Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q3 2024 provides a detailed snapshot of current housing market sentiments and challenges faced by real estate agents, brokers, and mortgage professionals. The survey reveals a generally cautious optimism among these sectors, despite varied expectations regarding market trends over the next three months.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a composite index designed to track the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, decreased by 2.7 Last year, the market experienced record-breaking volume. The post Fannie Mae: Consumers still wary of housing market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

June saw both record-low home price appreciation and the largest single-month increase of for-sale inventory in 12 years, resulting in a cool down in the housing market. And the housing market would likely slow further in the coming months if mortgage rates remain persistently high.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. While the central bank left the benchmark rate unchanged in the target range of 5.25%-5.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

The recent Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have eradicated thousands of residential properties, leaving both physical and financial damage to Southern Californias housing market. What we did is took all of our internal homes, data, inventory, our parcels, and we matched the fire data into that.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 14, 2024

markets that have the “it” factor, as Columbus, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky claimed the top three spots in terms of popularity with online searchers over the past year. Coming in second on the list was Knoxville, Tennessee, recognized as a top emerging housing market in both Summer and the Fall of 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The acquisition gives Compass a firm footprint of high-end homes in an area with an expensive housing market. We are confident that aligning with Compass unlocks clear benefits for WFPs agents and their clients, offering them access to innovative programs, cutting-edge technology , and more inventory within our combined network.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. What’s the role of tech as lenders play the long game in this market?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends across the country. Recently, Bergen County has been home to one of the hottest housing markets in the country. A lack of inventory still exists in Bergen County,” Stokes said. Bergen County, N.J. Charleston, W.V.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

But for the past 12 months, the metro’s housing market has been in complete chaos. “It The Provo-Orem market is growing at a faster rate per capita than really anywhere else in the state of Utah, including our capital, Salt Lake City.”. “So, Companies with offices in “Silicon Slopes” include Domo, Adobe, eBay and Facebook. “We’ve

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Others allocated resources into digital marketing (31.1%), automation technology (26.7%) and market data (19.3%). LenderPulse requests surveys from 24,000 mortgage professionals across the country on market trends and lender opportunities and challenges. in events to garner business. Roughly 47.4% are optimistic.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

With low housing inventory and rapid home-price growth, homeownership can seem less and less attainable for several groups of potential homebuyers. HousingWire sat down with Radian CEO Rick Thornberry to learn more about the state of the housing market and how Radian is helping further homeownership.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry. labor force are not vigorous.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

SB: Some of the challenges are affordability, lack of housing inventory and slow sales. So what that means to me is that we have to give loan officers a platform to be able to better educate their clients, to combat the combination of rates going up and home prices going up you have to empower them to get them prepared for the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. Jim Riccitelli, CEO of Unlock Technologies, said there is about $1.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

In its announcement, Splitero said the move aims to combat rising living expenses and inventory shortages in housing markets nationwide. The company announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding to Florida , Nevada , Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. This move follows a mid-November 2024 expansion to Arizona.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 31, 2025

Home Sales Slow as Prices and Inventory Rise Due to the high cost of purchasing a homemortgage rates are close to 7%, and housing prices are rising 4.8% At $2,753 per month, the median house payment is slightly below the record high set in April. 26) Essentially unchanged Google Trends Key Housing-Market Data National U.S.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

In 2021, HousingWire published an article spotlighting Austin as one of the hottest housing markets in the country. 1 in population growth for eight straight years and The Wall Street Journal named it the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020. It was hard to find a house anywhere — and Austin was no exception.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Inventory issues. All about the rates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

While a lack of inventory still remains an issue, Cohen expects first time buyers to come back to the market now that they’ve become more realistic with mortgage rates and rents soaring. “I I really think until we see inventory move in our favor, it’s still going to be a tough market for a buyer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From a slower housing market to the industrywide business practice changes , there is no doubt that 2024 was a challenging year for real estate brokerages, but Anywhere Real Estate believes these challenges have helped to set it up for success in 2025. The brokerage giant recorded revenue of $5.7

