Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

With the mortgage industry still rightsizing, mortgage professionals are worried about regulation of the industry and inflation that thins already tiny margins. of the surveyed mortgage professionals said loans falling through was the biggest challenge, ranking as the second most challenging factor. About 19.4% Of the total, 36.1%

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. What can we expect in 2023?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mortgage rates stabilized this week despite newly released economic data. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.64% as of Feb. 8, a slight increase from last week ’s figure of 6.63%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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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 6, 2024

Housing professionals already know that high mortgage rates are bad for business. But with mortgage rates ascending past 7% according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center , those hopes have so far been dashed in 2024. Bad for sellers Prospective home sellers may not notice incremental changes in mortgage rates.

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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. Long-term mortgage rates responded by rising from 3.25% in early 2022 to over 7.25% in October 2022, more than doubling. The overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Redfin showcased pockets of growth in the first quarter of 2024 despite challenging housing market conditions. million, an increase of 5% compared to the first quarter of 2023. million in Q1 2023 and well above its $23 million loss in Q4 2023. Its mortgage revenue was $34 million, down 7% from a year ago.

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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 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

APRIL 26, 2024

In Texas and Florida , however, key market signals show diverging trends. Major markets such as Tampa, Orlando and Dallas also posted supply growth of 20% to 30% during this period. year over year in March, although growth in listings is expected to subside due to the lock-in effect of higher mortgage rates. from 2018 to 2023.

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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 23, 2024

Mortgage rates had a chance to break to new highs this year, but the Federal Reserve took a moderate tone at the last Fed meeting. We saw the benefit of lower mortgage rates with the last two existing home sales reports, which showed growth. Then mortgage rates rose, facilitating five weeks of negative purchase application data.

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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

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.

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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. In addition, the credit rating agency expects mortgage rates to move even higher in 2023 and home prices to decline by up to 5%. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

On the heels of the central bank’s announcement to raise the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on Wednesday, most economists and industry experts were on the same page about the housing outlook and which direction mortgage rates would be headed. . last week, are expected to drift down and end 2023 around 5.2%,” he said. .

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Buying a house was obtainable only for the haves in 2023 as home prices and mortgage rates soared. Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2024

The mortgage rate lockdown premise says that if rates rise, inventory can’t grow meaningfully. The idea is that nobody will trade their low mortgage rates to buy another home — even though this happened every week last year. With mortgage rates higher, will this stop inventory from growing year over year?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The elevated interest rate environment has brought an old product, the assumable mortgage, back into fashion. Assumable mortgages remain a niche market compared to new mortgage issuance. In 2023, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the U.S. But these transactions have grown recently.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Ahead of Friday’s national jobs report, mortgage rates have found stability after increasing for multiple weeks. Polly ’s average 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 7.17% on Tuesday, down from 7.24% one week earlier, according to HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center. one week earlier. Between Feb.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The idea that it’s a seller’s market also picked up steam last month with the percentage of respondents who said it was a good time to sell a home gaining 3% to 59% in October. Low mortgage rates fuel the demand for valuation and settlement services. Presented by: VRM Mortgage Services. million Americans unemployed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

While it’s not as clear how long-lasting the rebound will be, it does still provide some much-needed good news for the spring and summer housing market. in April 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That mild correction has played out, with an emphasis on mild. The national median home price decreased 1.7%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Going more in-depth than a Fed meeting, our virtual Housing Market Update event provides you with the strategy-building insights needed to operate in 2024. It’s a savagely unhealthy housing market out there, and these economists unpack what that means for you. Register for the virtual event on Dec.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Ginnie Mae are walking back some of the more controversial proposed eligibility requirements for sellers, servicers and issuers they oversee. Institutions with less than $1 billion in originations during a 12 month period would be exempt — a new carveout the agencies said is for “small sellers.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The most underreported housing story I’ve seen this year is that even with mortgage rates rising to 8%, the number of homes that took price cuts before they sold was 4% below 2022 levels. This happened even with higher home prices and higher mortgage rates in 2023. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Mortgage rates almost fell below 7%, the 10-year yield is below 4.25% again, and people are seriously talking about Fed rate cuts in 2024. Mortgage rates have fallen by almost 1% in a short time, and it has created four straight weeks of positive purchase application data. Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield We are back!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

August’s HPSI survey revealed both a confident seller’s and buyer’s market, however, Fannie Mae reported September buyers showing more hesitancy. With the market heading into fall, sellers, on the other hand, proved more resilient as the percentage of respondents who said it was a good time to sell a home gained 8% to 56% in September.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Guild Mortgage has an ambitious plan under the leadership of its new CEO, Terry Schmidt. The California-based retail lender has set a target of becoming a top-10 lender in the markets in which it has a presence, which would give it about 2% in overall market share. nationally, per Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) estimates.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024? Also, when mortgage rates rise, the inventory peak happens later in the year. I am a very pro-housing supply person and will feel much better about the housing market when we return to pre-COVID-19 levels for total active listings.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Another week down in 2023 and we’re seeing crazier action in the housing market as purchase application data fell, mortgage rates rose again, and weekly inventory took another dive with a noticeable move lower in new listing data. Mortgage rates hit 6.80%, marking the high point for 2023 so far.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Lower mortgage rates tend to take housing supply off the market and demand has been picking up lately as rates have fallen. However, the recent drop in housing inventory has more to do with seasonality factors than lower mortgage rates. Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield The 10-year yield ended the week roughly flat.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ongoing affordability challenges are expected to limit buyers from entering the market in 2023, according to Fannie Mae , which will result in continued decline in home sales in coming months. points to 61 due to consumers reporting expectations that mortgage rates and home prices may decrease over the year, the agency said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week’s above-consensus inflation figures brought the mortgage market back to a sour reality: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, an index closely watched by industry experts, may be close to or even above the 7% level for longer than previously expected. At the end of 2023, they anticipated six rate cuts for the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Mortgage originators who seek success in 2024 need to move with confidence and adaptability. Identify potential market impact The mortgage market is feast or famine, with origination volumes varying between high and low extremes. Evolve offerings with market demand Innovation in the mortgage market still exists.

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