Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

RIP 2023 — Whew, that was a year none of us would like to live through again. RealTrends has been tracking housing market data since 1979, including households, home sales, average mortgage rates , etc. The factor for 2023 was 3.58%. Another startling fact was that 2023 saw just over 4 million existing home sales.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 23, 2024

In 2023, 2,520 different multifamily lenders provided a total of $246.2 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) annual report of the multifamily lending market. billion of multifamily mortgages originated in 2023 went to a variety of investors.

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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. The overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

A paradoxical picture is emerging as the spring market is underway. On the one hand, elevated mortgage rates continue to erode buyers’ purchasing power, and in some markets, home prices are falling. All major housing market metrics point to a restrained housing market. What can we expect in 2023?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. The HousingWire Marketing Leaders award recognizes outstanding professionals who have demonstrated excellence in marketing within mortgage and real estate. Click here to nominate someone.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

San Diego-based lender Guild Mortgage lost money in 2023 but grew its market share through a focus on purchase mortgage originations, it reported in an earnings call on Tuesday. million in 2023, compared to net income of $328.6 million, down from $29 million in Q3 2023. million in 2023 — including a net loss of $26.8

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2023

In its third year, HousingWire’s Marketing Leaders award is recognizing the marketers in housing who represent the brains and creativity behind the growth and success of their organizations. This year’s list includes a diverse group of marketing minds who come from many different aspects of housing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 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. We might only be a few weeks into 2023, but these first weeks have been rich with informative data. was $414,900.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021. percentage points in early December, when historically that spread has ranged between 1 to 2 percentage points.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, home prices would crash, and we would see the housing market of 2008 all over again. We created this weekly tracker at the end of 2022 to give people a live weekly outlook on everything that drives the housing market and which factors to follow.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

As existing home sales dropped to the lowest level it has seen in nearly three decades in 2023 , title insurance premium volume also took a hit. In 2023, the title insurance industry generated $15.1 The five states with the largest title premium volumes in 2023 were Texas ($2.26 of the market, putting it in sixth place.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite mass layoffs in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, mortgage professionals still see opportunities in the market. Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). in events to garner business. were from the Northeast 16.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market continues to look bleak for 2023. Major factors that will shape the RMBS market include a dramatic reduction in origination volume and mortgage lenders exiting the business , according to a report from DBRS Morningstar on the outlook of the industry. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. Fitch Ratings expects a challenging 2023 — at least in the near term — while the industry right-sizes from the $4 trillion production volume that occurred during the pandemic boom years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Overall, an estimated 1.413 million units were started in 2023, a drop of 9.0% Looking ahead, homebuyers who may be looking to purchase a new construction home may continue to struggle with lack of inventory in 2024, as the overall estimated number of building permits issued in 2023 was down 11.7% compared to 2022. monthly and 6.1%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

The landscape for home flipping across the country was challenging in 2023 as fewer single-family homes and condominiums were flipped and investment returns on these projects declined. A total of 308,922 single-family homes and condos were flipped in 2023, down 29.3% in 2023, the lowest level posted since 2007.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We’ll release the HousingWire 2025 Forecast paper in the next week or so where we’ll lay out our expectations, scenarios, and data to track for the real estate market in the coming year. This has been true all year long, starting in the fourth quarter of 2023. We’re also at the seasonal decline time for the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Existing home sales dropped to their lowest level in nearly 30 years in 2023, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), released Friday. In 2023, 4.09 Prospective homebuyers have been shut out of the market by a lack of inventory. million existing homes were sold, the fewest since 1995.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

9, 2022, not only helped the housing market build more homes, but it also boosted the U.S. economy because single-family permits grew in 2023. This differs from the existing home sales market, which generates less income since there are fewer transactions. months and below, this is an excellent market for builders.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. Market indicators so far appear tentatively promising.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , was in the red again in 2023 as it reported a GAAP net loss of $390 million. The Detroit-headquartered lender reported a GAAP net loss of $233 million in Q4 2023, following a GAAP net gain of $115 million in Q3. Rocket originated $17 billion in mortgages in Q4 2023, down from $22.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

