Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 6.62% on Thursday, a new low for 2024 that appears to be tied to the expectation that the Federal Reserve could move to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September. This is according to data reported by Mortgage News Daily.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage climbed to 3.09% during the week ending Oct. 21, rising from 3.05% the week prior, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.80%. Most economists believe they’ll continue to climb.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined slightly to 2.86% for the week ending in August 19, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The week prior, mortgage rates rose to 2.87% , after six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate declines.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage increased to 3.12% during the week ending Dec. 16, up from 3.10% the week prior, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.67%. A year ago, at this time, it averaged 2.21%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

.” “The holding pattern in rates reflects the markets’ view that the prospects for the economy have dimmed somewhat due to the rebound in new COVID cases,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage was down slightly from last week’s 2.88% (with an average of 0.7

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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% by the end of 2024 from the current federal funds rate range of 5.25%-5.5%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

“Bond yields and rates started to rise as the debt ceiling was getting closer and closer, and we have had such big bond market auctions to deal with that pushed yields higher, even after a tame inflation report,” Mohtashami said. Fed officials expect the federal funds rate to be at 5.6% The industry wants a complete stop.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage declined one basis point from the week prior to 3.55% during the week ending Jan. 27, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.77%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 2.20%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed on Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.32% as of March 30, down 10 basis points from the previous week, mainly due to the economic uncertainty caused by bank collapses. The survey shows the same rate was 4.67% a year ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The week before , rates had made it above the 3% mark for the first time since June. Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement that rates remain close to 3% as a result of continued unknowns in the financial markets, as the pandemic lingers on. Mortgage rates typically move in tandem with the ten-year U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 2.87% for the week ending in August 12, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The increase follows six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate declines. for the week ending Aug.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That means that later this month, the Federal Reserve will purchase at least $70 billion Treasury securities and at least $35 billion agency mortgage-backed securities. The path of the economy continues to depend on the course of the virus,” the central bank said. It expects the rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages to increase from 3.2%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

As home prices rise and high interest rates persist, many Americans are delaying purchasing a home, believing they cannot afford it or that now is a bad time to buy. Why many would forego homeownership during a challenging mortgage market is easy to understand. by the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage held steady at 2.87% for the week ending in August 26, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The week prior, mortgage rates declined slightly to 2.86%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.91%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Cuts to the Federal funds rate (and subsequently to mortgage rates) are imminent, traders enthused after December’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in which committee members predicted three rate cuts in 2024. Some experts forecasted as many as six rate cuts in the year based on this news.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2021

As the calendar flipped to 2021, it didn’t take long for the rise in mortgage rates. Just two weeks into the new year, Freddie Mac reported that mortgage rates climbed 14 basis points to 2.79% , a dramatic contrast to 2020, a year in which mortgage rates set record lows 16 times. in 2021 and 3.2%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage climbed to 3.69% for the week ending Feb. It’s the highest level since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.73%. Presented by: DataVerify.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

HousingWire spoke to Sage Nichols about some of the current trends and technology in mortgage underwriting and how CoreLogic’s Complete Collateral is helping underwriters work more efficiently. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.90%. Mortgage loan application volume grew by 4.9%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage remained flat for the third consecutive week at 3.55% for the week ending Feb. 3, reflecting the impacts of the Omicron variant in the economy, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.73%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Mortgage rate declines appear to be having a positive impact on borrower demand as MBA data showed that the 30-year fixed rate declined for an eighth straight week, reaching 6.13%. Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) accounted for 5.9% on mortgages with 80% loan-to-value ratios.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

As the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates for the first time in years, mortgage rates climbed 31 basis points to 4.16%, according to data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage exceeded four percent for the first time since May of 2019,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was stagnant at 2.88% for the week ending Sept. 9, according to mortgage rates data released Thursday by Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS. The week prior , mortgage rates also held steady at 2.87%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.86%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their downward plunge this week as inflation keeps decelerating. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.63% as of Feb. 1, a decrease from last week’s figure of 6.69%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Depositary banks such as JPMorgan Chase , Wells Fargo and Bank of America have already experienced double-digit contraction in their production in the third quarter, which is also expected of their non-depository peers. The MBA survey shows that the mortgage composite index for the week ending Oct.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

The collapses of Silvergate Bank , Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank , the rescue of First Republic Bank and the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, brought turbulence to the financial markets that led to a decline in mortgage rates – despite the Federal Reserve hiking federal funds rate by 25 basis point on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Mortgage applications fell last week by 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The 30-year fixed rate decreased five basis points to 6.5%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Mortgage rates are also rising, but purchase demand remains firm, showing that latent purchase demand exists among consumers,” he added. Last week, the average 30-year-fixed mortgage rate slightly came in at 3.09%, while a year ago today the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.81%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement that “as inflationary pressure builds due to the ongoing pandemic and tightening monetary policy, we expect rates to continue a modest upswing.” Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Presented by: Black Knight.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s signals indicating further rate hikes for 2023 appear to have scared buyers away from the market in December. Last month tallied the fewest purchase lock counts in a single month since early 2014 as interest rates and affordability pressures challenged the market. . Mortgage origination activity dropped 19.4%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

The GSE’s index accounts for just purchase mortgages reported by lenders over the past three days. “This week mortgage rates averaged 5% for the first time in over a decade,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. The 15-year fixed-rate purchase mortgage averaged 4.17% with an average of 0.9

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2023

Mortgage rates declined last week as headlines on the bank crisis slowed, which could have spurred borrowers’ demand for home loans. Overall, mortgage applications declined 4.1% last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, down from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

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JANUARY 21, 2022

However, Khater did note that as rates rise, there will be some moderation in housing demand, causing home price growth to temper. Freddie anticipates that home purchase mortgage originations will increase in the next two years, spurred by demand coupled with house appreciation. in 2021 to 6.2% in 2022 and to cool further to just 2.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Before that, Nunnink held various production roles for banks and investment groups. Freddie Mac announced Wednesday the creation of new leadership roles in order to address equity in housing in single- and multifamily housing businesses. Pamela Perry. Perry joined Freddie Mac in 2011 to oversee the company’s fair lending program.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

The Federal Reserve ’s 75 basis point interest rate hike – its largest since 1994 – proves the central bank is laser-focused on slowing inflation, but loan officers and housing economists don’t expect mortgage rates to come down until consumer prices fall. In early January, rates were as low as 3.4%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

Mortgage rates fell again this week, but the primary cause was not the banking crisis fiasco. According to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 6.28% as of April 4, down from 6.32% the previous week. It was the expectation that the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A doubling of 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates, shrinking profit margins and a risk of recession presents a challenging environment for independent mortgage banks (IMBs), but smaller IMBs are better positioned to weather challenges, claimed the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA), a lobby group that represents smaller mortgage lenders.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Mortgage rates stabilized in the past week but remain close to the narrow range observed since the start of this month. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.69% as of Jan. 25, an increase from last week’s figure of 6.60%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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