Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The stock market is a funny game. The stock market is at an all-time high, finishing 2020 at record levels. But these gains are a temporary disguise, masking the true future of a volatile market. In 2020, home prices soared by nearly 10% to levels not seen since 2014, all while inventory dropped significantly.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2022

trillion in cash-out refis in 2021, up 20% compared to the prior year, the highest volume since 2005. Cash-out refis went from 36% to more than 60% of all refis from the beginning of 2021 to the fourth quarter. In 2021, homeowners tapped $275 billion in equity. trillion in 2021, up from $4.3

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Revenue and net income were both down for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the third quarter, and the two government sponsored entities (GSEs) expect the housing market to deteriorate further in the fourth quarter. “Credit-related expense for the third quarter was primarily driven by lower actual and projected home prices.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2021

trillion of housing value over the last year, according to a report published by Redfin this week. The report noted that home-price growth and a severe shortage of inventory worked in tandem to push housing values to record highs in 2021. As a result, the value of U.S. homes grew by 31.4% to $8 trillion.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2021

Zillow’s 2021 housing forecast echoes the projections of other industry experts of a rapid acceleration of home value appreciation, with numbers anticipated to be even higher than in 2020. According to Zillow’s Home Value Index, the company expects seasonally adjusted home values to increase by 3.7%

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 8, 2025

According to new Zillow research, Buffalo, New York, is projected to be the hottest major housing market in 2025. This is the first time a market has held the title for consecutive years. What should be the most competitive markets for buyers this year share two characteristics: relative affordability and a dearth of available homes.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For the second consecutive year, Zillows ranking of the most popular markets was dominated by Northeastern cities. While only one West Coast market, which led the way in 2021, made it into the top 10, the Midwest also performed well. As a result, average home values have increased by 7.3%

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 18, 2022

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate was its lowest ever at 2.65% on December 31, 2021. Assuming a $250,000 loan was committed on December 31, 2021, your monthly payment was approximately $1,007 exclusive of escrow for real estate taxes and insurance. Therefore, it begs the question: what will happen to home values?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I have been part of the mortgage banking industry since 1983 — 39 years to date through different housing markets. In many ways it was similar to today, with one exception: When I started, I hadn’t been spoiled by a housing market like the one in 2020 and 2021. The housing market won’t be like this forever.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

However, its important to note that a large number of homes are lying on the market, which results in an accumulation of stale listings, which is one reason why supply is increasing. in Q1 2022 and the lowest share since Q2 2021. have a rate below 3%, the lowest share since Q2 2021. Below 4% : 55.2% Below 3% : 21.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. economy has remained resilient, backed by a very strong labor market, sky-high job openings and low unemployment. in September 2022. The overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The impact is greater in expensive areas of the country and in markets that witnessed significant home price gains in recent years.”. Both a pullback in demand and limited supply remain vexing problems for the housing market. months in October 2021. In October, 24% of homes received over the asking price.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. Both pose threats to access to capital, the cost of materials and labor, and future housing values.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

Local markets spotlights 5 different areas across the country, showcasing what is uniquely happening in those housing markets. Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. The “Queen city of the Ozarks” needs more homes. Augusta, Georgia.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

The nation’s single-family investment-property sector and the lenders serving those borrowers face some major challenges in 2023 as rent growth is slipping, vacancy rates growing, home-value growth faltering, and a possible recession looms. . by the end of 2023,” the MBA’s December market-forecast report states.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In 2021, the FHFA set the baseline conforming loan limit at $548,250 , a 7.5% Median home values exploded across dozens of housing markets across the country in 2021. across the nation, while some markets saw even larger increases. increase from the prior year. House prices increased 18.5%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs). One of those deals made its way to the market this year.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2024

“Sellers, especially those who are locked into a low rate, have been waiting for market conditions to change,” said Danielle Hale, Chief Economist, Realtor.com. On the other hand, September housing data from Realtor.com indicates that the quantity of new listings increased year over year to the highest level recorded in September since 2021.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Median home prices in August fell 0.98% in August, only slightly better than July’s 1.05% monthly decline. The average home price is down 2% ($8,800) from its June peak nationally as we enter the historically slower fall-winter homebuying season. That monthly payment is up $930 from August 2021, a 73% increase. as of Sept.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In a letter to shareholders, Zillow CEO and co-founder Rich Barton and CFO Allen Parker said the company also expects a strong first quarter of 2021. Looking ahead, our Zillow economists have made bold predictions for an even stronger housing market in 2021 than what we experienced in 2020,” the letter states.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 28, 2022