After a year of challenge in the reverse mortgage industry, the major lenders in the industry look a bit different for calendar year 2023 when compared with recent years past. Mutual of Omaha saw its HECM volume grow 8% over year-end 2022 levels and saw its market share more than double to 20.4%.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

What’s the real estate market going to do in 2023? UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 1/12/23 McKissock Webinar (register here) 1/18/23 WCR Market Update in Cameron Park (register here) 1/19/23 Big market update at SAR on Zoom (register here) 1/20/23 […]. Scroll quickly or digest slowly.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Forecast Event. Here’s what that buyer behavior in the second half of 2022 is telling us about two key retail market trends in 2023: 1.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 12, 2024

Over the past few years, investors have reduced their homebuying activity, but their activity has continued to outpace the market as a whole. Nevertheless, compared to the history of the data (which dates back to 2001), 2023 saw the second-highest share of investor purchases. in 2023 compared to the previous year, surpassing the 20.4%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

in 2023, with a net gain of 377,000 Hispanic owner households from the previous year. million Hispanic households own their home, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals ( NAHREP ) said in its 2023 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report released on Tuesday. In total, more than 9.5 of overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) held its short-term policy interest rate steady at a range of 5.25% to 5.5% It was the fourth pause recorded in 2023. In 2023, the Fed hiked the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter-point at four meetings, most recently in July. million in Q2 2023. million in Q2 2022 to 1.2

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

the parent of digital lender Better.com , narrowed its net loss between the third and fourth quarters of 2023 by more than 80%, driven by expense cuts to its platform and marketing efforts. Going forward, Better is focused on driving market share and reaching profitability in the medium term. million in full year 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In a high-rate environment, Pennymac Financial Services delivered profits in 2023, mainly due to the performance of its servicing portfolio. million net income in 2023, down from $475.5 million net income in 2023, down from $475.5 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) in 2023, down 9% year over year. billion.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Federal Reserve ’s 50 basis-point interest rate cut in September is already making an impact on housing markets across the country. That is the slowest rate of growth since July 2023. Underscoring the market slowdown is the fact that prices declined 1% from July to August. “The during the year ending August 2024.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

As the mortgage and real estate markets continue to face challenges, nearly 800,000 low down payment home purchases in 2023 leveraged private mortgage insurance (PMI), with first-time homebuyers accounting for 64% of the total. This is according to a new report published by U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI).

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Home equity lending in 2023 grew by only 1.5% Home equity originations were relatively flat in 2023 compared to 2022,” Walsh said in a statement. Even as debt has ticked upward, greater levels of home equity afforded by a run-up in home prices during and after the COVID-19 pandemic continue to illustrate potential for the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In December 2023, a startling rumor started to spread on social media — that large institutional buyers had purchased 44% of the available homes on the market in 2023, leaving policymakers concerned with the potentially predatory grip of these entities. HousingWire lead analyst Logan Mohtashami immediately debunked the claim.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

Active weekly housing inventory growth slowed slightly last week, but it’s still running at a healthier clip than in 2023. Weekly housing inventory data We’ve now had back-to-back weeks of healthy housing inventory growth and spring 2024 is much healthier than spring 2023. Last year, we never hit that target. 2022: 19.2%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Independent mortgage banks ( IMBs ) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks lost an average of $1,056 on each loan they originated in 2023, down from an average loss of $301 per loan in 2022, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). billion (6,021 loans) per company in 2023, down from $2.6

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

retailer by market capitalization reported $40.2 from Q3 2023 despite a drop in big-ticket remodeling projects that were attributed to higher interest rates and economic uncertainty. in Q3 2023. per share, in Q3 2023. The world’s largest home improvement retailer and fourth-largest U.S. Revenue was up 6.6%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2024

First-time homebuyers made up 55% of agency purchase mortgages in 2023, according to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) eMBS data, the highest such share in the 10 years ICE has been tracking the metric. The first was Q1 2023, and Q4 the second. That’s the highest share in the 10 years we’ve been tracking the metric.”

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