Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

On DS5: Inside the Industry, Michael Ruiz, Director, Supplier Diversity for Fannie Mae discusses a lesser-known area of D&I in the mortgage industry—”the peculiar world of supply chain diversity.” ” The post The Importance of Supply Chain Diversity in Mortgage appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

This is leading almost 30% of firms to plan for diversifying supply chains, with 20% planning to move up purchases or find new domestic or foreign suppliers. About 25% of firms reported that changes to trade policy would negatively impact their hiring and capital spending plans.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2021

For the third consecutive month, Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group lowered its gross domestic product growth forecast and increased its inflation forecast due to supply chain constraints and high fuel costs. “We The post Supply Chain, Fuel Prices Weigh On Economy appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Housing starts may be on the rise, but supply bottlenecks and labor scarcity are impacting the pace of home builders. The post Home Construction Stunted by Supply Chain Issues appeared first on DSNews. The post Home Construction Stunted by Supply Chain Issues appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 12, 2022

As the economy was … The post Supply Chains to Improve, Job Market Strengthens appeared first on DSNews. The post Supply Chains to Improve, Job Market Strengthens appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. However, it is not likely to see the housing market and the broader economy immediately return to pre-pandemic norms.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 9, 2021

The post Senators Tackle the Home Building Supply Chain Issue appeared first on theMReport.com. The post Senators Tackle the Home Building Supply Chain Issue appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Exacerbating the situation are supply chain disruptions and growing costs for construction materials, which have accelerated since the beginning of 2024 , increasing home maintenance professionals’ overhead. Extreme-weather-related factors are another major contributor, the research showed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

It could also include impacted markets, supply chain challenges or financial market connections that could be impacted in some way by the fires, Schneyer said. It could [include] dollars lost because of lack of access to a particular area, for instance.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 23, 2022

The post First-Time Buyers Continue to Feel Impact of Supply Chain Issues appeared first on DSNews. The post First-Time Buyers Continue to Feel Impact of Supply Chain Issues appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. As new home sales experienced a decline in February, the 20.4%

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2021

due to its more pessimistic view of the speed at which current supply chain disruptions will resolve, as well as its. The post Supply Chain and Inflation Concerns Negatively Affect Economic Growth, Fannie Mae Reports appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The post Housing Starts Decreased in December as Supply Chain Issues Persist appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Starts of single-family homes were at a rate of 1.116 million, a decrease of 5.6% compared with December. Starts of multifamily homes (five units or more per building) were at a rate.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

Rising material prices and supply chain shortages — specifically, the declining availability of softwood lumber and other building materials — contributed to confidence falling two points to 81 for newly built single-family homes in June, said Chuck Fowke, NAHB chairman.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 26, 2022

The post Supply Chain Issues Impeding Builder Progress appeared first on DSNews. The post Supply Chain Issues Impeding Builder Progress appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 23, 2025

New construction technology and strategic zoning changes are also paving the way; although obstacles such as rising costs and supply chain delays persist, the commitment to expanding inventory remains strong. The Sunbelt and Mountain West regions are actively building, as well as cities in Texas, Florida, and Utah.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 17, 2022

family housing starts in … The post Home Construction Still Affected by Supply Chain Issues appeared first on DSNews. The post Home Construction Still Affected by Supply Chain Issues appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. This was 22.3% above February 2021’s housing starts rate of 1,447,000.

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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. Fannie Mae dropped its projected origination volume for 2021 to $4.33 trillion from the $4.36 trillion it projected in August.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Supply shocks soothed Among the pandemic’s many ripple effects, two hit hard on homebuilders’ costs: a sudden increase in homebuyer demand and supply chain shocks due to lockdowns and capacity cuts by producers who had anticipated economic slowdowns. and many individual commodity prices actually fell.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

On the other hand, they will not have the materials, labor, or efficient supply chain processes to meet that demand. The homebuilder’s trade group continues to refer the supply chain as a “crisis.”. in December. The post Pulte Group thrived in 2021, but it’s not celebrating appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

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.” Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, new home sales are still 9.2%

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 17, 2022

Of course, the construction industry has been facing some pressing challenges, including hitches in global and national supply chains. Supply Prices May Begin to Drop. The supply chain crisis has been arguably the biggest factor in construction setbacks over the last year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

Homebuilders responded to the shortage of homes for sale, accelerating new home construction, even as they face severe supply-side challenges, including rising building material costs and supply-chain bottlenecks, a lack of affordable lots, and difficulty in finding skilled labor. You can’t buy what’s not for sale.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In the past year, housing starts activity has been hit by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, resulting in supply-chain bottlenecks and rising costs, and is continuing to weigh down on housing construction in the nation. The report also said that 1.24 million in October— an unexpected surprise.

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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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Eyes on Housing

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Strong consumer demand helped push builder confidence higher in October despite growing affordability challenges stemming from rising material prices and shortages.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 18, 2021

Increased costs and a bottlenecked supply chain have resulted in a dip in home building, even putting a hold on some new home sales. The post Builder Confidence Sinks to 13-Month Low appeared first on theMReport.com. The post Builder Confidence Sinks to 13-Month Low appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As labor and supply chain shortages also extend the timelines and budgets of projects, homeowners are favoring flexible financing options. TD Bank ’s HELOC Trend Watch survey found that 43% of homeowners who are planning to renovate intend to use a HELOC or home equity loan to finance the project.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The great financial crisis (GFC) revealed a defective supply chain, metrics unable to assess local risk and markets incapable of answering Ben Bernanke ’s defining question – “what’s this stuff worth?” Today is the 15th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

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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. billion to $36.1

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The supply chain for construction is significantly stressed and that will continue for the 4 th quarter and beyond,” said Stuart Miller, chairman of Lennar during a company earning’s call Tuesday.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For the second month in a row, the economists at Fannie Mae revised expectations for near-term real GDP growth downward—and outward—due to persistent supply chain disruptions and labor market tightness, according to the September 2021 commentary from the GSE’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.

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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. Experts say that continued supply chain issues , labor shortages , rising material costs and rising interest rates are to blame. “As This is an increase of 3.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2022

Driving the increase is the expectation of a faster than expected tightening of monetary policy in response to a continued inflation caused by disruptions in labor and supply chains. Rates rose across all mortgage loan types, according to Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2021

In doing so, he noted, three-quarters of the supply chain simply wasn’t produced. In an economic outlook panel at HousingWire’s Engage.marketing event on Thursday, Duncan explained that in the 2007 to 2009 downturn, the industry went from building 2.2 million units to 600,000, and stayed around that level for three years.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2022

About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction. It began rising when the pandemic started in 2020 due to ongoing supply chain issues coinciding with changes in consumer demand. construction sites. Inflation peaked at 7.9%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Mortgage has a very long supply chain, from the initial marketing and purchase of a home to the origination of a loan, servicing a loan, selling a loan and the secondary market, and within each one of those sectors there are areas where you could have a blockchain.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Kan also noted that homebuilders continue to face delays and challenges from “supply-chain bottlenecks and rising costs.” “Housing demand remains strong, and buyers are making quick decisions in a still very competitive market.”. in October, which is almost five times the average annual change,” he added.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The recent devastation from hurricane Helene in the Southeast, current geopolitical conflicts and a potential for large supply chain impacts (duration of strike) will all influence bankruptcy volumes in the months ahead.” The post Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Jump YoY first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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