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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates and the bond market have fallen a bit recently and the spreads between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rate have improved over last year’s levels. To see mortgage rates drop and stay lower, the bond market needs to know the labor market is getting softer. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

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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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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. Let’s start with the good news.

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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. increase in home prices in the first quarter of 2023 from the first quarter in 2022. The National Composite rose by 1.3%

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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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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. The question is, can lower mortgage rates save the housing market from its recent downtrend? We know the impact in 2022, working from the highest bar in recent history. However, as we all know, after 2020, things are just more intense.

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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? Source: U.S.