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Homebuilders are at max capacity. And the housing shortage keeps widening

Housing Wire

Aerial drone inspection of Lennar’s Westview housing development Miami, Florida. We believe this lack of existing homes on the market is pushing prospective buyers toward new homes, bolstering sales and construction,” he added. years’ worth of owned or controlled land for future housing development. “And billion to $1.8

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The emerging ESG market is a diamond in the rough

Housing Wire

Still, hidden among all that greenwashed coal may be a framework or two for manufacturing diamonds, according to some experts working to develop those investment standards. And so that’s where non-QM lending comes into play.”. McDonough said anyone originating EEM loans today is doing so for agency delivery.

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

The obvious starting place for nonbank lenders looking to capture volume is in jumbo lending, executives and analysts said. It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent. ” Just a little less vanilla. Homepoint has decided to pause on entering the non-QM fray.

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Smaller nonbanks facing “come to Jesus moment” as MSR values dip 

Housing Wire

That imbalance favors buyers and is expected to be a drag on MSR pricing that threatens to squeeze margins for already struggling IMBs — particularly the smaller players, regardless of whether they sell or retain servicing. .” Rice Park Capital acquired some $30 billion in MSRs [UPB] in 2022, Smith said.

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Eastside Residential Market Sees Big Gains in Sales, Prices

Will Springer Realtor

In turn, consumers experience the trickle-down effect in the form of costlier lending rates when holding credit card debt or purchasing cars and homes. That was highlighted by a 30% month-to-month gain in total home sales (single-family, townhome and condos combined) across the county in March and unseasonably low supply for buyers.

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State Initiatives Aim to Improve Housing Inequities

Will Springer Realtor

The program calls for our state’s Department of Commerce to partner with the Washington Housing & Finance Commission to develop, implement and evaluate credit schemes aimed at reducing racial disparities in homeownership. Essentially, the government helped to institutionalize discrimination within the lending system.

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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. This suggests homes – while far fewer for sale than in recent years – are quickly being scooped up by those few available buyers. from July and up a mere 0.7%

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