Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2022

We are in a unique moment in the history of housing. We interviewed more than 25 mortgage industry experts to gather the best insights, strategies, and recommendations to pivot and win in today’s market. 2022 State of the Mortgage Industry: Affordability and Inventory. Inventory rising, historically low.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Limited inventory, supply chain disruptions and concerns about inflation have led economists at Fannie Mae to lower their mortgage origination forecasts for the remainder of this year and into 2022. The reason for the slowdown stems from a problem that continues to persist: a lack of inventory. trillion from the $4.36

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for next year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. Any market characterized by rising demand against insufficient supply is Econ 101 for price growth.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It is very good news for the housing market, which has suffered greatly from the affects of rate hikes over the last nine months. from a year ago, suggesting that supply-chain issues may be easing. Housing market observers are watching closely. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Theoretically, new construction should be bolstered by the acute shortage of housing on the market,” Point2 said. However, with supply chain issues piling up and loan rates for builders continuing to rise, developers’ confidence is going in the opposite direction.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

The one thing that has happened in 2022 that has been worse is that national inventory levels have worsened in 2022 to start the year. Due to this reality, I have downgraded the housing market from unhealthy housing to a savagely unhealthy housing market. Inventory has been falling for years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, due to the supply chain lag, it took too long to build homes over the last several years. The upside to that is that the builders have this backlog keeping construction workers employed and creating more supply to fight inflation next year. Except, we had one bit of good news.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Homebuilder confidence continued to rise in October despite increasing affordability issues due to rising material prices and ongoing shortages, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report released on Monday. Treasuries and mortgage-backed debt.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

A key source of affordable housing inventory was cut in half over the last three years, resulting from well-intended but heavy-handed efforts to keep delinquent borrowers in homes. That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2021

Homebuilder confidence remained unchanged in the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report , holding steady at 83 for newly built single-family homes in May. The Northeast and Midwest both saw significant drops of four and three points, respectively, to 82 and 75.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

“This transaction volume is taking place against a backdrop of continuous supply chain and labor disruptions.”. months supply. Buyers are facing a housing market that looks to be as competitive as ever,” Handy said in a statement. This is an increase of 3.3%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

For the first time in nearly a year, homebuilder confidence moved into positive territory thanks to strong consumer demand , limited competition from the existing home sales market , and an improving supply chain. The score in June was 55, up five points from May.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. High mortgage rates and home prices quelled the surge in buyer demand, and time seems to have moderated the supply chain shocks.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Horton , the nation’s largest homebuilder by gross revenue and total closings, this week released its second quarter earnings for the fiscal year, which executives deemed “outstanding,” despite ongoing supply chain challenges , “a very tight labor market ,” and the massive uptick in mortgage rates. per diluted share.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

A stunning rise in mortgage rates, historically low levels of inventory , and skyrocketing housing prices are fueling consumer pessimism. Fannie Mae ‘s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, which tracks the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, dropped by 2.1 It’s a depressing combination.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

above where they were a year ago, when COVID-related procedures froze the new home market in place. Related supply chain issues have resulted in a big jump in the price of a new home over the past year. “Policymakers must take action to improve supply-chains in order to protect housing affordability.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

Housing completions were at a rate of 1.045 million in April, just 0.1% million — proof that builders are delaying housing starts due to the marked increase in costs for lumber and other materials, said Mike Fratantoni, Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s chief economist. above the March rate of 1.04

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2021

The housing market is no stranger to supply constraints. In doing so, he noted, three-quarters of the supply chain simply wasn’t produced. The post Doug Duncan and the housing market’s supply conundrum appeared first on HousingWire. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The housing market over the summer of 2021 appears to have settled at a level lower than the surge in the second half of 2020 into early 2021,” Ben Ayers, a senior economist at Nationwide , said in a statement. Sales of new homes were down 24.3% higher than August 2020.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

