Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The NAHB attributes the increase to the slight easing of mortgage rates , which the trade organization feels is a signal that the housings market might be turning, despite builders still dealing with high construction costs and supply chain issues. Builders are continuing to offer a variety of incentives.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

He is the CEO and Founder of Bluebird Lending, a national private lender servicing real estate developers and investors with an array of loan products to acquire, construct, and refinance residential and multifamily properties. It happened by accident in 2013. Q: How did you first get your start in the industry?

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2022

This data line confirms what we all know to be the case: The housing market, at least as it relates to construction, is in a recession. We talked about this in March , and even last year, when I wrote about the problem with the housing construction boom premise. “I don’t expect a boom in housing construction.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

Due to massive losses in the servicing sector outnumbering professional and construction job gains, the raw number of nonfarm payroll employment fell by 140,000 – the first decline since April of last year. More workers in the sector should support the faster pace of housing construction the market needs,” Fratantoni said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 775,000 in February — the sharpest month-over-month decline since 2013, according to estimates by the U.S. While some economists pointed to harsh weather as a likely deterrent of February home sales, others noted the plague of rising home prices, limited inventory and the uptick in mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In contrast, multifamily starts fell 16.4%, to one of the slowest monthly paces since 2013, not including this past April.” ” Mortgage Bankers Association Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni noted that single-family permits jumped 24.3% . “The former rose 8.5% over the month to 1.1

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

Kiavi, founded in 2013 and led by CEO Michael Bourque, expanded to three states in June and now operates in 32 states and Washington, D.C. The lender was planning to offer construction loans but rising interest rates put a halt to that and forced Kiavi to issue pink slips. . Employees will be terminated on Friday, July 15.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The reasons for that are solid demographics and low mortgage rates , which will not change much in 2021. months, builders will halt the rate of growth for new construction plans as they did in 2018 and again for a brief period this year. months, the builders are ok with construction as long as new home sales grow.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

A coalition of trade organizations — including the American Bankers Association (ABA), the Housing Policy Council (HPC), the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and U.S. historical dataset. “We that use trended credit bureau data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Then, mortgage rates plummeted to historic-lows , opening the homebuying floodgates and propelling prices skyward. Finally, lumber and other building materials are still scarce, forcing construction companies to delay projects and prevent an inventory build-up. December 2020’s 10.4%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

Tuesday’s new home sales report missed expectations and had negative revisions, which isn’t surprising given this sector of our economy simply can’t handle higher mortgage rates. We had missed sales estimates in 2013, 2014 and 2015. This time, we have less production of homes and more multifamily construction.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

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. Recently, mortgage rates have been a primary driver of the negative headlines that serve to incite panic over an imminent housing crash. housing market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. From 2013 to 2022 I forecasted price growth every year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2022

As the 10-year yield broke above 1.94% and mortgage rates rose, we saw the impact on housing data. As you can see below, the inventory keeps falling from 2014 levels, and even with the weakness in demand this year, we are nowhere close to 2013 levels, let alone 2018 levels. It’s an excellent time to discuss housing inventory.

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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.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Then in 2018, when mortgage rates got to 5%, we had a supply shock for the builders, which in essence stalled out construction for 30 months.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 5, 2024

And while new construction may be necessary to create slack in the market, over the longer term, the rebalancing needed will originate from lower rates that ease the lock-in effect. O’Loughlin is a Senior Director in Fitch Ratings’ North American Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Group, and is based on New York.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The last time we had a consistent downtrend in existing home sales was back in 2013-2014. Mortgage rates followed, which dampened demand. Plus, we have solid demographics and low mortgage rates. months, builders pull back, and new construction stalls. It was more noticeable than what we saw in 2018.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Then in 2018, when mortgage rates got to 5%, we had a supply shock for the builders, which in essence stalled out construction for 30 months.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 14, 2024

Applications for mortgages for new home purchases increased 2% in April compared with March and were up 22.1% compared with April 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS). percent in April, higher than the survey average of 18 percent dating back to 2013.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

