Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

loanDepot greatly reduced its costs in 2023 while revenues were in free fall amid a contracting market. Operationally, loanDepot entered 2024 by dealing with a cyberattack that brought its systems down and a forecast for market conditions to improve. million in 2023, compared to a $457.6 billion in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Lower mortgage rates helped to increase borrowers’ demand for home loans last week, which in turn drummed up optimism for the mortgage industry at the end of 2022. Economists believe that if the trend continues, the market will be able to improve in the second half of 2023. . ” Uptick in applications . .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The housing market will continue to slow down in 2023 , even though mortgage rates have declined recently. That’s the takeaway from a group of economists at Fannie Mae , who slashed their forecast for 2023 this week. . in 2023, a slight improvement from the previous forecast, which predicted a 0.6% trillion. .

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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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Borrower demand for home loans increased in the first three weeks of 2023, sparking optimism among mortgage industry executives and loan officers. According to the MBA , mortgage applications decreased 9% across the board for the week ending January 27 compared to the week prior. The MBA data shows refinancings were 31.9%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Recession is coming, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. . The MBA forecasts a recession in the first half of 2023, with the unemployment rate at 5.5% The economic dislocation will bring mortgage originations down to $2.05 trillion in 2023, compared to $2.26 million in 2023. . million in 2022 to 4.7

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2023

The financial and housing markets are still trying to sort out the banking crisis and whether we have seen the last Fed rate hike in this cycle. These events led to lower mortgage rates and increased purchase application data last week, but decreased housing inventory. In a regular market, they would be closer to 5.25%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

New home sales started off 2023 on a positive note, rising 7.2% January marked a surge of people signing contracts to buy new homes. The uptick in the sales pace resulted in just 439,000 new homes remaining on the market at the end of the month, representing 7.9 months of supply at the current sales pace, down from 8.7

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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.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

Go Mortgage sued its former director of capital markets for “corporate sabotage,” alleging computer fraud, violation of trade secrets, breach of contract and tortious interference with a business relationship. By then, Go Mortgage had sustained millions of dollars of financial losses.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. 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. At the height of the spring market, the typical home had 5.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

It is not surprising that the mortgage industry can be one of the more challenging industries to work in. Here are three keys to help mortgage pros and their businesses survive while the mortgage industry contracts. To be a successful mortgage pro, it is important to collaborate and network with other professionals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Florida-based brokerage Atlantic Trust Mortgage has asked a Michigan federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) that alleges a violation of an amended agreement. UWM settled with Mid Valley Funding in June 2023. Atlantic Trust entered into a wholesale broker agreement with UWM in 2018.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. The red-hot housing market of the past 2 ½ years was characterized by sub-three percent mortgage rates, fast-paced bidding wars and record-low inventory.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

For comparison, the index is benchmarked at a reading of 100 based on 2001 contract activity. The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. On a year-over-year basis, pending sales were up 1.3%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Despite a slight drop in mortgage rates last week, mortgage applications fell to their lowest level since December 1996. 1, mortgage applications dropped 2.9% from the prior week , according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Meanwhile, the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity decreased to 6.7%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Mortgage rates ticked down modestly after job openings data for July came out yesterday, but rates remain elevated. Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.18% as of Aug. 31, down from last week ’s 7.23%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” But the housing market in the second half of 2022? By September, a full-fledged housing market recession had set in. over asking price.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As brokers and LOs close out a challenging year and set their sights on 2023, it could be tempting to take a pessimistic view. However, there are actionable steps and strategies they can take to ensure 2023 is as profitable as possible. How do you think mortgage professionals should approach the coming year?

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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. We’ll reach out to those loan officers in markets where we have existing retail branch locations. billion, according to data from Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. I think in 2023, we’re going to see rates higher for longer,” Toohig concludes.

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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.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2023

Housing markets in tech hubs were in high demand during the pandemic, with potential buyers facing fierce competition on homes in cities like San Jose and Austin. But with the tech sector in turmoil, a looming recession, and consistently elevated mortgage rates, that trend is now making an about-face. according to Redfin’s data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In the reflection, a mortgage executive sees faint images of the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. The financial chaos that sparked the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, leading to a government bailout, now haunts the independent mortgage banking market this Halloween season — and beyond.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

in September despite significant affordability hurdles weighing on the market, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Despite the slight gain, pending contracts remain at historically low levels due to the highest mortgage rates in 20 years,” Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

million it incurred in fourth-quarter 2023. PennyMac Financial reported strong operating earnings in the first quarter, with an annualized operating return on equity of 15 percent in what is expected to be the one of the smallest quarterly origination markets of this cycle,” chairman and CEO David Spector said in a news release.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

million plus interest, granted as an interim award in November 2023, to $150.2 million in its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023, paid the amount in full on Feb. million in damages related to a breach of contract claim, plus interest and attorneys fees. million in net income in 2023, down from $475.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2023

It’s counterintuitive but real: Despite surging mortgage rates , borrowers’ demand for home loans rose last week. There were very low levels of mortgage applications in the weeks prior to the surprising uptick. In addition, loan officers said that investors took advantage of a slower market. from the week prior.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2023

2023 began as 2022 had ended, with U.S. Mortgage financing and the prospect of economic weakness are therefore likely to remain a headwind for housing prices for at least the next several.” Because most home sales take several months from contract to closing, the data likely includes some deals struck in September and October.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

As mortgage rates continue to decline, Chad Earnest’s mantra with his referral partners in 2023 is “no buyer left behind.” The Montgomery, Texas-based area manager, who moved from AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation to Cardinal Financial Company in November, launched in mid-2022 a platform to help their referral partners succeed.

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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

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. A little more than two months into the year, however, mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been as the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For iBuyer Opendoor , 2023 was all about moderation. “We We are excited about how we are set up for 2024 and beyond,” CEO Carrie Wheeler told investors and analysts listening to the firm’s Q4 2023 earnings call on Thursday evening. This strategy paid off for the firm, as its net loss of $275 million for 2023 is markedly smaller.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The coming winter is expected to be an existential test of survival for many independent mortgage banks (IMBs), according to leaders of several mortgage advisory firms. “We’re really at the darkest part of the market this winter,” Brian Hale, CEO and founder of consultancy Mortgage Advisory Partners , said. .

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed-rate loan are hovering around 7% levels and still-high home prices are slashing purchasing power. What helped Erica Davis, a loan originator at Guild Mortgage , in the current high-rate environment is a seller-funded temporary 2-1 rate buydown. It’s a terrible time for homebuyers. in the second year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Veteran mortgage executive James Seely has sued Guild Mortgage for allegedly failing to pay $750,000 in compensation after terminating his employment for cause by “manufacturing out of whole cloth spurious claims of Mr. Seely not working full time,” according to a recently filed lawsuit. billion in mortgage loans. 2 in a U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. trillion and to nearly $9.3

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