Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

After nearly three years of doom and gloom in the mortgage industry, housing experts — including Fannie Mae economists — are expecting interest rates to ease. Connie Kim : Fannie Mae calls for mortgage rates to dip below 6% by the end of this year. If mortgage rates get down to 5%, then I think there is a nonlinear piece to it.

Housing Market 448

Housing Market Marketing Mortgage Investors 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Last year was a tough one for the Indiana real estate market. In mid-June 2023, the statewide 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score hit a high for year of 53.99, before sliding down to a trough of 40.03 Altos considers anything above a reading of 30 to be a seller’s market. in mid-January 2024. as of February 29, 2024.

Housing Market 390

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Construction 390

Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2022

The real estate market is cooling down. Reports released this week by several respected market observers point to less good and increased bad and ugly ahead for the housing market. Moody’s Investors Service , in a housing-market report released this week, puts some ugly back into the home-sales figures for May, however.

Housing Market 405

Housing Market Marketing Mortgage Investors 405

Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. markets; by December 2020, prices were already up 23.6%

Housing Market 545

Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Technology 545

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. Overall, annual mortgage origination levels are expected to be $2.8

Housing Market 393

Housing Market Marketing Supply Chain Real Estate 393

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Executives at both Stewart Information Services and First American Financial bemoaned the challenging housing market environment as they discussed their respective firms’ first quarter 2023 earnings with investors Thursday morning. According to DeGiorgio, mortgage rates would have to drop well below 5.0%

Housing Market 308

Housing Market Marketing Investors Development 308

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Mortgage professionals are no exception – whether you find yourself tweeting for work or in your free time, you may also want to follow accounts for people and organizations that are relevant to the industry in order to stay up-to-date on the latest news about the housing market. economy and specializes in the housing market.

Housing Market 429

Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Finance 429

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends and data across the country. I absolutely love the Columbia Basin and the reason is that we are a unique market. “I I absolutely love the Columbia Basin and the reason is that we are a unique market.

Housing Market 283

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Agents 283

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].”

Housing Market 369

Housing Market Marketing Contracts Finance 369

Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. Imagine if mortgage rates didn’t rise this year. We are still showing double-digit home-price growth trends in the recent data as it takes time for higher mortgage rates to really increase supply back to normal levels. million or higher.

Housing Market 446

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Investors 446

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. About 40% of his business came from refis in the summer of 2021 even when his focus was on purchase mortgages his entire career. The Mortgage Bankers Association projects that of $2.4

Housing Market 395

Housing Market Marketing Brokerage Real Estate 395

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Using a 3-month bank statement program, borrowers who would not otherwise qualify due to lost or nontraditional income may be able to buy a new home and place their own on the market.

Housing Market 424

Housing Market Marketing Inventory Lending 424

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

“Elevated interest rates have been a challenge across financial markets, and the housing market is no exception.” “Elevated interest rates have been a challenge across financial markets, and the housing market is no exception.”

Mortgage 346

Mortgage Modernization Housing Market Finance 346

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Mortgage rates rising to 8% in October impacted the data line, which I spoke about on CNBC recently. We did have three negative revisions, which ran with the period when mortgage rates rose to 8%. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. months and below, this is an excellent market for builders.

Mortgage 492

Mortgage Marketing Construction Inventory 492

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. In the past two years, demand has always picked up whenever mortgage rates have moved lower with some duration. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

Mortgage 389

Mortgage Inventory New Listings Housing Market 389

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s no secret the housing market impacts the economy and vice versa. A homebuyer’s guide to a competitive housing market. Four renovations to consider before selling your house. 5 reasons to refinance your mortgage right now. But how exactly does a presidency impact homebuyers?

Housing Market 404

Housing Market Marketing Renovations Legal 404

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Insightful borrower data and enhanced tech solutions are paramount to success in today’s modern mortgage industry. HousingWire: As mortgage lenders continue to look for ways to cut costs amid a high-rate environment, where are some key areas that they should still look to innovate?

Housing Market 377

Housing Market Marketing Loan Officers Tools 377

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A decline in mortgage rates since November helped end four months of declines in builder confidence. Recent economic readings suggest improving housing conditions in 2024. According to NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz, the peak in mortgage rates for this cycle is behind us, which should help “to spur buyer demand in the coming months.”

