Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Mortgage tech firm Blend has launched a lower-cost version of its mortgage suite for retail independent mortgage banks, the company announced this week. This offering, called Blend IMB Essentials, includes many of the same features of its standard offering for mortgage lenders. of Blend told HousingWire. “The

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Total housing inventory growth has been slow in 2023, but with rising mortgage rates over the last few months, inventory has grown a bit faster than average. The question now is: Have we hit the seasonal peak in inventory for 2023? Last year, according to Altos Research , the seasonal peak for housing inventory was Oct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Reverse mortgage volume dropped in February compared to the month prior, and new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) shows that the primary culprit for the month was retail reverse mortgage originations. The retail channel volume decrease of 15.7% effectively “masked” a gain of 3.9%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

properties sold at foreclosure auction, showed that this trend is being fueled by rising levels of inventory on the retail market. Data from Altos Research found that the inventory of single-family homes for sale was up 40% year over year at the end of July. from May to June. from May to June.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2024

In 2023, following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank , the spreads between the 30-year mortgage and 10-year yield were at their worst, leading to new cycle highs. This meant mortgage rates were significantly higher than average. Mortgage spreads Last year, the 10-year yield hit 5% and mortgage rates got above 8%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Last week we saw a noticeable decline in new listings and active inventory was barely positive. Does this mean housing inventory has begun its seasonal decline? That said, I hope we extend inventory growth longer before the seasonal decline. Here are the numbers, according to Altos Research : Weekly inventory change (Sept.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is in spite of the possibility that mortgage rates will decline as a result of the Federal Reserve’s September 50 basis point cut to the federal funds interest rate. According to the survey’s findings, more local community developers who buy at auction see the state of the market as a disadvantage rather than an advantage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pretax net loss of $645 on each loan they originated in the first quarter of 2024 — a decrease from the average loss of $2,109 per loan in Q4 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA) newest quarterly performance report.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2023

The housing market welcomed the news of lower mortgage rates last week after four reports showed that the labor market isn’t as tight as it seems and that the fear of 1970s-entrenched inflation was a lousy narrative. Active inventory rose by 823 single-family homes and new listing data is trending at all-time lows.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

An often misguided premise I see on social media is that lower mortgage rates are doing nothing for housing demand. Purchase application data First, purchase apps is the fastest way to look for positive or negative data at higher or lower mortgage rates. Weekly housing inventory data Higher rates lead to more inventory.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. Inventory remains exceptionally low and is restraining sales activity in much of the District.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

Since May 29, we’ve witnessed a decline in the 10-year yield, which has been favorable for mortgage rates. 10-year yield and mortgage rates After the intense jobs week data , we ran straight into CPI and PPI inflation week, with a Fed meeting thrown in! Once mortgage rates began rising in 2024, some demand was removed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2024

Mortgage rates headed higher last week after the CPI inflation report , but now, with news of a wider war in the Middle East, should we expect even higher rates? 10-year yield and mortgage rates There is nothing good to report on mortgage rates from last week. The week ahead will answer some of those questions early on.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2024

18 and mortgage rates and bond yields headed higher. But, we have to remember that mortgage rates had already made an almost 2% move lower since the highs of 2023 without rate cuts, as the bond market always gets ahead of the Fed. This explains the rise in mortgage rates since the Fed cut rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The most underreported housing story I’ve seen this year is that even with mortgage rates rising to 8%, the number of homes that took price cuts before they sold was 4% below 2022 levels. This happened even with higher home prices and higher mortgage rates in 2023. Now lets take a look at the weekly inventory data.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

