Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Elevated mortgage rates and high home prices pushed sales of existing homes down again in October to the lowest monthly pace since August 2010. Compared to October 2022, existing home sales slumped 14.6%, down from 4.44 On the bright side, housing inventory rose 1.8% lower than October 2022 when inventory was at 1.22

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

Despite a decline in mortgage rates last week, mortgage application volume was down 1.2% The decline, as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA’s) Market Composite Index, continued to be led by a drop in the refinance share of mortgage activity, which has been consistent for more than two months. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mortgage businesses at Wells Fargo , JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are now only a fraction of what they were in 2022. As a group, the trio originated about $80 billion in mortgages in 2023, down from nearly $218 billion the prior year – a $138 billion decline (63%). billion for the year from $44 billion in 2022.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Higher mortgage rates did not scare away potential homeowners last week. Plenty of buyers, but not enough homes for sale,” California-based mortgage loan officer Dan Stone, who works with hundreds of mortgage lenders, told HousingWire. The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report confirms Stone’s perceptions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2022

Guild Mortgage ’s second-quarter earnings suggest that a high share of purchase loans won’t necessarily be enough to protect lenders from the most challenging and volatile mortgage market in years. But it went down 30% from the first half of 2021 to the first half of 2022, to $412.7 The nonbank lender reported a $58.3

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

billion net loss in 2022 due to the drastic housing market slowdown in the second half of the year, Opendoor greatly curtailed its spending and home acquisition speed in 2023. Indicative of Opendoor’s scaled-back approach to business was the fact that it bought just 11,246 homes in 2023, compared to 34,962 homes in 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mortgage applications decreased 13.1% 18 to the lowest level since December 2019, as mortgage rates eclipsed the 4% mark. The Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s seasonally adjusted refi index fell 15.6% retail residential mortgage applications. The survey showed that the refi share of mortgage activity decreased to 50.1%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Mortgage applications fell 0.6% 17, with fewer borrowers looking for purchases in the lower end of the market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey published on Wednesday. Compared to a year ago, mortgage applications declined across the board. of total mortgage applications, up from 63.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Mortgage applications increased 2.3% from the previous week, largely due to a strong purchase market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey for the week ending Jan. Compared to the same week one year ago, mortgage apps overall dropped 37.3%, with a sharp decline in refinance (-49.2%) compared to purchase (-12.2%).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CoreLogic released its final three-year housing and mortgage outlook report for the year on Thursday, and if numbers hold up, the data company predicts 2021 will maintain its unprecedented sales and record low mortgage rates as the economy continues to recover. On average, CoreLogic predicts mortgage rates to sit closer to 3.2%

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Inman

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

percent decline in net new listings and a 2 percent decrease in contract signings, driven by mortgage rate fluctuations, according to HouseCanary. Despite a rise in total inventory compared to 2022 and 2023, the market is still behind historical inventory averages as sellers avoid entering a higher rate environment.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 27, 2021

million units , and some experts say it could reach 8 million if there were more inventory. Beginning in January 2020, 7% of purchase transactions had a contract price above the appraisal value. This change will be effective starting in 2022 and should reduce inefficiencies in the mortgage and homebuying process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Interest in residential mortgages fell 1.2% for the week ending March 11 as mortgage rates rose to their highest levels since May 2019, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s latest survey. The MBA found that the adjustable-rate mortgage share of the activity increased to 5.6% of total applications.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In August, pending home sales , existing home sales and new home sales all fell compared to the previous month, as mortgage rates climbed and inventory remained scarce. During the first week of June, mortgage rates were at 6.79%. The median existing-home sale price rose 2.8%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell three basis points from the week prior to 2.93%, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. This marks the first time in over two months mortgage rates have fluctuated outside a five basis point range above or below 3%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

An index level of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Contract transactions slowed a bit in September and are showing signs of a calmer home price trend, as the market is running comfortably ahead of pre-pandemic activity,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

Month-over-month, contract signings increased in three U.S. Overall, contract signings were down 21.1% from February 2022. Homebuyers have been closely watching mortgage rates, which have been volatile during the first few months of the year,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Bright MLS. from February 2022.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

After falling for the first time since November 2022 in March , pending home sales remained unchanged in April, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

