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JANUARY 22, 2025

housing market. For instance, homeowners insurance and mortgage insurance facilitate a prospective homebuyers access to mortgage credit, and after a disaster, an insurance claim payout can lessen the financial shock and help the homeowner rebuild, preserving hard-earned home equity. million in 2009 to 4.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

High mortgage rates and looming economic uncertainty caused trillions in equity to evaporate from the housing market in the third quarter of 2022, according to Black Knight ’s mortgage monitor report. Equity among mortgaged homes dropped by about $1.5 mortgage holders saw a total of $1.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

One of the reasons that I moved into the “team higher mortgage rate” camp is that what I saw in January, February, and March of this year was so unhealthy that I labeled the housing market savagely unhealthy. However, a cool-down in prices is not the same thing as a housing crash.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Total endorsements between fiscal years 2009 and 2023 were 863,102, a rough estimate of the total number of customers served by the HECM program since the early aftermath of the Great Recession. Loan amounts and HECM limits The actuarial report also detailed loan amount information and how these have changed since fiscal year 2009.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

At its Annual event Wednesday, Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni forecast that interest rates could rise in the year to come, but that they will remain near all-time lows. Yes, it’s come down to 10 million, but look at how that compares again to the peak in 2009 of 6.6 Housing inventory and prices.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. in 2008 and 2009. As the Chinese real estate market declines, the U.S. residential market becomes a relatively safer landing spot for investment. Following a pattern eerily similar to the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

have taken advantage of its mortgage relief provisions. Thanks in large part to these programs, the sort of housing market crisis of the 2008-2009 Great Recession has thus far been avoided. How the National Flood Insurance Program’s recent extension provides stability for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

A staffer who spoke with the outlet under the condition of anonymity cast doubts on the ability of the plan to succeed, citing the unregulated nature of the technology and the 2008 housing crisis as evidence of a need to proceed cautiously. I dont see any way this will help anything. I see a lot of ways this could hurt.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

Mortgage rates surged to 5.27% over the last week, the highest average since 2009, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS. This week’s average purchase mortgage rate rose 17 basis points from the prior week’s 5.10%. This week, mortgage application volume rose 2.5% from the previous week. Presented by: Polly.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

From 2009 to 2019, the share of recent buyers who are 60 years and old grew 47% , while the share of recent buyers ages 18-39 fell by 13%. In addition, the median age of a homebuyer who completed their purchase within the past year rose from 40 in 2009 to 44 in 2019. housing market,” Tucker said in a statement.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 29, 2024

According to a new CoreLogic study , a decrease in affordability has resulted from the simultaneous rise in mortgage rates and housing prices in the U.S. A percentage point increase in the mortgage rate results in increased monthly payments and extra expenses for homebuyers. in May 2024, the highest amount so far this year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2021

The housing market is no stranger to supply constraints. But according to Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae , it’s not going to be just one of these factors that brings the market back to some semblance of normalcy. It’s going to take all of them. “It doesn’t just reappear,” Duncan said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

The lack of construction productivity over the decades has been one reason why I have never believed in a housing construction boom in America. The other reason is that the builders don’t ever oversupply a housing market, so when demand fades, so will construction. The 10-year yield and mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. A study commissioned by the U.S. Overview of findings The report was released to the public in November 2023.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that while institutional investors may have contributed to rising home prices since 2009, the actual impact they have had on homeownership opportunities is more difficult to assess.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank resumed mortgage originations on Tuesday via its newly established “bridge bank” — just four days after California state regulators took possession of the financial institution and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) as receivers. SVB’s mortgage origination volume reached $2.4

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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. Yet, today’s housing market is nothing like the housing bubble of the mid-2000s. Prior to 2009, housing was overbuilt relative to demand.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2022

“Across the United States, homebuilders reliably broke ground on between 125,000 and 140,000 homes almost every month in 2021, and by one common measure, last year was the second-least volatile year for housing starts since 2005.”. Overall, an estimated 1,595,100 housing units were started in 2021, a 15.6% increase from 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Budget-tightening constraints of inflation, higher mortgage rates, and housing price gains are constraining consumers from buying houses. Fannie Mae ‘s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, dropped by 4.7 points to 68.5

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

Bill Dallas , president of Finance of America Mortgage , will speak at engage.marketing on the panel: Winning in a red-hot purchase market. Dallas is a mortgage industry veteran, building two mortgage companies from the ground up: First Franklin and Ownit Mortgage Solutions , starting in 1981.

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JUNE 2, 2022

housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. So it’s true to say that turmoil and mortgage outlooks are strange bedfellows, but it’s true. Interest rates are rising, affordability is a challenge, and geopolitical conflicts impact global supply markets.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

The HPSI — which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home — rose a mere 0.8 Unsurprisingly, consumers continue to attribute the challenging conditions to high home prices and unfavorable mortgage rates. points to 66.8 The full index is up 4 points year over year. in June, up from just 0.2%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

I am going to do my best to try to make sense of what is happening with the housing market right now, since the years 2020-2024 have been a talking point of mine for years and my biggest concern since the fall of 2020 has been prices overheating — not having a deflationary collapse. . A short history of the housing crash narrative.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. In terms of sales volume, Dietz expects that new home sales will comprise 15% of transactions on the market in 2023.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 18, 2024

The deepening housing deficit is the root cause of the housing affordability crisis According to Zillow, at its core, the housing market is driven by supply and demand; when the number of people who want a home increases faster than the number of homes available, prices inevitably go up.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Keller kicked off the first day of the two-day gathering by offering his take on the housing market and economic conditions. Despite persistent inflation challenges, a volatile mortgage market and limited inventory, Keller said it was still a good time to buy a house. “It

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 4, 2025

As the industry works to support the American Dream of homeownership, ensuring clear lines of communication between mortgage industry stakeholders and their government partners is more critical than ever. Delivering the mornings Keynote Presentation will be Ed DeMarco , President of the Housing Policy Council. 5:00 p.m.,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and recent data shows that we are at fresh new all-time lows in housing inventory, with mortgage rates and the unemployment rate both under 4% currently. Mortgage demand needs to slow down. Inventory always falls in the fall and winter, but I hoped it wouldn’t be a repeat of 2020.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is looking to finalize a rule that would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hold higher levels of liquidity to protect against any sudden shortfalls, creating a further $10 billion cushion for the publicly-held mortgage companies.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Below, Esser answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” takes a deep dive into what the heck is going on with purchase applications, housing demand and inventory levels.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 20, 2022

The housing market cooled considerably as mortgage rates climbed to their highest levels since 2009. Seasonally adjusted home sales fell 3% month over month, their only May decline on record outside of 2020, when the start of the pandemic sent shockwaves through the housing. Home prices rose 1.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In his role as SVP and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, Duncan is responsible for forecasts and analyses of the economy and the housing and mortgage markets. He also oversees strategic research regarding the potential impact of external factors on the housing industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

“I started as an agent up here in 2009, and I’ve been saying since then the only thing that would slow down the market would be some sort of national or international event,” said Pullin, a managing broker at Skyline Properties. Here’s what to expect in the mortgage application process. Presented by: Citi.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

This ongoing lack of inventory, in part due to mortgage lock-in effects, has driven significantly stronger home price appreciation over the first half of 2023 than we had previously anticipated.” The supply of existing homes is near the 2009 crisis low, and it’s showing no signs of easing. Housing starts surged 18.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The fate of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgages in the ongoing downcycle housing market is being compared with a canary in the coal mine by several industry experts who track the sector and are seeing early warning signs of distress. Rick Sharga, executive vp of marketing at realtytrac.

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