Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. Annual house price growth hit a record high in 2021, over 17%, and growth remains in the double digits thus far in 2022.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

In addition, the stress on smaller banks may result in tightening lending standards, requiring fewer rate hikes from the Fed to cool down the economy and combat high inflation. Impact on the housing market In the housing market, the bank collapses over the last few weeks have sent mortgage rates downward, though they remain volatile.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ICE — Black Knight merger creates the first end-to-end digital infrastructure that will reorder incentives and change how housing markets operate. Lenders will align with marketing and services partners to gain pricing power.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2021

In today’s market, mortgage originators are forced to intertwine different software and technology to support the lending process from start to finish. To make the mortgage process more of a cohesive ecosystem, there needs to be a seamless platform that connects originators and the secondary market. Fractured mortgage ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

Creating a path to success in today’s purchase market. Meeting the needs of a new generation of homebuyers while managing the ebbs and flows of a volatile housing market is a major endeavor for any mortgage lender. So, what should lenders be doing to thrive in the face of a post-pandemic housing market rife with new hurdles?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It essentially allows qualified buyers with a government loan to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate. It also allows home sellers to receive top dollar for the home, he said. The product, known as an assumable mortgage, is not new.

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Eppraisal

APRIL 21, 2023

Not only do we fear losing deposits, we also worry about the effect of failure on lending, credit and their costs. They are businesses that lend money, borrow money and invest money that they hold on behalf of their customers. How Do Bank Failures Affect the Real Estate Market? What Happens when a Bank Fails?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

. “But I don’t think it can be meaningful for the big companies just because these other markets are smaller than the traditional mortgage market.” The obvious starting place for nonbank lenders looking to capture volume is in jumbo lending, executives and analysts said. ” Just a little less vanilla.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the growth rate is cooling monthly, we are still in a savagely unhhealthy housing market trying to get national inventory levels back to pre-COVID-19 levels. Nor can we ever have a credit sales boom again with lending standards back to normal. Case in point, purchase application data is already below 2008 levels today.

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Listing Spark

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Is that the case for all major Texas housing markets? What should buyers and sellers be doing right now? What should they expect in this housing market? We’ll dive into the state of the Texas real estate market with Real Estate Real Fast host Aaron Jistel. How to vet real estate agents as a seller.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Williams IV, founder and CEO of Percy.ai, about what housing professionals can do to improve their deal flow despite the turbulence of the current housing market, and how investing in valuable data insights could be the key to success. . HousingWire recently spoke with Charles J. What do I mean by that?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I really think they had about three months last year where it was a buyers market in the fourth quarter. Literally, we’re right back to being a seller’s market again.” Connie Kim : Tell us about your main market. We’ve been advising them how to use it with the sellers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

When asked how relevant this business will be, Garg refers to Amazon , a company that drives two-thirds of its sales from third-party sellers. “We Garg: First, we are in the worst mortgage market ever, in a very bad housing market, with a low housing supply. We aim for a similar mix.” So, we aim for a similar mix.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

From the point of view of investors and broker-dealers, Petrosinelli said, the current MBS market is not all that attractive, given the volatile rate environment. Andrew Rhodes, senior director and head of trading at MCT, stressed that persistent inflation is “the major headwind” confronting the housing market.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Maximizing Returns with Real Estate Investment: An Interview with Ryan Jones Summary Aaron Jistel and Ryan Jones discuss the current real estate market, loan products for investors, cash out rule changes from Fannie Mae, debt service coverage ratio loans, interest rates, and home equity lines of credit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

We finally got mortgage rates to rise, and for people like me who have been concerned about how unhealthy the housing market was last year — and it got a lot worse this year — it’s a blessing that was much needed. Compared to the existing home sales marketplace, it doesn’t have a high cash buyer or investor buyer profile.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

