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Risks of nonbank mortgage sellers and servicers revisited

Housing Wire

The origination period of the analysis was 2000-2015 to allow for loan seasoning and two models were estimated: one with a definition of default as a loan becoming 90 days past due or worse, and the second a loan becoming 180 days past due or worse. These were 2000-2003, 2004-2008Q2, 2008Q3-2011, and 2012-2015. Specifically, the 1.9

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Housing inventory fell last week. Have sellers called it quits?

Housing Wire

However, with the recent spike in mortgage rates , it’s possible some sellers are just going to call it quits. New listings data One place to see whether home sellers are calling it quits is our new listings data, which would clearly show if home sellers are reluctant to list their homes. Weekly inventory change (Oct.

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FHFA and Ginnie Mae relax proposed seller servicer requirements

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Ginnie Mae are walking back some of the more controversial proposed eligibility requirements for sellers, servicers and issuers they oversee. Institutions with less than $1 billion in originations during a 12 month period would be exempt — a new carveout the agencies said is for “small sellers.”.

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These are the hottest housing markets in America

Housing Wire

from July’s total, which is slightly larger than the 2015-2019 July-to-August drop of 2.1%, the report found. Although this decrease is in line with the 2015 through 2019 average July-to-August drop of 1%, it still marks a 13.2% The report analyzes MLS data from 51 U.S. metropolitan areas and includes all residential properties.

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Daren Blomquist’s 2023 housing outlook

Housing Wire

The 29% average purchase discount was also well above the pre-pandemic average of 22% between 2015 and 2019. Home sales bottoming out as sellers eventually capitulate on price. Assuming mortgage rates do not drop substantially in 2023, sellers will eventually need to capitulate on price to adjust to this new reality.

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Utah Realtors boycotted Homie listings over 1.5% buyer broker commission: antitrust lawsuit

Housing Wire

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, real estate startup Homie Technologies claims that home seller consumers were not the only ones harmed by the real estate industry’s allegedly anticompetitive practices. Buyers using Homie would receive some or all of any BAC offered by the seller,” the complaint states.

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Mortgage rates hold steady ahead of jobs report

Housing Wire

Most home sellers are buyers of homes, so the action we are seeing this year is a healthy step in the right direction to get more balance in the housing market ,” Mohtashami wrote on Saturday. For context, active listings during the same time frame in 2015 were substantially higher at 958,304.

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