inventory growth model with higher rates. However, I anticipated a bit more kick than the increased inventory of 8,727 that we got.

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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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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

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Home prices accelerated in March even as mortgage rates climbed

Housing Wire

Low housing inventory and still-strong demand kept prices high in March, according to the latest according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index , released Tuesday. below its June 2022 peak.” increase in home prices in the first quarter of 2023 from the first quarter in 2022. House prices were up 0.5%

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Can lower mortgage rates stop the housing recession?

Housing Wire

To say that mortgage rates have been on a wild Mr. Toad’s ride in 2022 is an understatement. We know the impact in 2022, working from the highest bar in recent history. However, that got smashed in just two years, and prices are still rising in 2022. We see some of this in the active listing data as new listings are declining.

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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. Boise City, Idaho.

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Housing Market Tracker: Purchase apps surprise

Housing Wire

Active housing inventory grew while new listing data fell. Here’s a quick rundown of the last week: Active inventory grew 8,041 weekly. 9, 2022 , this data has been forming a bottom-end range. history to find the seasonal inventory bottom, which occurred on April 14 , and it’s been a slow rise since then.