Rising home prices, limited inventory and the uptick in mortgage rates continued to deter some homebuyers last month as sales of existing homes fell 6.6% The median existing-home price for all housing types in February was $313,000, up 15.8% Fannie Mae on how to make housing more affordable. 2020, as prices rose in every region.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, as with other parts of the economy, low housing inventory and price increases have dampened sales. Housing is in a similar phase of the economic cycle as many other consumer goods. Census Bureau reported that housing starts hit 1,534,000 for July, missing estimates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

For the first time since September 2021, homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes has dropped below the 80-point mark, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which was released on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Consumer desire for homeownership paired with a low supply of for-sale homes were the main contributors to a red-hot housing market in 2021. However, the data vendor said that the market is beginning shift. months of supply. On a month-over-month basis, home price gains rose by 1.3% by December 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

And inventory shortages are the culprit. Despite the decline, many industry observers see big potential for the housing market in the year ahead. It’s no secret that low mortgage rates and societal shifts brought on by COVID-19 have collided to form a red-hot housing market. January was illustrative.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

This is clearly a positive sign given the remarkably low levels of inventory on the market.” The pace of construction should continue to increase, particularly if supply-chain constraints begin to loosen,” he said. from June as an indicator to watch for.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

“We immediately reach out to an insurance agent to see the insurability of the house because it is becoming more and more of a problem,” Armstrong, a Compass agent in San Diego, told HousingWire’s Brooklee Han in a feature we published Tuesday. That comes with its own risks – in many cases, wildfires.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And with the ability to buy down consumers’ mortgage rates while still maintaining double-digit margins, new construction grew to comprise roughly 30% of total housing inventory in 2023, more than double a normal year. In terms of sales volume, Dietz expects that new home sales will comprise 15% of transactions on the market in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Despite the volatile mortgage rate environment and overall economic uncertainty, homebuilder confidence slowly continues to rise, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report, released Wednesday. The existing home sales market is significantly bigger than new homes.)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Rising mortgage rates and paltry inventory will make things harder for homebuyers as well. Even as the availability of existing homes is improving, prices remain high due to homebuyer demand and limitations on housing starts and permits resulting from the ongoing labor and material shortages,” Khater said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

A number of economists say rising rates may just be what the industry needs to cool the insane housing demand the market has been struggling to maintain for months. Increased inventory was the initial hope. Policymakers must address building material supply chain issues to help the economy sustain solid growth in 2021.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

For the first time in nearly a year, homebuilder confidence moved into positive territory thanks to strong consumer demand , limited competition from the existing home sales market , and an improving supply chain. The score in June was 55, up five points from May.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Homebuyers flocked to what little inventory existed in January, with existing-home sales rising 6.7% percent sales growth in January was good news, the drop in for-sale inventory to an all-time low at 860,000 units is a cause for concern,” said Joel Kan, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s AVP of economic and industry forecasting.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This is good news for homebuilders who have continued to struggle with supply chain issues, rising commodity prices and labor shortages as they try to keep up with demand. With the inventory of existing homes so low, new construction is playing a larger role in the greater housing inventory landscape.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Higher material costs , a lack of inventory and labor continue to drive demand, pushing up home prices. Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union , noted that some builders are slowing production in hopes prices will come down as the supply chain recovers. Presented by: MCT.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Today, escalating real estate costs—particularly in high-cost areas—are pricing millions of Americans out of the housing market. This could provide the financial flexibility needed to make homeownership achievable for those priced out of the current market. In the 1970s, home prices aligned more closely with income levels.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

Purchase mortgage rates have risen faster in the last three months than at any time since May 1994, climbing ever closer to the 5% mark due to a combination of rising inflation , the war in Ukraine, and disruptions to the supply chain. Normally, a period of rising mortgage rates cools housing prices. compared to March 2020.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 12, 2024

MortgagePoint recently had the opportunity to chat with Cullen to discuss the nation’s housing shortage issue and actions that can be taken to remedy this situation. housing inventory so tight right now, how can vacant properties play a role? Q: What can be done to ease the national home inventory shortage? Q: With U.S.

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