Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

How will mortgage rates impact seasonal inventory in 2024? This is due to demand rising late in one year, pushing through the early part of the next year and preventing inventory growth. Also, when mortgage rates rise, the inventory peak happens later in the year. Is the seasonal bottom going to happen later than I want?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2023

Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? Purchase application data rose 7% weekly , still down 38% year over year. This bond market is screaming at the Fed to cut rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. In thinking about the year ahead, I am going to frame my comments around five questions I often hear from lenders.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Last week’s email from Cindy Chance, the CEO of the Appraisal Institute, marks an important and long overdue shift in the organization’s approach to addressing accusations of bias in the appraisal profession. As Chance acknowledges, the Institute should have done more to advocate for appraisers and make the public aware of their professionalism.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2023

Mortgage rates were near 7% last week but purchase applications were still able to pull out an 8% week-to-week gain. Mortgage rates hardly budged last week, even with the Federal Reserve ‘s announcement it was pausing rate hikes and CPI inflation reports. But, it’s still a rise! We cannot break over 4.6

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Don’t stop taking classes just because you have enough CE credit to meet your next renewal; that mentality is for the bottom tier of appraisers. Don’t stop taking classes just because you have enough CE credit to meet your next renewal; that mentality is for the bottom tier of appraisers. Sins of the Past Are Back to Haunt Appraisers.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At what point will mortgage interest rates peak? Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment.

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