Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry. I think that was the primary thing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The nation’s housing industry has entered a new normal in which the dynamics of the market appear perplexing — marked by high mortgage rates and high home prices, along with shrinking mortgage originations. This is what I call a supply-constrained market. “In Just because there’s vacant homes in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). New home sales continue to be an outsized share of the housing market ,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. At the current sales pace this inventory represents 7.4 In June, the sales pace of new homes fell 2.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2024

Mortgage rates and the bond market have fallen a bit recently and the spreads between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rate have improved over last year’s levels. To see mortgage rates drop and stay lower, the bond market needs to know the labor market is getting softer. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It sets up a domino effect [for market activity].”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Homebuilders are still benefiting from very low inventory of existing homes for sale, which has driven more buyers to consider new construction,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said. In August, the sales pace of new homes fell 8.7%

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. Researchers developed a framework for estimating the number of home sales in 2024 based on the current levels for mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

As movers flock to secondary cities in search of more land for less cash, the Utah housing market – land of ski slopes and mountain trails – has become a popular destination, especially for those leaving California. But when houses do hit the Utah housing market, they’re snatched up in a hurry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Despite increased rate of tech adoption, the mortgage industry still has room for continued development and processes. For housing, March gained 110,000 jobs in construction – a positive sign in an industry struggling with supply constraints. The post Employment gains could help housing inventory appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

But they do agree on one thing: Higher interest rates will quell housing demand, which will allow inventory to rebound and, eventually, spur the return of reluctant buyers. If mortgage rates peak, Fratantoni said, “potential buyers who had been scared off by the rate spike, might find their way back to the housing market.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. rise in houses sold in the same timeframe – from 670 to 940. Combined with interest rates that began around 2.5%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

With low housing inventory and rapid home-price growth, homeownership can seem less and less attainable for several groups of potential homebuyers. HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is according to a new report from home improvement services company Leaf Home and market research firm Morning Consult , which enlisted responses from 1,001 baby boomer homeowners (aged 59–77) and 1,001 millennials (aged 27–42) in late December 2023 and early January 2024. The housing market is caught in a generational tug-of-war.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I started thinking about this when I saw the news coming from the National Association of Realtors about how far the current real estate market is out of balance. Why inventory levels matter to appraisers. Inventory levels have an impact on property valuation, at least in the short term. months less than what it was in 2019.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). According to Robert Dietz, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home inventory represented about 30% of the total inventory on the market in 2023, compared to the historical norm of 12%. This is 12.2%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

11, a decrease from last week’s 6.66%, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday. This is an encouraging development for the housing market and in particular first-time homebuyers who are sensitive to changes in housing affordability. 12 compared to a week earlier.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

For the seventh consecutive month, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report rose month-over-month , gaining one-point to a reading of 56, according to a report released Tuesday. The NAHB attributes the continued rise in builder confidence to low existing home inventory.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. America’s fix-and-flip short-term property market is estimated to be worth as much as $68 billion a year, according to F2 Finance.

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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. How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Brokerage firms are not producing goods on a factory line — there are no warehouses holding physical inventory, no retail distribution channels and really, no patentable intellectual property. Second, the residential housing market is highly seasonal, highly cyclical and as we are all keenly aware, highly volatile.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. New home sales data last month was much stronger than had been anticipated; the market had expected a contraction of 4.7% Added Sturtevant: “Homebuilders are banking on home shoppers returning to the market in the first part of 2023.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

No matter where you are in the Tar Heel State, real estate professionals across North Carolina are frustrated by the lack of housing inventory. The challenge remains lack of inventory — that’s definitely the big one,” said Alison Alston , the broker-owner of Charlotte-based Lodestone Real Estate and Investments. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 6.81% as of July 6, up significantly from last week ’s 6.71%. High rates combined with low inventory continue to price many potential homebuyers out of the market, added Khater.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Building activity continues to be buoyed by a strong and steady demand, but there could be a shift underway in the housing market, warns Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant. At the current sales pace this inventory represents 7.3

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2021

housing market is being driven in part by reaction to the COVID pandemic, as potential buyers move from urban apartments to suburban homes. ” 3 solutions to a gridlocked housing market. . ” 3 solutions to a gridlocked housing market. May’s data continue to be consistent with this hypothesis.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

The low amount of existing homes left on the market continued to experience overheated prices from consistent competition. The median existing-home price for all housing types in May was $350,300, up 23.6% The market’s outlook, however, is encouraging. Total housing inventory at the end of May grew to 1.23

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some economists say that this development contributed to drive up the 10-year treasury yield to its highest level since November 2022. According to HousingWire’s analyst Logan Mohtashami , the stronger labor data had a bigger impact on mortgage rates and the bond market than the sale of long-term securities or the default rating.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

housing market — it now applies to the world economy. As I noted during my recent podcast on HousingWire, things are getting sloppy in the markets, and when chaos happens, you can’t ever be sure how bad the damage is going to be. Savagely unhealthy is no longer just a term for the U.S. I can understand this mindset.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. In terms of acceptance in the secondary market of these TRBLs, which is key to ensuring lender liquidity, the jury is still out.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

Usually built by one developer, they are large, custom-built residential communities that include a number of recreational amenities for residents. Land Tejas, owned by Starwood Capital Group, appeared on the list three times and was the developer behind Sunterra. All of its communities were in Texas.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). New home sales increased in February for the third straight month, in a sign that the market may be stabilizing,” Kelly Mangold, the principal of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting , said in a statement. “As This represents 8.2 This represents 8.2

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

First-time homebuyers are the driving force of the housing market and typically utilize low down payment mortgages to achieve homeownership. However, buyers are contending with rising interest rates , high home prices and constrained inventory. Last year, the average down payment for first-time buyers was 6%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Of the 136 respondents, 96 were part of a national brand, and 40 of them were part of an independent firm.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. Inventory issues. Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. All about the rates.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

“Mortgage rates continued to drift down as markets concur with the view that inflation increases are temporary,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. Fannie Mae ‘s economic and strategic group mirrored a similar outlook on inflation’s transitory effects on both mortgage rates and the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. For buyers in today’s market, the severe lack of inventory adds another layer of frustration, FOMO (fear of missing out) and a sense of urgency.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Despite recording stronger financial results during the second quarter of 2023 than the first, executives at both First American Financial and Old Republic did their fair share of bellyaching over current housing market conditions during their firms’ Q2 2023 earnings calls on Thursday. “We billion and $138.5 million in net income. “We

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