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How local lenders can support homeownership in today’s housing market

Housing Wire

Coupled with declining loan volume, compressing margins are driving lenders to rapidly seek new loan products and channels to unearth business and bolster profitability. will decline by 3 percentage points by 2040, with the concentration of homeowners skewing older and less diverse.

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Opinion: The baby boom wave is cresting

Housing Wire

Peak 65 serves as an historic demographic milestone of the new paradigm shift that is changing every aspect of the housing market , finance, retirement planning process and the fragile supply/demand balance of housing inventory for real estate at large. To Shift, is to move a business model into alignment with the new paradigm.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Josh Mettle

Housing Wire

I could not run my business without either of them. 3) Inflation and higher interest rates will likely lead us into the next recession, which contrary to popular belief, can be positive for the housing market due to lower interest rates. HousingWire: What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2022?