In early November, 30-year fixed mortgage rates began a nosedive, declining from near 8% to below 7% in a matter of months before once again starting to rise at the start of 2024. at the end of April, according to HousingWire ’s Mortgage Rates Center. Non-QM mortgages include loans that cannot be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021. percentage points in early December, when historically that spread has ranged between 1 to 2 percentage points.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

below the August 2022 level. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. Pending home sales, like new home sales, are based on contract signings. Mortgage rates have been rising above 7% since August, which has diminished the pool of home buyers,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

California-based Pennymac launched a product that can freeze mortgage rates as many as 90 days, in a bid to attract more borrowers to the market amid volatile rates. Pennymac is the latest mortgage lender to freeze rates for borrowers. The product does not require a property address to guarantee a mortgage rate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

For the first time since November 2022, pending home sales fell in March, posting a 5.2% An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. In addition, NAR forecasts that mortgage rates will drop to 6.0% year over year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

New home sales data last month was much stronger than had been anticipated; the market had expected a contraction of 4.7% A combined dip in mortgage rates and significant incentives from homebuilders was the driving force last month, analysts said. in November. Home prices did fall from October, which is more of a seasonal trend.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. The direction of mortgage rates – upward or downward – is the prime mover for home buying, and decade-high rates have deeply cut into contract signings,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. “If year over year in 2022, to 5.19

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

HousingWire: According to ATTOM Data Solutions‘ latest foreclosure market report, bank repossessions climbed 9% in the first half of 2023 compared to the first half of 2022. Michael Chew: First, consider the first half of 2022; some areas were still dealing with or just coming out of pandemic -related foreclosure moratoriums and restrictions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The 2022 housing market was largely characterized by the swift slowdown in demand caused by rapidly rising mortgage rates. year over year in 2022, according to data from the National Association of Realtors , home prices still managed to rise 5.8% Low inventory has propped up home prices in many markets,” she said.

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Hank Miller Team

APRIL 6, 2022

It's time to answer the nagging question…did housing inventory in Atlanta increase during the first quarter of 2022? This year however, rocketing mortgage rates and other economic challenges may change that. The key here are sales; fairly consistent and even the dip in Jan 2022 was higher than Jan 2019.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

California-based Carrington Mortgage Services (CMS) sees a window of opportunity in the mortgage market. The Federal Reserve (Fed) actions that resulted in millions of borrowers receiving mortgage rates below 4% gave way to Fed actions that… triggered mortgage rates to rise above 7% in the fall of 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This article is part of our Housing 2022-23 forecast series. The last year has been a completely split housing market — one that started with the lowest inventory NAR has recorded dating back to 1999 and one with low mortgage rates. Due to the recent rise in mortgage rates, homeowners may just stay put.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even though this was a beat of estimates, the sales decline trend due to higher mortgage rates and home prices continues. The savagely unhealthy housing market theme of mine is running in full force now as we have gotten no relief on home prices and now have a mega jump in mortgage rates. . I am a big fan of inventory to 2019 levels.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Even though the recent existing-home sales data has been outperforming my expectations , the pending home sales data to me looks more in line with my expectations for 2022. regions, only the West registered an increase in month-over-month contract activity. 2022 Pending home sales. Of the four major U.S. We ended 2020 with 5.64

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

We saw a big jump in mortgage rates last week. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage, according to the HousingWire Mortgage Rates Center , is now over 7.2% — that’s 50 basis points above where we were at the start of the year. At that time, most of the voices in the media assumed that mortgage rates had peaked and would fall by now.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

But with the tech sector in turmoil, a looming recession, and consistently elevated mortgage rates, that trend is now making an about-face. In addition, just 16% of the homes in Austin went under contract within two weeks of hitting the market. mortgage rate to buy a new home with a 6.5% according to Redfin’s data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Existing home sales started 2023 right where they left off at the end of 2022, dropping for the 12 th consecutive month. January sales reflect purchase contracts made in November or December, and there is evidence that in many markets, the housing market has bottomed out and buyers are beginning to return to the market.” in January.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

And it’s led to several sleepless nights for mortgage loan originators and mortgage executives. Such volatility has triggered turbulence in the mortgage market. The mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market went “no-bid” on Friday. Consequently, mortgage rates leapt like they hadn’t in decades.

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