2003 Housing Market Lending 
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Fannie Mae , the world’s largest mortgage financier, said mortgage lending this year probably will reach an all-time high of $3.9 trillion in refinancings, the highest level since 2003 and more than double the level seen in 2019, the mortgage giant said in a forecast on Tuesday. The dollar-volume record will be boosted by $2.4
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Full-service mortgage lender Nations Lending and local Indiana real estate firm Carpenter Realtors launched a joint venture, Commitment Mortgage , in order to offer an end-to-end experience — from finding a home to closing a loan in a cooled-down housing market. “We Nations Lending originated $3.43
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 15, 2025
The study claims that the crisis can be traced back to the early 2000s when subprime lending activities were prevalent. The resulting housing market crash and the Great Recession led policymakers to overcorrect by tightening mortgage lending standards and limiting funds for new construction.
Housing Wire
MARCH 15, 2021
I hear a lot of chatter about a boom in cash-out refinances, and the presumption seems to be that this is destined to wreak havoc on the housing market and the economy at some point. First, the refinance boom’s main driver in the 2000s was unhealthy because of the marketplace’s speculative unhealthy lending standards.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
It goes to show what the failure to build enough homes from 2006 to the present combined with ultra-low, unrealistic mortgage rates and massive amounts of fiscal stimulus can do to the housing market. This is something that housing industry leaders should be thinking about — carefully. The history of housing.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The Fed issued a statement on Wednesday after the end of a two-day meeting that said it would likely keep its benchmark overnight lending rate near zero through 2023, and would continue purchasing mortgage-backed securities “at least at its current pace” for as long as necessary. trillion , boosted by $2.4
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Well, it isn’t 2008, but this type of loan does have risk — and it’s the risk that is traditional among all late economic cycle lending in America when the loan requires low or no downpayment. We have a much better housing ecosystem now for sure. The entire system has to be designed to inflate the price over time.
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