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How analysts see 2024 shaping up for mortgage lenders

Housing Wire

Kyle Joseph, a specialty finance equity research analyst at Jefferies , believes that the worst of the current mortgage cycle may be behind us, a sentiment shared by most analysts covering this industry. Mortgage rates will moderate down to about 6% to 6.25%.” ” Kornfeld expects mortgage originations to range from $1.8

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

Housing Wire

At that point, Home Point said it would manage its balance sheet and mortgage servicing rights ( MSR ) portfolio. 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. 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

Mat Ishbia is optimistic about the mortgage market. The Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO believes that 2022 and 2023 are equally challenging years, but the market will improve in 2024. Meanwhile, 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. And 2025 and 2026 will be off the charts. Is it the bottom?

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

Housing Wire

In the first quarter, Home Point’s origination and servicing businesses were in the red amid declining production volumes and a negative change in the fair value of its mortgage servicing rights (MSR). The company failed to adjust to a landscape of high mortgage rates, low inventory levels and fierce competition.

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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. What does this mean for mortgage rates? Mortgage rates should get better. ” Mortgage rates track the yield on 10-year U.S. When Treasury yields go down, so do mortgage rates.

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6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)

Housing Wire

After hitting a 23-year high of 8% in October, mortgage rates have cooled down to the lowest levels since July. The mortgage rate dip is welcome news for the housing market, but loan originators and industry executives emphasized that rates need to decline further and remain stable to reinvigorate buyers’ demand.

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How healthy is the state of US homeownership?

Housing Wire

“Second, over 8 million homeowners were delinquent on their mortgages, and once they lost their home, they would join the ranks of renters. I believe the homeownership rate can get back to 66.21% at some point in the years 2022-2026.”. Our demographics were either too young or too old to be in the market to purchase homes.

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