2023 Contracts Housing Market Loan Officers 
Housing Wire
MARCH 5, 2024
“ Recovery year ” was the theme heading into 2024 as mortgage professionals hoped for some reprieve in a frozen housing market characterized by high interest rates, low inventory levels and sluggish sales. What I tell all loan officers, no matter who I talk to, is that there’s no foreclosure crisis coming on the horizon,” Saghafi said.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. ” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!) But the housing market in the second half of 2022? Those trends are likely to continue in 2023.
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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. That offering, Unlock HEA Trust 2023-1, is slated to close this week.
Housing Wire
JULY 3, 2023
PrimeLending , a Texas-based retail mortgage bank, aims to expand its market share by growing within its existing footprint in a margin-thinning environment. The lender brought on 100 loan officers in June, bringing the total number of LOs to about 800. The goal is to expand its overall market share to 1% this year from 0.6%.
Housing Wire
MARCH 8, 2023
However, a surge in demand for government loans and adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) played a role in last week’s increase. In addition, loan officers said that investors took advantage of a slower market. There were very low levels of mortgage applications in the weeks prior to the surprising uptick.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The seller, who struggled to find a buyer in a cooled down housing market, agreed to deposit a lump sum payment into an escrow account at closing – ultimately saving Davis $6,900 in monthly payments in the first two years. It gives the buyer and seller the feeling of beating the mutual enemy, ‘the market,’ and gaming the system.”.
Housing Wire
APRIL 26, 2023
Borrower demand for home loans increased across the board, despite rates being at their highest level in over a month. 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. Meanwhile, the peak for 2023 so far is 472,680.
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