Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

HW Media, publisher of HousingWire, FinLedger, and producer of Engage Events, today announced it has closed on the strategic acquisition of REAL Trends, the residential real estate industry’s leading report that ranks the performance of the top U.S. brokerage firms. HW Media currently publishes HousingWire and FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for next year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For lenders to successfully manage their portfolios, they need to provide borrowers with a seamless mortgage process from start to finish. This year’s hot housing market has created several obstacles within the appraisal process that impact both the lender and the borrower. Appraisal challenges impact everyone.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Vanguard Forum convenes at one of the most consequential moments in the history of the modern housing market,” said Clayton Collins, CEO of HW Media. “As This forum brings together the most impactful leaders in housing, all committed to moving the housing market forward,” said Collins.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for next year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2024

His other class focuses on appraisal in the secondary mortgage market. Check out our live-virtual CE course catalog, and keep an eye out for Marty’s upcoming classes: [link] At The Appraisal Buzzcast, we host weekly episodes with leaders and experts in the appraisal industry about current events and relevant topics in our field.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Between the recent rate hike from the Federal Reserve , the ongoing war in Ukraine and continued economic recovery following the pandemic, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. More rate hikes from the Fed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

representatives at federal agencies reinforced their support for the new rules that would modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a few days after a federal judge in Texas granted a preliminary injunction to banking associations that seek to halt its implementation. This week in Washington, D.C.,

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Clear Capital

MAY 4, 2021

Watch our panel session from IMN Jumbo Mortgage Loan Virtual Symposium to hear the panelists discuss housing market trends, changes in the appraisal process, forecasting home prices, and how housing migration is affecting the jumbo market.

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

The most affordable manufactured homes are financed with private loans with higher interest rates, shorter terms and fewer consumer protections than mortgage loans. But the government sponsored enterprises may now be on the cusp of entering the chattel market. Fannie Mae has good reason to be cautious about manufactured housing.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

The past year witnessed a financial rollercoaster, with interest rates fluctuating between 5.99% and 8.03% for conventional 30-year mortgages, according to Mortgage News Daily. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities. At the same time, many homeowners are sitting comfortably with low mortgage rates. But by how much?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the housing market slowing down from its pandemic-fueled frenzy, wire fraud threats, regulatory challenges and the perennial challenge of an aging workforce, the title insurance industry will have a lot to juggle in the new year. It was too darn hot: the housing market slows down. What happened to the market?’”.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

= I wrote in this newsletter 12 months ago about the bumpy – maybe even bruising – housing market of 2022 across Puget Sound and most of the country. It was a year of gyrating mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices. Prospective buyers this year have mostly watched the housing market pass from the sidelines.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

today – may hold the keys (literally and figuratively) to the housing conundrum. Baby Boomers still have a significant impact on various aspects of society, including the housing market, healthcare and the economy. Baby Boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 who total 72M in the U.S. But for how long? for fun and excitement.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 11, 2024

Some are even considering forgoing insurance altogether, risking their financial security once mandated by mortgage lenders. A myriad of factors contributes to this crisis, including the intensifying impact of severe weather events and the scourge of insurance fraud. In the face of mounting challenges, knowledge is power.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2023

Can the housing market cope with rising demand? Our state is among five out West experiencing the greatest undersupply of housing in the nation (California, Colorado, Utah and Oregon are just ahead of Washington on the list.) mortgage holders considered “equity rich” – with 50% or more equity in their homes – fell in Q1 to 47.2%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

Almost since the start of the pandemic, homeowners have been spending more time enjoying their low-financed houses and condos. They have also been spending oodles of money to shape their residences to meet new living needs – modern and spacious, when possible – as households live in their homes for longer.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

In a truly Orwellian move, mortgage giant Freddie Mac recently announced its intent to censor an arbitrary collection of words such as “desirable,” “safe,” “well-kept,” “student” and “crime” when they appear, in any context, in the hundreds of thousands of appraisal reports it relies on in mortgage underwriting. They really help.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

NAR’s Housing Affordability Index is a good measure of whether a household earns enough to qualify for a mortgage on a typical home. We need to take an approach to the housing crisis that embraces change, is inclusive and extremely productive. An index score of 100 means that a buyer with a median U.S.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Getting on AMC lists does not require any marketing, such as business from almost any other type of client.

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Clear Capital

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Housing market inventory is driving up prices, origination volume is running at capacity, and appraisal bias is a reality. Watch this session to learn: • How lenders can be sure appraisers are not just matching the hot market prices. • Video source: NEXT Mortgage News. Our industry is at a new frontier.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 23, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on mortgage rate forecast, Humor, adjustments, George Dell, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Very funny!!

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Clarence Stone, from American Political Science Review, offered this after reading Privatopia: “For those genuinely concerned with the moral fiber of modern America, they might well heed McKenzie’s warning about uncritically accepting the privatization of citizenship in an income-segregated society.” Six out of 10 builders in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We are starting to see all those signs following the release of September housing data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Unfortunately for buyers, a combination of the typical seasonal trend and higher borrowing costs has shifted housing market activity to an excruciatingly slow pace – and there are concerning signs ahead.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

For our area to grow as one, the state must step in and encourage municipalities to see the distinct advantages of increasing affordable housing through accessory dwellings – among other initiatives – and not place barriers in the way of economic success. this chart shows, each time the economy slowed significantly, mortgage rates declined.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A modern version of the regrade is taking place along the downtown waterfront (pictured above) with the addition of Overlook Walk, a breathtaking pedestrian bridge and viewing deck that will soon connect with Pike Place Market and other attractions in downtown. . >> Seattle sits 10 th among big U.S. While there were 5.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

The ongoing decline in residential lending has been fueled by higher mortgage interest rates and consumer price inflation. >> Seattle is rated the 11 th -best place to raise a family in the U.S., Seattle (12%) and the Eastside (11%) drove the increase in single-family units sitting on the market as of July 1. List: $6.895M ($1556/sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Home prices are overheating, mortgage rates are inching up from the start of the year and the supply of homes is in an unseasonable valley – far from its Mt. Today, 37% of all buyers are Millennials and they comprise about 54% of all mortgage applications. Icon is on a mission to change the way we house the homeless and others.

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