Mortgage lenders and real estate investment firms this month entered tight housing markets in the Midwest and the Northwest to better reach prospective homebuyers, despite a challenging mortgage market. Chicago’s housing market started out hot in 2022. Department of Agriculture (USDA). during the same time.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The last unit they bought was in mid-2022 as far as I can tell… To read more, plus the 45+ appraiser comments, Click Here Investor Home Purchases Are Down Over 40% in Sun Belt Pandemic. Investor purchases of U.S. ”… Question 2: does the lending industry owe the appraiser a living? homes dropped 29.7% are confusing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. Strategies for 2024 I’m heavily focused on recruiting , improving technology and marketing, empowering the loan officers — by giving them the same technology and marketing support. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

According to the Federal Housing Administration, their share of lending to Black borrowers is around 17%, compared to 6% for the rest of the mortgage market. If the program does break right, the benefits for the housing market are clear. The program prevented $8.3

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

This should have sparked the fading embers of an otherwise chilly housing market in Seattle/King County in the final days of 2023. In other words, the housing market was in deep hibernation and the conditions should only improve from here. YoY, as sellers accepted prices at an average of 96.6% But by how much?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

The property had been purchased for a price in the mid 50’s by an investor, two months prior to my appraisal. I was told by the investors, in an email that they sent me, that since they purchased the property two months ago, they updated the kitchen and bathroom, installed new flooring, a new furnace, and a new roof.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

The housing market is cooling-off. Excerpts: Lending was not very prudent prior to the crash of 2008 as suggested by the trend in the median credit score (FICO), a measure for credit worthiness; for newly originated first-time purchase mortgages the median FICO score was 686 in Q1 2006 versus 740 in Q4 2020. Find out why not.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Seattle area housing market right now reads like a mystery novel with half the pages missing. 13 to update America when the central bank will likely hold firm on short-term lending rates. The post Seattle Area Housing Market Remains Not for the Faint of Heart appeared first on Will Springer.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2023

That’s not saying much since the housing market has mostly been in hibernation during the fall/winter months. Pending sales are one of our favorite housing market data points – along with the number of mortgage applications and new listings – to track buyer intent and market intensity. What to watch for?

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McKissock

JUNE 14, 2022

Appraisers should pay close attention to various current events that may indicate a softening or imbalanced market, or conversely, a robust, healthy real estate market. Similar to a doctor looking for signs of a patient’s health declining or improving, you have signs available to determine the health of a housing market.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Managing Investments: For investors who own multiple properties, desktop appraisals provide rapid updates on property values. I believe it would be much better to look in a competitive market area to the subject to locate sales more similar in age or use a sale with a slightly older date of sale and adjust for time. 14 auction date.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. Prospective buyers and sellers watched this one out from the sidelines, leading to King County sales activity hitting lows not seen since 2010 at the heart of the housing crises. In an economic downturn, the housing market typically experiences slower sales and lower prices.

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PennyMac

JANUARY 3, 2024

Research the housing market. The housing market plays a significant role in the home-selling process. It impacts your pricing strategy, potential time on the market, competition and negotiating power. For example, in a buyer's market, homes tend to remain listed for longer and may sell at a lower price.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

I’ve seen thousands of appraisals over the years where appraisers made no Positive or Negative Market Conditions adjustments, as though the market is always in balance and prices are always stable, even during periods of rapidly changing prices. They are risky for the lender and its investors. baths, 7,455 sq.ft.,

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There is a feeling of Halloween in the real estate world because this housing market is a bit scary these days. The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. There are 7.4% fewer Pending sales (1734).

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A shortage of homes for sale sparked some of the fastest-moving deals in memory, particularly on the Eastside, where single-family homes “sat” on the market for a median 5.4 What will the 2022 Seattle/King County housing market offer? Buyers will continue to outstrip sellers by a significant margin but less extreme than in 2021.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Entering the housing market today is challenging for many homeowners. Other incentives are more federal support, clearer construction lending terms and fewer local regulations. Allowing smaller down payments makes housing more affordable, especially for the middle class. Remove Condo Lending Restrictions.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

Moody’s Investors Service noted that banks hold approximately half of the $6T in commercial real estate debt, with the largest share maturing within the next three years, according to Reuters. Supply-side struggles are at the root of the housing shortage, noted Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders. “I

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