Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The housing market experienced more volatility last week, with housing inventory dropping as mortgage rates moved higher. Weekly housing inventory continues to decline, as we saw a decrease of 13,238 units, double the amount we had this time last year. So, when I saw the slight inventory increase, I thought this was a good trend.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

. “The optimism is based on two factors: one, we’ve seen a nice trend in rates, moving lower over the last few weeks; and two, more and more houses are building up in inventory, so we’re seeing sellers being more willing to work with buyers.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Additionally, home price appreciation and insufficient for-sale inventory are holding back purchase activity. . However, surge in rates, home-price appreciation, and insufficient for-sale inventory is restraining purchase activity. The survey, conducted since 1990, covers over 75% of the retail residential mortgage applications.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Learn how digital forms simplify retail inventory management with our powerful form builder and captured data Whether your retail store is a national brand or a small boutique, inventory management is a critical component of business operations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

HousingWire: Let’s start with a bang Logan, will the inventory crisis end this year? The goal for inventory is to get back to 1.52-1.93 The goal for inventory is to get back to 1.52-1.93 Inventory is about to increase as it always does during this year. Back to the inventory crisis. housing market.

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Inman

AUGUST 14, 2023

Retail investors and local landlords offer real estate agents a wide array of options for staying active in a market bereft of traditional inventory, you simply need to know how to connect with them.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

AnnieMac Home Mortgage appointed Ian Aubourg to the role of senior vice president of retail sales, the Mount Laurel, New Jersey -based lender announced Monday. In his new position at AnnieMac, Aubourg will tap into his leadership skills to drive growth and improve the mortgage experience for clients.

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GoForrmz

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Digitize your retail checklists to improve daily operations and enhance the in-store experience for customers To ensure that your daily operations at your retail store are efficient and running smoothly, it is imperative that you have taken your paper checklists to digital.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Purchase applications remained subdued as elevated rates continue to add to affordability challenges along with still-low existing housing inventory,” Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said in a statement. retail residential mortgage applications. Mortgage applications decreased by 2.3% the week before.

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GoForrmz

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Simplify the busiest time of year for your retail business with digital forms. Retail forms vary depending on your business, but paper documents all end up the same way: an inefficient mess. For the retail industry, there are a multitude of ways online forms can be used to further streamline your retail operations.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Weekly housing inventory data We will start with the price cut data percentage because it deserves a detailed explanation. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data. Last year, according to Altos Research , the seasonal peak for housing inventory was Oct. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

California lender Guild M o rtgage reported an increased profit in the third quarter despite high mortgage rates and limited home sales inventory. We have remained consistent with our strategy of growing market share in the retail purchase mortgage market while retaining the servicing of those loans. Guild reported a $54.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Other sources of housing data are showing increases in new listings, which is a real positive for the spring buying season given the lack of for-sale inventory.” retail residential mortgage applications. Last week, refis accounted for 30.2% of all applications, down from 31.2% the previous week. the week before. And the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Mortgage demand picked up last week as lower interest rates steered homebuyers back into the market, but activity remains weaker than a year ago because of limited inventory. retail residential mortgage applications. Mortgage applications increased by 3.7% during the week ending Feb. the week before.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Retail lender Guild Mortgage announced Monday the acquisition of First Centennial Mortgage, a privately-held Illinois-based lender with 15 branches predominantly in the Midwest and a presence in 17 states. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. McGarry remained on the California-based lender’s board of directors after retirement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, California-based lender Guild Mortgage , which announced a leadership transition in March, continued to face pressures from high mortgage rates and low inventory levels – just like its peers. Guild, the purchase-focused lender with a distributed retail model, delivered a $37.2 million in Q1 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

Weekly active inventory grew slowly again and purchase apps were down week to week again. Weekly housing inventory The painful housing inventory story of 2023 continues as we had yet another week of slow inventory growth. Retail sales and the Leading Economic Index are out this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Because of the lack of inventory and multiple offers, the NAF Cash product will give an advantage for my clients over other butter that cannot make a cash offer,” said Steinway. Most recently, NAF acquired $2 billion Chicago-based retail shop Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2023

