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Fannie Mae on Q4: Existing home sales will be lowest since 2010

Housing Wire

million on an annualized basis – the lowest since Q3 2010. Compared to October 2022, existing home sales slumped 14.6%, down from 4.44 Fannie Mae expects Q4 seasonally adjusted existing home sales to be 3.9 Total home sales are projected to come in at around 4.8 million in 2023, 4.7 million in 2024 and 5.3 million in 2025. in 2024 and 6.9%

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A Closer Look at YOY Foreclosure Filings 

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million in 2010. housing units, down slightly from 0.25% in 2023, and down from 0.36% in 2019, and down from a peak of 2.23% in 2010. Foreclosure filings in 2024 were also down 89% from a peak of nearly 2.9 The 322,103 properties with foreclosure filings reported on in 2024 represented 0.23% of all U.S.

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The state of US homeownership: Younger buyers hold the key

Housing Wire

My housing economic model started in 2010 and I separated my work into two different timelines. The loan profile of buyers during the post-2010 expansion is excellent. From Census : The homeownership rate of 65.7 percent was virtually the same as the rate in the fourth quarter 2023 (65.7 This leaves a lot of homeowners in place.

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Mortgage Credit Availability Tightens in September 

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The expanded historical series, which spans 2004 to 2010, was developed to give the current series historical context by illuminating changes in loan availability during the previous ten years, including the housing crisis and recession that followed. Note: The expanded historical series from 2004 to 2010 does not include updated methodology.

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CrossCountry Mortgage hires former Pennymac execs

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, Rettinger joined Pennymac in 2010 after holding leadership roles at Bank of America and HSBC. He was then replaced by William Chang, who had joined the company in 2012 after 13 years at Credit Suisse. In October, Chang stepped down and was succeeded by Mark Elbaum. He left in June.

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First American: Home sales are weaker than they seem

Housing Wire

He said this puts todays housing market at sales levels similar to the early 1980s, apart from the brief dip in 2010 that followed the expiration of a first-time homebuyer tax credit. percentage points below the historic pre-pandemic average of 4.8%, according to Fleming.

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Natural disasters like the LA fires will deepen the U.S. housing crisis

Housing Wire

The study notes that from 1976 to 1990, the national birthrate increased by 32%, which eventually led to an influx of young adults moving into cities by 2010. The Great Recession delayed their entry into stable jobs and housing, and by the time they emerged from the recession to buy homes, supply was scarce.

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