Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced 10 top hot spots for the 2025 housing market based on economic, demographic and housing factors predicted to significantly impact local markets. All areas offer a favorable financing environmenteither with lower proportions of locked-in homeowners or lower mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2021

MSRs are booked as a balance sheet asset when loans are sold into the secondary market and show as book earnings at that time. I will focus here on the tax elements of the two proposals that would directly affect real estate markets. First, the minimum book tax has the same potential to disrupt the MSR market as the proposal in 2017.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Moreover, a majority of Americans (27%) from all income brackets, including the mass affluent and above, reported that they have been compelled to set up a payment plan or other arrangement in order to help with making monthly payments. This is why industry estimates call for a robust 2025 with $2 trillion in expected mortgage originations.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I think the market could be primed to be up a fair amount next year, which I think is a combination of pretty heavy cost reduction efforts and these brokerages getting a lot leaner, I think you are going to see potential for margin expansion with pretty good revenue growth,” said John Campbell of Stephens.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As the rest of the country waits, debates, and predicts an economic recession, the United States housing market has been languishing in a historic one for nearly 3 years. Economists and market participants love airplane analogies (soft landing, no landing) so I’ll dust off my epaulets and declare the state of housing a “crash landing.”

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Unique Properties, Rocket Mortgage Sues HUD, Trump Shifts in Housing Market? Rocket Mortgage Sues HUD Over Regulatory, Enforcement Discrepancies Donald Trumps Second Term Could Bring Significant Shifts to the Housing Market Report: Whats Driving the Recent Refi Boom? Mortgage applications increased 5.4 I was trained to do 3 per day.

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