Mortgage 450

Mortgage Development Buyers Housing Market 450

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

This is an excerpt of a HousingWire Research report titled: What Everyone Needs to Know about Mortgage Rate Lock-in, by Altos President Mike Simonsen. housing market saw dramatic changes in affordability as mortgage rates skyrocketed 500 basis points. million in January 2021 (when mortgage rates were 2.7%) fell to 3.9

Mortgage 361

Mortgage New Listings Inventory Sellers 361

Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

With a housing market in transition , originators are looking to seize profitable opportunities that benefit both borrowers and their own bottom lines. HousingWire: With interest rates gradually rising and refinance volume on the decline, how can originators benefit from adding reverse mortgages to their product mix?

Housing Market 344

Housing Market Business Mortgage Marketing 344

Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

However, we need to keep an eye on the housing construction data in this report because it has huge implications for the economic cycle, our recession risk and mortgage rates. As the chart below shows, the housing sector generally poses a future risk to labor if the single-family permits data continues to decline. percent (±12.0

Marketing 389

Marketing Construction Mortgage Housing Market 389

Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. The HousingWire Marketing Leaders award recognizes outstanding professionals who have demonstrated excellence in marketing within mortgage and real estate. Click here to nominate someone.

Marketing 308

Marketing Project Management Advertising Real Estate 308

Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

In light of the state of the housing market, HousingWire sat down with Nomis Solutions Chief Revenue Officer Matt Woolley to discuss why agility, speed and a better customer experience are more important than ever. HousingWire: What about today’s housing market makes speed and agility so crucial for lenders?

Housing Market 364

Housing Market Marketing Architecture Sellers 364

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Housing starts climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,358,000 in September, according to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. To boost sales, builders have been offering different concessions such as upgrades or buying down mortgage rates. Census Bureau data. decline from August.

Construction 403

Construction Development Inventory Mortgage 403

Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. billion in the fourth quarter of 2021,” a recent market assessment by ATTOM shows.

Housing Market 348

Housing Market Marketing Contracts Lending 348

Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). The market for new homes is booming because the number of existing homes coming on the market has slowed to a two-decade low. In June, the sales pace of new homes fell 2.5% compared to May , dropping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 697,000.

Housing Market 323

Housing Market Marketing Construction Inventory 323

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

As the Federal Reserve announced yet another 75 basis point interest rate hike Wednesday, loan officers and lending executives — already well aware of the news — were looking ahead, questioning whether mortgage rates will spike or dip in the aftermath. It is possible that the 30-year fixed mortgage rate may settle down at 5.5%

Housing Market 299

Housing Market Marketing Loan Officers Buyers 299

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac has put its finger on the scale of an emerging loan market that has been the domain of the private-label securities market, which has nurtured its reemergence in recent years. billion have been securitized in the private-label market, “of which $4.5

Marketing 317

Marketing Investors Mortgage Finance 317

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

housing market and compare those to where we are today — in the middle of one of the most epic years in our country’s history, due to COVID-19. No doubt about it, the COVID crisis has taken some juice out of the 2020 housing market. The February housing data, pre-COVID, was juicy indeed.

Housing Market 542

Housing Market Marketing Construction Buyers 542

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%

Housing Market 407

Housing Market Real Estate Agent Marketing Real Estate 407

Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their descent this week to mark their lowest level since May 2023, welcome news for homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines for rates to drop. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.76% this week, down from 5.87% the prior week.

Mortgage 527

Mortgage Inventory Retail Construction 527

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.

Housing Market 372

Housing Market Marketing Construction Insurance 372

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Amid a declining housing market and volatile economy, mortgage and banking marketers may find themselves in a difficult position. . As 2022 comes to an end, predictions for mortgage and banking trends have been nothing short of ominous. Perhaps fewer shoppers are seeking mortgage and banking products and services.

Marketing 431

Marketing Mortgage Housing Market Business 431

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?

Marketing 446

Marketing Mortgage Supply Chain Inventory 446

Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Mortgage rates jumped this week as investors grapple with persistent positive economic data and a hawkish Fed. 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%.

Mortgage 373

Mortgage Construction Inventory Investors 373

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With mortgage rates nearly touching 8%, builder confidence dropped four points in October, falling to its lowest point since January 2023, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reported on Tuesday. This is the third consecutive monthly decline in builder confidence.

Mortgage 379

Mortgage Buyers Housing Market Construction 379

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

Mortgage 341

Mortgage Real Estate Inventory Construction 341