Investors feeling optimistic, buying record share of homes
Real Estate News
APRIL 9, 2024
A pair of new reports look at the role investors played in the housing market last year and offer insights into their current outlook and pain points.
Positive signs abound for 2024 housing market: ICE
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
in November, which at first glance suggests an accelerating housing market. peak prior to the housing market downturn in 2006. “If On HousingWire’s Mortgage Rate Center , the 30-year conforming fixed mortgage rate was at 6.908% as of Feb. and slightly less than the 33.8%
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The housing market is now savagely unhealthy
Housing Wire
MARCH 18, 2022
To get the housing market to be sane and normal again, we need inventory to get back in a range between 1.52 – 1.93 million ; this is still historically low, but this gives the housing market a breather from the madness that we see today. However, a seller is also a natural homebuyer, unless they’re an investor.
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Analysts: Investors Taking Housing Market By Storm
Appraisal Buzz
JULY 26, 2021
Real estate investors in Q2 purchased more homes than ever recorded by Redfin, which has been tracking the metric more than 20 years. The post Analysts: Investors Taking Housing Market By Storm appeared first on DSNews. The post Analysts: Investors Taking Housing Market By Storm appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.
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Is the savagely unhealthy housing market back?
Housing Wire
MAY 18, 2023
Just when I thought days on market were returning to normal, that number for existing homes fell back down to 22 days. If the days on the market are at a teenager level or even lower, it’s never a good sign for the housing market. housing market inventory channels have changed due to how the U.S.
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Why Are Investors Souring on the Housing Market?
Appraisal Buzz
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new survey has revealed that real estate investors are not viewing the market as favorably as they once did in light of low inventory and rising costs. The post Why Are Investors Souring on the Housing Market? appeared first on DSNews. appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.
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Survey Finds Investors Leary About Current Housing Market
Appraisal Buzz
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new survey has revealed that real estate investors are not viewing the market as favorably as they once did in light of low inventory and rising costs. The post Survey Finds Investors Leary About Current Housing Market appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.
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Private-label securities are in demand as investors bet Fed peak is reached
Housing Wire
MARCH 7, 2024
And so [investors] can start having greater conviction in the future path of interest rates and in the health of the mortgage market.” The pool of non-QM borrowers includes real estate investors, fix-and-flippers, foreign nationals, business owners, gig economy workers and the self-employed.
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Fannie Mae’s chief economist on housing market outlook
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. So you’re having to encourage investors with wider spreads to accept that.
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The invasion of institutional investors in the housing market
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
A couple weeks ago a viral story came out about a fund called BlackRock who was reported to be buying everything in sight and paying 20-50% above market value. Let’s talk about this as well as other institutional investors right now. Market update on […]. This is a longer post, so scroll topics (or digest slowly).
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What Impact Do Investors Have on the Housing Market?
Appraisal Buzz
AUGUST 30, 2022
Citing recent data from First American Data & Analytics, investor purchases of residential homes as rental properties as a share of all residential home sales, have increased sharply over the course of the last year. According to Xander Snyder, the Senior … The post What Impact Do Investors Have on the Housing Market?
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How home-price growth has damaged the housing market
Housing Wire
JUNE 28, 2022
This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. Since 2014, we’ve not seen the credit housing boom that we saw from 2002-2005. million, the housing market can be sane again, even though those levels were the historically low levels of inventory going back to 1982.
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More cash buyers in today’s housing market
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Today let’s unpack the housing market’s cash trend, some myths, and things to watch ahead. This post is designed to scroll by topic or digest slowly.
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Big Four executives bemoan housing market conditions
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. For DeGiorgio’s firm, these conditions resulted in a total revenue of $1.4
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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates
Housing Wire
MAY 19, 2022
million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. This is something that I said would change the tone of housing, and we are seeing that result this year as sales decline and inventory picks up. We are not taking the unhealthy housing market theme off this marketplace.
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The savagely unhealthy housing market is now a nightmare
Housing Wire
JUNE 21, 2022
Homeowners are in a better financial position than stock traders, which is why the idea of mass panic selling doesn’t reflect housing reality. You don’t get a margin call at noon and are forced to sell your house in seconds. The goal is simple: We need total housing inventory to reach a range of 1.52-1.93
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Low inventory a challenge to housing market as rates decline
Housing Wire
MARCH 30, 2023
But while rates have dropped, the housing market has continued to be challenged by low inventory levels. According to mortgage rate observers, investors pushed the 10–year Treasury yield up over the last few days as they shifted away from bonds to other options because the uncertainty in the financial sector waned.
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Fannie Mae economists offer housing market outlook, potential timeline for interest rate cuts
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.
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US housing market is at a crossroads
Housing Wire
JUNE 29, 2022
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.
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The housing market is still savagely unhealthy
Housing Wire
APRIL 20, 2022
However, the real story of 2022 is that the savagely unhealthy housing market continues as inventory is still lower than last year, sending home prices growth into double digits again. housing market; the 10-year is above 1.94%, something that didn’t happen in 2020 or 2021. However, we have to start somewhere.
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Investors are buying more, but spending less
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Real estate investors are buying more properties, but paying less for them, according to a report from RealtyTrac released Thursday based on ATTOM Data Solutions home sales data. In the second quarter of 2021, investor purchases accounted for 15.4% of the market. of the market. of all home purchases a year prior.
