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Mr. Cooper to acquire Home Point Capital for $324M in cash

Housing Wire

Per the transaction, Mr. Cooper is acquiring all outstanding shares of Home Point and assuming $500 million in outstanding Home Point 5% senior notes due in February 2026. Amid high mortgage rates, low inventory and fierce competition, Homepoint’s overall origination came in at $27.7 billion in 2022, a 71.6%

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Mat Ishbia talks the ‘loser mentality,’ the controversial ‘ultimatum’ and the years ahead

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. What does Ishbia think about surging mortgage rates , lack of housing inventory and monetary and policy pressures ? ” Ishbia says that the wholesale channel should reach 33% market share by 2026, compared to the current level of 22%. And 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts.

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Home Point, soon to be defunct, delivers $28M loss in Q1

Housing Wire

The company failed to adjust to a landscape of high mortgage rates, low inventory levels and fierce competition. The buyer will also assume $500 million in Home Point’s senior notes due in February 2026. The transaction with The Loan Store did not include the company’s MSR portfolio, which is the target of Mr. Cooper’s deal.

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How analysts see 2024 shaping up for mortgage lenders

Housing Wire

It might really be 2026,” George said. The macro challenge: Still not much inventory Analysts unanimously agree that inventory will continue to be a significant issue entering 2024. ” George agrees that inventory will remain a problem. I think people are still gonna be pretty locked in.

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DataDigest: Water wars in the Southwest

Housing Wire

Concurrently, the Colorado River is also in the midst of one of the worst droughts seen in over 1,200 years, and Arizona, California and Nevada agreed last week to collectively conserve 3 million acre-feet of river water through 2026. The story is much the same in the Phoenix metro, which saw active home inventory fall 9.8%

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What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

Housing Wire

For 2026, Fed officials projected rates to fall below 3% by the end of 2026 through three more quarter percentage point reductions. While mortgage rates are expected to decrease, high home prices combined with low inventory still pose a challenge for potential homebuyers. “We in 2025, indicating four more 25 bps cuts.

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A boom(er) market on the horizon

Housing Wire

Boomer behaivor This, by itself, offers hope for easing the real estate inventory crunch that continues to dampen velocity in the market, along with high interest rates. The Census Bureau estimates that homeownership by those 65 and older in 2026 will drop by 12 million, with a further drop of 15 million in the subsequent decade.

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