Weekly housing inventory We had mild inventory growth last week and new listing data is trending at the lowest levels ever. It has truly been the walking dead for inventory growth this year. In a few months, we will see the seasonal decline in active listings inventory that we see every year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, as purchase demand continues to thaw, it will put more pressure on already depleted inventory for sale,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Housing starts declined 9% in 2023, an indication that homebuyers looking to purchase a new construction home may continue to struggle with the lack of inventory this year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Just having those additional layers in the retail model really creates strain there,” Kirby said in an interview. I think maybe if you look back a few years, the broker space from a technology perspective was lacking, but has really caught up to where retail was (…). What is the upside of launching a mortgage broker shop?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This disparity continues to highlight how the lack of existing inventory is the primary constraint to increases in purchase volume. retail residential mortgage applications. However, mortgage rates above 7% sure don’t help.” Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) share declined to 11.7%, down from 12.1% the week before. And the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Non-QM ripe for the taking Faced with a lack of inventory across the country, lenders have been exploring ways to create new buyers. Roughly 20% of Cliffco’s production comes from the wholesale channel and 80% of origination volume comes from its retail channel – through which it offers GSE, government loans and non-QM products.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

Mohtashami focused on the latest inventory and the Federal Reserve’s rate hike announcement. Retail sales also came in a bit lighter than expected: HW+ Member: Are you implying that the builder survey and retail could influence the Fed to come off the 75 bps guidance? Once we hit 1.52-1.93 Last year we had roughly 6.7

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The Robert Weiler Company

JUNE 1, 2021

Just as many today predict an all-digital retail environment, a final death blow to brick-and-mortar retail rental space, so have they expected the long-coveted “paperless office.” Brick-and-Mortars need to be fast on their feet, replenishing inventory quickly, getting in new product facts, and having it leave the store equally fast.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2023

Weekly inventory fell by 6201 , and new listing data is down noticeably from last year, which was different than last week. Weekly housing inventory Here we go again; we still haven’t hit the elusive bottom for seasonal inventory, which makes this the third year in a row that the bottom in inventory will happen in March or beyond.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

What does Ishbia think about surging mortgage rates , lack of housing inventory and monetary and policy pressures ? Nunes: Surging mortgage rates is one challenge, but inventory is another. So, people who say inventory and rates and it’s bottom and it’s struggling, they just have a loser’s mentality. They buy loans.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Meanwhile, retail trade, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, information, and financial activities posted fewer jobs in February. “Job seekers are taking longer to find work, and the number of job switchers has declined.” Home sales recorded the lowest activity in 2023 in nearly 30 years.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You have a lot of flexibility in pricing, flexibility with other broker products, flexibility with marketing under an compliant umbrella,” Steinway said of Revolution Mortgage, which has a hybrid wholesale and retail lender model. It’s really not so much interest rates that are keeping them away as it is the actual inventory,” he said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. Click n’ Close will retain retail operations related to its reverse mortgage and lending business for Native Americans, the company said Monday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

The outside distributor retail is a hedge against the call center in the different environments. Since launching as a call center in 2003, the California lender has expanded into the outside distributed retail model with a target on the purchase mortgage market, serviced its own loans and developed its tech stack in-house.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Similar to other major lenders, the purchase-focused Guild — which operates via a distributed retail model — reported a net loss of $39.1 Market conditions were challenging throughout 2023 due to higher interest rates and limited housing inventory, Guild Holdings CEO Terry Schmidt told analysts. million in 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

When Mohtashami first used the phrase in his commentaries back in March, he said, “I have lost my five-year home-price growth model of 23% in just two years, and inventory has worsened in 2022. Unfortunately, this phrase still rings true six months later.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Simultaneously, retail sales improved modestly and industrial production declined on waning demand. Ironically, the elevated mortgage rates are not making a dent on home prices, which remain high because of a depleted inventory. Hence, the lower mortgage rates bring little relief to hopeful homebuyers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Insellerate said it created the solution to drive origination volumes in the face of a “constantly changing mortgage market” that is riddled with rising interest rates and low inventory. The new product is fully integrated into loan origination systems, like ICE Technology’s Encompass and MeridianLink.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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 The performance gap between foreclosure sale dispositions and retail REO sale dispositions widened to 40 points in the downshifting 2022 market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

“The purchase market has suffered from persistently low housing inventory and the jump in mortgage rates over the past two months. In May, the inventory of homes for sale rose 8%, marking the first rebound since June 2019. The survey, conducted since 1990, covers more than 75% of the retail residential mortgage applications.

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