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The housing market won’t crash in 2021. Here’s why
Housing Wire
APRIL 19, 2021
A recent article published by CNBC showed that internet searches for the term “housing crash” had gone up 2,450% in the past month. A lot of folks are concerned about a housing market crash. This is why I stress that housing is the cost of shelter to your capacity to own the debt, not an investment.
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Market Madness: 10 College Housing Markets That Buy-and-Hold Investors Should Consider
BiggerPockets
MARCH 29, 2024
These college markets might not have skyrocketing price or rent growth, but they certainly have long-term strength. From Tuscaloosa to Austin, long-term investors should look into these 10 housing markets.
Home equity products light up a dark housing market
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. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.
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These housing markets are most likely to correct based on foreclosure buyer behavior
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Real estate investors purchasing distressed properties at foreclosure auction have been telegraphing a possible housing market slowdown for the last six months. A deeper dive into foreclosure buyer behavior shows which markets are most likely to see a home price correction in the next six months.
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Single-family rents soar in tight housing market
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Profit margin compression and a tight housing market – What’s a lender to do? Black Knight Managing Director Rob Kessel explains how lenders can better price loans and remain competitive in today’s tight housing market. The post Single-family rents soar in tight housing market appeared first on HousingWire.
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UWM expands DSCR offerings to real estate investors
Housing Wire
JULY 26, 2023
Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.
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3 solutions to a gridlocked housing market
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. The third way in which Acra is poised to help expand on housing inventory is through its upcoming fix n’ flip loan vertical. Acra Lending is doing what it can to help free up inventory.
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Opinion: The ripple effect on the U.S. housing market from China’s real estate crisis
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Chinese real estate investments extend beyond their borders and if those investors suddenly need to liquidate those assets to cover losses at home , many countries real estate markets could be negatively impacted. some luxury residential markets that saw an influx of Chinese buyers could be particularly vulnerable. In the U.S.,
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How the Fed’s rate hike will affect the housing market
Housing Wire
JUNE 16, 2022
neighborhood, housing market, Fall, homes, new house sales, forbearance. The Federal Reserve ’s 75 basis point interest rate hike – its largest since 1994 – proves the central bank is laser-focused on slowing inflation, but loan officers and housing economists don’t expect mortgage rates to come down until consumer prices fall.
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Inflation slows to 7.1% in November, a boost for the housing market
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 13, 2022
It is very good news for the housing market, which has suffered greatly from the affects of rate hikes over the last nine months. Forward thinkers are seeing the bright side of a slower housing market and capitalizing on this time to prepare for a future when the housing market is hot again.
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How to price homes properly in a volatile housing market
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year. We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If
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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 1, 2022
However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. It is always good to know where we are with the real estate market, but it is essential to keep all data in historical perspective. . Historically 2.5
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RON’s competitive advantage in today’s housing market
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 4, 2022
BW: To meet Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization (MISMO) and investor standards, a RON platform should provide continuous, synchronous audio and video feeds that contribute not only to a smooth closing process but also to the required credential analysis and authentication procedures.
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Here’s an inside look at local housing markets across the country
Housing Wire
APRIL 29, 2022
Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Conway, Arkansas. Rochester, New York.
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Inflation hits highest level in 40 years as housing market sputters
Housing Wire
JULY 13, 2022
Mortgage rates are ramping up again because inflation is higher than investors had expected,” said Holden Lewis of NerdWallet. The housing market has been very choppy in recent months. The post Inflation hits highest level in 40 years as housing market sputters appeared first on HousingWire.
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How the bond market continues to impact mortgage originators and investors
Housing Wire
MARCH 16, 2021
After months of low rates, there have recently been shocks to the bond market. HousingWire recently sat down with Scott Happ, president of Secondary Marketing Technologies for Black Knight, to discuss the impact this has on mortgage originators and investors. HW: How does this, in turn, impact mortgage originators and investors?
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LenderPulse Q4 2023 survey: Mortgage pros still see opportunities in the housing market
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Surveyed professionals also pointed to finding investor clients and have had success with products such as non-qualified mortgages ( non-QM s), down payment assistance programs (DPAs) and home equity line of credits ( HELOC s).
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Fewer Investors Buying Homes; Price Records Continue; Rates Drift Higher
Appraisal Buzz
AUGUST 31, 2021
In a report released on Monday, CoreLogic recaps investor activity in the housing market over the last decade. Its Investor Homebuying Report highlights purchase trends nationally by both investor size and the price tier of property purchased between 2011 and 2020. Many investors were looking to.
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The Housing Market Could Get Ugly or Surge—These Investors Say It’s Somewhere in Between
BiggerPockets
DECEMBER 18, 2023
What will the housing market look like for real estate investors in 2024? Will the much-predicted recession finally hit the U.S. Will interest rates come tumbling down as a […]
Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?
Housing Wire
APRIL 18, 2024
This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article. This is never a good thing for housing. million in March.
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Plunk unveils Plunk Pro for up-to-the-minute housing market data
Inman
AUGUST 8, 2023
Plunk Pro offers investors, advisors and analysts access to real-time information on the housing market, the AI-powered home valuation and analytics company announced Tuesday.
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Fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launches TPO channel
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors. Anchor Loans was acquired by investment firm Pretium in November 2021.
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How local lenders can support homeownership in today’s housing market
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Because these solutions handle all operational logistics and resources, they open up new lending options, which many local lenders would likely not build on their own due to the associated cost, resources required, compliance burden, access to secondary market investors needed and more.
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