Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, home prices would crash, and we would see the housing market of 2008 all over again. We created this weekly tracker at the end of 2022 to give people a live weekly outlook on everything that drives the housing market and which factors to follow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

the parent of digital lender Better.com , narrowed its net loss between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 by more than 80%, driven by expense cuts to its platform and marketing efforts. Going forward, Better is focused on driving market share and reaching profitability in the medium term. million in full year 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. economy has remained resilient, backed by a very strong labor market, sky-high job openings and low unemployment. The overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

The 2023 HW Marketing Leaders award program is now open for nominations! In its third year, HousingWire is recognizing the top marketing executives in real estate and mortgage who are making waves in housing. Nominations for the 2023 HW Marketing Leaders close Friday, April 21, 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In a high-rate environment, Pennymac Financial Services delivered profits in 2023, mainly due to the performance of its servicing portfolio. million net income in 2023, down from $475.5 million net income in 2023, down from $475.5 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) in 2023, down 9% year over year. billion.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , was in the red again in 2023 as it reported a GAAP net loss of $390 million. The Detroit-headquartered lender reported a GAAP net loss of $233 million in Q4 2023, following a GAAP net gain of $115 million in Q3. Rocket originated $17 billion in mortgages in Q4 2023, down from $22.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

California mortgage tech firm Blend Labs narrowed its loss in 2023 by expanding its consumer banking footprint and growing its mortgage consumer base. million in 2023, down from a non-GAAP net loss of $182.2 million in 2022 , according to data shared in its fourth-quarter and full year 2023 earnings call.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

After a year of challenge in the reverse mortgage industry, the major lenders in the industry look a bit different for calendar year 2023 when compared with recent years past. Mutual of Omaha saw its HECM volume grow 8% over year-end 2022 levels and saw its market share more than double to 20.4%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). in events to garner business. were from the Northeast 16.3%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

in 2023, with a net gain of 377,000 Hispanic owner households from the previous year. million Hispanic households own their home, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals ( NAHREP ) said in its 2023 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report released on Tuesday. In total, more than 9.5 of overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported an average net loss of $2,109 on each loan they originated in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Loan production expenses averaged around $7,389 per loan. in Q1 2024 before falling to 6.6%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Existing home sales dropped to their lowest level in nearly 30 years in 2023, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), released Friday. In 2023, 4.09 Prospective homebuyers have been shut out of the market by a lack of inventory. million existing homes were sold, the fewest since 1995.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Remote online notarization (RON) platform NotaryCam expanded its independent notary platform customer base by 46% in 2023, according to an announcement on Monday. In addition to expanding its notary platform customer base, NotaryCam also grew the number of loss-mitigation-related RON transactions it was part of in 2023 by 115%. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2024

First-time homebuyers made up 55% of agency purchase mortgages in 2023, according to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) eMBS data, the highest such share in the 10 years ICE has been tracking the metric. The first was Q1 2023, and Q4 the second. That’s the highest share in the 10 years we’ve been tracking the metric.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale channels of the business. to finish with 1,174 loans in 2023. “It’s

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) ended 2023 as the top U.S. million in 2023, compared to a profit of $719.4 The GAAP net loss in 2023 was $69.7 billion in mortgages in 2023, lower than the $127.3 billion in Q3 2023 and $25.1 billion in Q3 2023 and $25.1 billion in 2023, including $20.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market continues to look bleak for 2023. Major factors that will shape the RMBS market include a dramatic reduction in origination volume and mortgage lenders exiting the business , according to a report from DBRS Morningstar on the outlook of the industry. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. Fitch Ratings expects a challenging 2023 — at least in the near term — while the industry right-sizes from the $4 trillion production volume that occurred during the pandemic boom years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

housing market has reached its least affordable point in decades and housing agencies have increasingly rolled out homebuyer assistance programs to tackle this issue. A total of 135 new homebuyer assistance programs were introduced in 2023, a 6% increase over the previous year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. Here’s what that buyer behavior in the second half of 2022 is telling us about two key retail market trends in 2023: 1.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) held its short-term policy interest rate steady at a range of 5.25% to 5.5% It was the fourth pause recorded in 2023. In 2023, the Fed hiked the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter-point at four meetings, most recently in July. million in Q2 2023. million in Q2 2022 to 1.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Despite looking a bit different at the end of 2023, there were a lot of similarities in the full-year Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed securities (HMBS) issuance tables when compared to recent years. Rank Company in 2023 Market share Company in 2022 Rank Change 1 FAR 36.9% market share, followed by the $1.39

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Homeowners 62 and older saw their collective home equity levels drop in the fourth quarter of 2023 by roughly $119 billion to $12.84 This is according to the Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), a measure of senior-held home equity from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) and data analytics firm RiskSpan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Against the backdrop of elevated mortgage rates and soaring home prices , discerning the evolving financial dynamics between renter-friendly and buyer-friendly markets is also paramount. Notably, renting emerged as the most affordable option across all 50 major metros, an increase from 45 metros in February 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Despite high mortgage rates , master planned communities (MPCs) did well in 2023. According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New York-based Rithm Capital posted a profit in 2023, a year marked by several acquisitions that turned the company into a leading global asset manager. million GAAP net income in 2023 — lower than the figure of $864.8 In 2023, Rithm acquired $1.4 million in 2023. billion in Q4 2023, lower than the $11.1

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

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%). Wells Fargo, for example, shrunk its mortgage business dramatically in 2023, per filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). billion in 2023. billion from $4.2

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

High mortgage rates, a lack of inventory and elevated home prices have turned 2023 into the least affordable year for homebuyers on record. For an American earning $78,642, the country’s median income in 2023, the purchase of a median-priced home of $408,806 meant spending 41.4% in 2022. “A

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Despite slower housing market conditions , Big Four title firms Stewart , First American and Fidelity National Financial all managed to earn profits in 2023. billion in 2023 and a net income of $30.4 In fourth-quarter 2023, Stewart earned revenue of $582.2 billion in revenue and net income of $162.3

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

nonbank mortgage lenders continue to gain market share as the industry consolidates and a number of smaller players exit the space due to a lack of strong franchises to retain sufficient volume, Fitch Ratings reported Tuesday. billion in purchase originations in 2023, up 4% from 2022 and good for a market share of nearly 8%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

According to HousingWire ‘s Q3 2023 LenderPulse survey, industry workers said they would cut down on marketing spend and tools, as well as reduce additional headcount, if they had to further contain costs. Roughly 44% are neutral about the economic climate in the third quarter of 2023 while about 43.4% are optimistic.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Upon examining the financial performance across various gross revenue categories, 2023 reveals a distinctive pattern in net operating percentages as they relate to increasing revenue levels, according to the Streamlined Quarterly Team Benchmarking Report , which looked at the financial performance of more than 200 teams across the nation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Title premium volume continued to trend downward during the second quarter of 2023 as high mortgage rates and low housing inventory continued to plague the real estate industry. billion from a year ago, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis , released Monday. of the market, putting it in sixth place.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2023

From listening to executives at the biggest companies in real estate and mortgage to dedicated panels on growing women in leadership and how to build competitive marketing strategies , you can find inspiration on stage in Austin, Texas. Catch inspirational leaders on stage, discussing the business tactics you need to win the current market.

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