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Further, we will do everything we can to support a strong labor market as we progress toward price stability.He indicated that Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants were targeting the federal funds rate to be at 5.1% by the end of 2024, 4.1% by the end of 2025, and 3.1% by the end of 2026. interest rates for the current 6.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As interest rates ease and housing inventory stabilizes, mortgage companies are likely to start ramping up their recruiting strategies. Graduates of the program commonly find job placements with lenders, technology companies, fintech and proptech firms, or title companies.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The not-for-profit company released an array of data about the Washington market on Tuesday. As journalists who cover what is new, we’d love to tell you that, according to the numbers, the vise grip of low inventory and high demand is weakening. Take inventory. But inventory in the Pacific Northwest is still falling.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

As housing inventory continues to tighten, making it harder to agents to complete transactions and earn commissions, Harley believes that Fathom’s flat fee model will help the brokerage attract even more agents, leading to an increase in the overall number of transactions closed. Core services to bring profitability.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2022

Right after the Great Recession, between 2009 and 2011, buyers viewed a median of 12 homes before purchasing, as inventory was plentiful. From 2004 to 2006, during the housing boom years, even though homes were moving at a rapid pace, buyers typically looked at nine homes. month’s supply of homes. month’s supply of homes.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

With little inventory, home-price growth in the U.S. “While the housing market feels like it has legs that never get tired, inventory and affordability constraints are still expected to put a damper on price growth,” said CoreLogic Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp. hit a record high in June, rising 18.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Growth in the off-campus student housing market creates massive opportunities for property management companies. College enrollment is increasing for the first time since the pandemic, driving off-campus student housing revenue that outpaces multifamily rents in the same markets.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Khater said that homebuyers are soaking up all available inventory, which has improved slightly, while home-price growth is also moderating. How technology can help underwriters work more productively. Housing demand is strong heading into the fall, despite fast-rising home prices and low inventory,” said Kan.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2024

Large institutional investors typically emerged following a raft of defaults and foreclosures stemming from the 2007-08 financial crisis , putting inventory on the market from 2007-09. Additionally, technological advancements allowed companies to acquire and manage large portfolios of single-family homes more easily.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2021

It’s no secret the housing market has seen a surge in the last year. And while housing demand is booming, the industry is still struggling with low inventory. The two companies featured in this section offer platforms that leverage technology so real estate professionals can provide excellent customer service.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2022

Creating a large following on Instagram , he offers updates on the housing market, tips on the home-buying process and so much more. Below, Dhingra answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What were some of your biggest takeaways from last year’s HW Annual event? Embrace it or be pushed out by it. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

As of December 2020, 27% of homeowners and 35% of renters had asked for a housing payment postponement, most commonly due to uncertainty over making payments beyond the next one, Freddie Mac said. The fading concern over making mortgage payments comes amid a period of incredible confidence in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas lender Mid America Mortgage rebranded as Click n’ Close to expand into the mortgage technology industry following the sale of the majority of its retail lending operations. Those savings will be used for additional technology improvements and produce specialized products to address “today’s housing market challenges,” he said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

As the firm looks to the future, executives said they are continuing to focus technological developments. Our investments include internally developed solutions and the deployment of technology through strategic partnerships and alliances. We remain confident that we are well positioned to capitalize on improving market conditions.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

In addition, any reprieve in the housing inventory shortage created by more multifamily units hitting the market is expected to be short-lived. In recent congressional testimony , Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) chief economist Mike Fratantoni pointed out that the housing market is now extremely supply challenged.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

First-time homebuyer activity decreased mostly in part due to the economic effects of the pandemic, but it still remains the most active segment in the purchase space of the housing market. A quick rebound in May moderated the market decline.”. A quick rebound in May moderated the market decline.”.

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