The typically busy spring housing market seems to already be at the doorstep despite stubbornly higher mortgage rates. Mortgage applications increased by 9.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ending March 1, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. The report noted that “most bankers reported that residential mortgage demand remained weak.” In other markets, inventory growth accelerated substantially from the previous report.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage laid off around 170 employees in March, another case of a top-25 mortgage lender paring back its workforce due to a more challenging origination landscape. . compared to the previous year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. The higher-rate landscape is affecting all mortgage companies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Condos in Florida have to be next level,” said one retail lending executive. ” A combination of soaring insurance rates and new regulations on condo association reserves and building maintenance work has created a surge in condo inventory in Florida.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their descent this week to mark their lowest level since May 2023, welcome news for homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines for rates to drop. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% 12 compared to a week earlier.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Mortgage demand picked up last week as lower interest rates steered homebuyers back into the market, but activity remains weaker than a year ago because of limited inventory. Mortgage applications increased by 3.7% Mortgage applications increased by 3.7% The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.63% as of Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Mortgage demand was weaker last week as interest rates moved higher across the board. Mortgage applications decreased by 2.3% 9, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.64% as of Feb. Last week, refis comprised 34.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The holiday season is here, and despite higher mortgage rates last week, housing demand is displaying some festive resilience. Mortgage rates picked up last week, though that hasnt significantly impacted our pending contract data, which is showing some positive year-over-year growth when we compare it to 2022 and 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2024

Are we seeing the start of a market shift in mortgage demand? Notably, mortgage rates have been gradually declining, and we’ve observed back-to-back positive weeks in purchase application data for the first time since mid-March. For now, we just had back-to-back weeks of positive growth, with mortgage rates still around 7%.

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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

MARCH 15, 2022

HousingWire: Let’s start with a bang Logan, will the inventory crisis end this year? The goal for inventory is to get back to 1.52-1.93 Inventory is about to increase as it always does during this year. Thus nullifying any mortgage yield declines? Back to the inventory crisis. However, we are far from that.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Retail lender Guild Mortgage announced Monday the acquisition of First Centennial Mortgage, a privately-held Illinois-based lender with 15 branches predominantly in the Midwest and a presence in 17 states. Guild has been acquiring lenders to expand in local markets in a purchase mortgage-focused environment.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Mortgage application volume for the week ending June 3 dropped 6.5%, sliding to the lowest level in 22 years, driven by weakness in purchase and refinance applications. Purchase mortgage rates, after hitting a 13-year high of 5.27% in May, fell for three consecutive weeks, according to the Freddie Mac PMMS. of total applications.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

Despite a decline in mortgage rates last week, mortgage application volume was down 1.2% The decline, as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA’s) Market Composite Index, continued to be led by a drop in the refinance share of mortgage activity, which has been consistent for more than two months. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Demand for mortgage loans declined last week as the markets continue to exert pressure on rates. With the 30-year fixed-rate hovering above the 6% level again , there’s no sign of a rebound in applications yet, despite a robust job market and growing housing inventory. Refinance share of all mortgage activity increased to 30.7%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2023

Last week ended with a wild ride for mortgage rates. We anticipated the two inflation reports could help mortgage rates, however, we had a bad bond auction last Thursday, and the 10-year yield rose sharply. Weekly active inventory grew slowly again and purchase apps were down week to week again.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mortgage applications decreased 13.1% 18 to the lowest level since December 2019, as mortgage rates eclipsed the 4% mark. The Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s seasonally adjusted refi index fell 15.6% retail residential mortgage applications. for the week ending Feb. of total applications last week, from 52.8%

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Mortgage applications declined by 2.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ending June 28, according to data released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The trade group cited upward movement in mortgage rates as the key reason why. of all activity. of activity, unchanged during the week.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Higher interest rates in recent weeks have made a dent in housing activity, bringing down mortgage demand. Mortgage applications decreased by 5.6% 23, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey. However, mortgage rates above 7% sure don’t help.” the previous week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

AnnieMac Home Mortgage appointed Ian Aubourg to the role of senior vice president of retail sales, the Mount Laurel, New Jersey -based lender announced Monday. In his new position at AnnieMac, Aubourg will tap into his leadership skills to drive growth and improve the mortgage experience for clients.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Higher mortgage rates did not scare away potential homeowners last week. Plenty of buyers, but not enough homes for sale,” California-based mortgage loan officer Dan Stone, who works with hundreds of mortgage lenders, told HousingWire. The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report confirms Stone’s perceptions.

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