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Opinion: Riding the wave

Housing Wire

Thanks to high mortgage rates , mortgage refinance rates, and even higher home prices , the vibe among homebuyers has been fairly bleak these past couple months. In Fannie Mae ‘s most recent National Housing Survey, only 17% of consumers said they think it’s a good time to buy a home. With only 1.3

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Housing Availability: Are There More Homes On The Market Now Than This Past Spring?

Berkshire Hathaway

There’s a lot of talk lately about how challenging it can be to find a home to buy in this current market. While housing inventory is still low, there are a few important things to understand about the amount of homes for sale on the market as we move into the end of the year.

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Home-equity lending blossomed in 2023

Housing Wire

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising. from $490 billion in the second quarter.

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Mortgage rates rise again, but look poised to drop in the fall

Housing Wire

According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research at NAR , “mortgage rates are likely to be past their peak and on the way downward.” For the third straight week, mortgage rates continued creeping up and are now just shy of 7%,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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‘Mortgage winter’ is expected to thaw a bit

Housing Wire

The year ahead promises to offer the housing industry some relief, compared with a grueling 2023, but it is likely to be only a small bounce forward toward a healthier market. said many of the same headwinds the market faced in 2023 remain as we roll into 2024.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

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. billion, according to offering documents.

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[PULSE] The 2020 refi wave: Where activity is strongest, where it’s not, and what’s ahead

Housing Wire

The housing and mortgage markets have been the rare bright spots in an otherwise fragile economy brought forth by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mortgage origination volume this year is on track to be the highest in more than 15 years, led by a strong wave of refinances. Just how busy have lenders been?