Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was the weirdest real estate market on record. We played mortgage rate ping-pong, had unprecedented low levels of inventory and still there were escalating prices. Always ask who they know who could use your help buying or selling real estate. Tim and Julie Harris host a podcast for real estate professionals.

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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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Tech100 Mortgage award celebrates the most innovative and impactful organizations in housing. More than just an acknowledgment; the Tech100 award is a testament to the transformative impact these companies have made, propelling the mortgage sector into new realms of efficiency, transparency and accessibility.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Today’s inflation reports show that Federal Reserve rate cuts are in play in 2024 — not because of the labor market breaking, but because real rates are too high. Mortgage rates should be below 6% today, but the spreads are still very restrictive in the mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. The 2024 Finance Leaders exemplify excellence.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Wednesday announced that Owen Lee, CEO at Success Mortgage Partners (SMP), has been nominated to serve as the association’s vice chairman for the forthcoming 2025 membership year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

As an introverted real estate agent and coach, I know firsthand how challenging networking can be. But we know that real estate (or any sales industry) requires lots of talking to people, relationship-building, and networking. We include role-play sessions specifically for introverted real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

2023 was a consequential year for real estate. The market grappled with low inventory and mortgage rates that gave many homebuyers a reason to pause. HousingWire reports that housing inventory is on pace to grow 40% in 2024, bringing the market slightly closer to a healthy equilibrium.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, housing professionals hope for relief from the high mortgage rates, terrible inventory levels and slow sales that characterized the year. They may find that relief for mortgage rates next year, according to forecasts from various industry experts compiled by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Consumers are happy with real estate service.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Last week’s DataDigest offered readers a host of housing forecasts from industry experts at banks, trade associations and more, the thrust of which was housing professionals should expect a modestly better year of sales thanks to retreating mortgage rates in the year to come. percentage points, implying three cuts of 0.25 15, just 0.07

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But in 2024, industry analysts believe mortgage rates will be the primary focus for many firms. “I I think the three most important factors driving sentiment and action next year are going to be supply, demand and mortgage rates.” Morgan , said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Mack Walker, SVP of capital markets at Deephaven Mortgage , about how the year went for the non-QM sector and what’s in store for the industry in 2024. Mack Walker: The non-QM sector is similar to other sectors in the mortgage space that endured headwinds throughout 2023 relative to volume in past years.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Recent market trends — including an improvement in mortgage rates, housing affordability and potential refinance opportunities — suggest positive signs for the real estate market this year, according to February’s Mortgage Monitor report from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Mortgage rates held at 6.71% as of Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. Interest rates, a key determinant of the real estate market’s health, are on a downward trend.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. banks said they saw weaker demand for all types of residential real estate loans except for government (46.2%) and subprime mortgage loans (41.6%).

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2024

over the next 12 months, according to Veros Real Estate Solutions quarterly VeroFORECAST report. Driving the increase is low housing inventory and resilient demand despite elevated mortgage rates, the firm says. The post Veros: Low Inventory Will Continue to Boost Home Prices Through 2024 appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Even though Jerome Powell announced three rate cuts in 2024, Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group continues to forecast a modest downturn in 2024. Since the beginning of November, mortgage applications have rebounded approximately 15%. HousingWire last week analyzed several of the 2024 industry forecasts.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Homebuyer traffic will increase in 2024, fueled by lower mortgage rates and more existing-home inventory. At the same time, both buyers and sellers will have to reset expectations next year for persistently higher mortgage rates and more negotiations during the transaction.” Existing-home sales will end 2024 at 4.6

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite ongoing uncertainty and a variety of economic headwinds, Fitch Ratings is maintaining a neutral outlook on the title insurance market for 2024, according to a report released Thursday. Fitch said its neutral outlook is underpinned by Fitch’s view that mortgage rates are near peak levels. Fitch does not rate Old Republic.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Adam Wiener, Redfin ’s president of real estate services, is leaving the brokerage after nearly 16 years of service, CEO Glenn Kelman announced in an email sent to employees on Tuesday. Finally, he was in charge of Redfin real estate services revenue. His last day at the company will be Friday, Sept.

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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. The number of home sales in 2023 will likely be at its lowest level since 2010, and while sales activity will pick up in 2024, transactions will still be below average.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the mortgage industry, we saw a significant number of loan officers and real estate agents join the platform to share educational home-buying tips targeted toward a younger audience and first-time homebuyers. So now, the question we’re all asking: What can we expect for 2024?

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

New York Community Bancorp , the parent of Flagstar Bank , said it’s still committed to the home loan business despite selling approximately $5 billion in warehouse mortgages to JPMorgan Chase Bank to improve its capital and liquidity position. The sale is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024. billion; 5.7%).

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

This is an excerpt of a HousingWire Research report titled: What Everyone Needs to Know about Mortgage Rate Lock-in, by Altos President Mike Simonsen. housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. million in January 2021 (when mortgage rates were 2.7%) fell to 3.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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. Additionally, Wheeler noted that the firm tripled its market share from Q1 to Q4 2023, growth that Wheeler and Opendoor plan to expand upon in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Now he is off the sideline because a 5% down payment is completely doable,” said Krichmar, a mortgage banker at Legend Lending Corporation. Based on annual changes to an index of national home prices, conforming loan limits for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on one-unit properties will be $766,550 in 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In a 75-page report, the analysts broke down the structural impacts that a change to the NAR’s Clear Cooperation rules would have for agents, brokerages, mortgage companies, real estate portals and — most importantly — consumers. A workaround with mortgage? Yep, rolling it into the mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. HW: What are the top three products originators should be offering in 2024?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Whitney referred to this trend as a “python” that could begin coming to fruition in the latter half of 2024, which could then persist “for the next several years,” she explained. “[T]hat, But industry professionals also tend to see H4P as a bit of a hard sell for borrowers and, critically, real estate agent referral partners.

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Inman

MAY 9, 2024

Q1 2024's real estate earnings are in. CoStar and Rocket Mortgage excelled, while RE/MAX and Opendoor face challenges. We've compiled the key highlights in one place. Here's what you might have missed.

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Inman

MAY 21, 2024

Inman founder Brad Inman kicked off the inaugural Inman Connect Miami on Tuesday with a heartfelt keynote on friendship, community and optimism amid real estate industry challenges.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Although what lies ahead in the world of real estate and mortgage services in 2024 remains a bit uncertain, it’s now crystal clear that, beyond the already-tired suggestion that we “survive until ’25,” quite a few businesses will be seeking to find additional sources of revenue. Here’s why.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Nominations for the 2024 Tech100 awards are open now through December 15th. It’s not just an award — it’s a badge of honor that positions your company among the elite innovators shaping the future of real estate and mortgage tech.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mortgage rates stabilized in the past week but remain close to the narrow range observed since the start of this month. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.69% as of Jan. 25, an increase from last week’s figure of 6.60%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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