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FHFA conforming loan limits increase to $766,550 in 2024

Housing Wire

The baseline conforming loan limit for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2024 will be $766,550, up 5.5% Conforming loan limits are increasing at a slower pace, mirroring home prices, overall. The regulator compares home prices year over year and adjusts the limit by the corresponding amount.

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DataDigest: How and where homebuilders are closing deals

Housing Wire

The Western pessimism is also unsurprising given the year-over-year declines Western states have seen in home values. Builders reported covering closing costs, offering discounted or free features, helping buyers sell their existing home and providing other incentives. 2019 level.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

This cohort accounted for 1,950,000 properties — equating to 39% of total homes purchased! 1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade.

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Think US home prices are high? At least we aren’t Canada

Housing Wire

This was my best attempt to convince the housing bubble boys that what they believed in is more fabrication than reality before the years 2020-2024. It’s now evident that housing did not collapse and in fact home prices are savagely unhealthy. housing market is more tied to mortgage buyers. In addition, the U.S.

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How the housing market will evolve in 2023

Housing Wire

Long-term mortgage rates responded by rising from 3.25% in early 2022 to over 7.25% in October 2022, more than doubling. Mortgage interest rates The unrelenting Fed policies to combat inflation will eventually instigate an economic recession sometime in 2023. As inflation eases, so will long term mortgage rates. The overall U.S.

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Home prices grew in 93% of markets in Q1 2024: NAR

Housing Wire

Home prices trended up in almost all U.S. metro areas during the first quarter of 2024. The national median single-family existing-home price sat at $389,400 during the first quarter of 2024, up 5% compared to one year ago. Price dips in that region were viewed as second-chance opportunities by many buyers.”

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What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

Housing Wire

While the central bank did not completely rule out the possibility of a rate increase in 2024, that action seems unlikely. by the end of 2024, suggesting three 25 basis points (bps) cuts from current levels. What does this mean for mortgage rates? Mortgage rates should get better.

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