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DataDigest: Construction costs easing for homebuilders

Housing Wire

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. High mortgage rates and home prices quelled the surge in buyer demand, and time seems to have moderated the supply chain shocks.

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Mortgage rates climb to 3.09%

Housing Wire

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage climbed to 3.09% during the week ending Oct. 21, rising from 3.05% the week prior, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.80%. The MBA has forecast purchase mortgage volume to hit a record $1.73

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

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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June Newsletter-Easing Off the Pedal

DW Slater Company

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. Economic changes, policy changes, supply chain issues, social changes, and buying power can all impact real estate. Mortgage rates are already moving up and are projected to move higher. It was great!

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What to expect from homebuilders in 2023

Housing Wire

After record sales in 2021, demand for new construction waned throughout 2022 as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates cutting into home buyer’s purchase power and making financing new development projects even more costly for builders. What are you expecting to see next year in terms of supply chain issues?

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New home sales fell again in February

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. This transaction volume is taking place against a backdrop of continuous supply chain and labor disruptions.”. months supply. Experts say that continued supply chain issues , labor shortages , rising material costs and rising interest rates are to blame. “As

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

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