The 2022 housing markets across the U.S. According to the National Association of Realtors, home values increased by 16.9% in 2021, the highest year-over-year increase since 1999. This surge in demand is pressuring the diminishing … The post Hot Market Homes Selling at Record Speeds appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The FHFA had previously extended its multifamily forbearance policies in December, also pushing out options for multifamily mortgages backed by the GSE’s to March 31, 2021. FHFA’s Director Mark Calabria said the company’s recent actions are to “help keep families in their home during the pandemic.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most Canadians prefer to age in their homes. Mansbridge previously collaborated with the bank in 2021, interviewing HomeEquity corporate officials about reverse mortgages and retirement. In a 30-second TV spot, Mansbridge takes a stage to answer questions from an audience resembling a press pool.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

As the first quarter of 2021 nears its end, a recent Redfin report shows both good and bad news for Black homeowners. The positive: Homeowners in primarily Black neighborhoods earned an average of $59,000 in home equity in 2020, compared with $50,000 for homeowners in primarily white neighborhoods between 2019 through January 2021.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Amid the surging rates, the refinance market is nearing the bottom. drop in rate/term refi, according to Black Knight ’s origination market report. With interest rates now at their highest level in 20 years, the refi market is rapidly approaching a bottom,” Scott Happ, president of Optimal Blue, a division of Black Knight, said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Homeowners 62 and older saw their collective home equity levels drop in the fourth quarter of 2023 by roughly $119 billion to $12.84 This is according to the Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), a measure of senior-held home equity from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) and data analytics firm RiskSpan.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2022

Just how bad was the mortgage market in June , when rates climbed north of 6%? June’s data represents how interest rate-dependent the originations market has become, said Scott Happ, president of Optimal Blue, a division of Black Knight. Purchase rate lock volume is down nearly 16% from June 2021. in June.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And homes in many communities have shot up in value in recent years, leading to tax increases through reassessments. But opinions differ on how much impact higher taxes are having on local housing and mortgage markets. “I The market has since cooled off, but taxes are going up. In 2022, the average tax on a U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 22, 2024

The number of zombie foreclosures in the United States has reached its lowest level since 2021, according to a new report from ATTOM Data, a property data provider. housing market. or one in 76 homes. or one in 76 homes. housing market,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM. housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. Nobody was doing buydowns in 2020 and 2021 [when 30-year fixed mortgage rates were in the 3% range]. in November, down from a 9.2%

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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 Annualized price appreciation slowed to 10.7% in September, a 1.2%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This is according to the Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), a measure of senior-held home equity maintained by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) in partnership with data analytics firm RiskSpan. billion) increase in senior home values, which was offset by a 0.89% (or $20.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. Freddie Mac projects that home-price growth will average 12.8%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

NAR’s Housing Wealth Gains for the Rising Middle-Class Markets study examined the distribution of housing wealth between 2010 and 2020 across income groups in 917 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. Despite this decrease, some markets such as Los Angeles and New York, still saw housing wealth rise due to increasing home prices.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2023

The fix-and-flip market has seen a boom in recent years, with more than 407,000 homes flipped in 2022, a 14% increase from 2021 and a 58% increase from 2020, according to a recent report by real estate data firm ATTOM. ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales last year — 8.4% — involved fix-and-flip investors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is also an adage that is holding true in some of the nation’s more expensive housing markets including California , Florida and Washington State , according to reverse mortgage professionals in these areas that spoke with RMD. Tom O’Donoghue “I’ve seen a lot of interest in FAR’s ‘EquityAvail’ program,” O’Donoghue said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

amid a combination of declining home values and rising tax bills,” according to an Attom news release. Nationally, the average home value dipped 1.7% as the decade-long housing market boom cooled in 2023, especially in the second half of the year as median sales prices declined. This was based on analysis of U.S.

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