So far this year, with the rise in mortgage rates, it is still trending better than I thought it would have with rates over 5%. Then the bond market will sniff this out and send bond yields lower, which means mortgage rates will fall. New home sales fall, which will create a slowdown in housing construction.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2021, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO Mat Ishbia set a three-year goal to make UWM the No. Ishbia, who started running his father’s mortgage firm in 2013 and has since grown it into the country’s No. 2 lender, isn’t satisfied with second place, behind Rocket Mortgage. “I 1 lender in the country.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Despite the year-over-year increase in both listing and closed listings, rising interest rates, combined with a continued pandemic-related material shortages and construction delays, suggest that the shortfall of affordable rentals is unlikely to reverse before the end of 2022,” the HouseCanary report states.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 30, 2024

She was promoted to VP in 2010, COO in 2013, and CEO in 2016. She is leader in a male-dominated industry, and has become a role model for other women looking to advance in the construction space. Join us at the Five Star Conference 2024 , where visionaries meet opportunities and shape the mortgage industry’s future together.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

She was promoted to VP in 2010, COO in 2013, and CEO in 2016. Brooks remains a leader in a male-dominated industry, and has become a role model for other women looking to advance in the construction space. Click here for the full agenda for the 2024 Five Star Conference.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

As a surge in new multifamily rental units has slowed down rent growth, single-family construction is starting to lift for-sale inventories. Under Palmer’s leadership, Taylor Morrison has been successful in creating trustworthy relationships with both internal and external customers.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Due to her commitment to fostering a collaborative work environment, she’s received several company awards, including the Perfect Circle Award (2013 and 2014) for top performance in production and units. In 2017, she was named Regional Manager of the Year.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 30, 2021

While the Federal Reserve is probably still at least a year away from raising the federal funds rate, the central bank is beginning to focus on when to reduce its purchases of treasuries and mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Fortunately, we do have some history to point to — the taper tantrum of 2013. months worth of supply.

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Empire Appraisal Group

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many Americans think local governments should incentivize additional dwelling unit (ADU) and tiny home construction to address housing shortages. But nearly 75% think local governments should incentivize ADU and tiny home construction to address housing shortages. Can Tiny Homes Help the Housing Shortage? Why tiny homes? .

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Appraisal Today

JULY 21, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on changing real estate market, interest rate forecasts, non lender appraisals, foreclosures way down from 2008, Freddie and ANSI, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Varies widely around the country. == Mortgage applications increased 1.1

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Liability, Bias, reviewers with little experience, GSE modernization, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Thorne, was best known for his use of steel in residential construction. November 15, 2023) — Mortgage applications increased 2.8

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Wells Fargo, other mortgage lenders under scrutiny for mortgage pricing exceptions: CNBC December 11, 2023 Excerpts: Wells Fargo, once the largest mortgage lender in America, was accused of discrimination through the common industry practice of offering mortgage loan discounts to select borrowers, CNBC reported.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Non-lender appraisals, dealing with lender hassles, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = $36M Beachfront Beauty on Maui Hawaii Excerpts: What exactly makes this oceanside manse on Maui so desirable? Investor purchases of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2021

Demand for homes will be bolstered by an improving job market, favorable demographic trends, and mortgage rates that, while rising, are still low from a historical perspective. The improving economic picture is putting upward pressure on mortgage rates, which have moved above 3% in recent weeks for 30-year fixed-rate loans.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 23, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on mortgage rate forecast, Humor, adjustments, George Dell, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Last remodel: 2013.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie and Competency, mortgage rates, extraordinary assumptions, vacant l and, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. I used Hypothetical Assumptions for new construction, of course. =. Off and on the market since 2013. Excerpts: The 1.76-acre

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2022

Parking stalls in the Puget Sound region increased by 13% from 2013 to 2018, while the population increased by 9% and housing rose by only 6%, according to local data sources. Mortgage rates have risen by about 1.6 An $800,000 mortgage last year at 3% would require a monthly payment of about $3373. soaring interest rates (bad!)

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