Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

All the housing market data for 2024 is in, and its fair to say that the housing market surprised us again! However, there are two big trends that stand out as we launch into 2025 affordability and sellers in the market. In the last few months, the market finally saw some sales growth over the previous year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In addition to lower rates, purchase activity continues to be supported by sustained housing demand and inventory that continues to grow gradually in many markets,” Kan added. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced plans to raise 2025 conforming loan limits to $806,500 for one-unit properties 5.2%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In this executive conversation, Steven Katz, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Residential Financing at Arbor Realty Trust, shares his thoughts on the burgeoning build-to-rent (BTR) market. When you step into construction risk, it’s essential to have a partner that understands the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The most positive development in the housing market over 2024 has been the increase in active housing inventory , which is approaching the levels seen in 2019. Although those 2019 levels represent a five-decade low before COVID-19, the market was still functioning better than it did from 2020 to 2023. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Unsold inventory in the two biggest housing markets in the country, Texas and Florida, declined this week. This probably reflects seller discouragement in a low-demand market, pulling their listings to wait until next year. real estate market as of mid-August 2024. There are fewer homes for sale now than a week ago.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q4 2024 provides valuable insights into the current state of the real estate market from various perspectives: brokerage leaders, mortgage professionals, and real estate agents. This diversity allows for a comprehensive understanding of the market dynamics. Lender stability : 8% expressed concerns here.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Denver-based Realtor Bret Weinstein took on a client whose house had been on the market for 60 days. The deal is indicative of how details matter in a market like Denver where home-price growth has slowed dramatically after a surge in post-pandemic migration to the metro area caused valuations to rise sharply in a short period of time.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

real estate market is marked by contradictions that are leaving many confused. It’s a complex landscape where the tension between renting and owning is more pronounced than ever, and regional differences in housing demand highlight the uneven nature of the market. As 2025 approaches, the U.S. cultural narrative.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

housing market. Baby boomers have greater choice in the markets they prefer and can be more competitive, potentially beating out other generations,” she said. “In A recent SmartAsset analysis of 2023 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) pinpointed where boomers are most active within the U.S. The most recent U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Heading into the 2025 housing market, we havent had this many homeowners with mortgage rates over 6% since 2016. In the last decade, as more and more homebuyers financed their purchases with mortgage rates in the 4s or lower, an interesting thing happened: We held on to these homes longer and resold them less often.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

San Diego-based Smartfi Home Loans , which is primarily active as a wholesale lender in the reverse mortgage space and is actively building a retail division that offers reverse mortgage products, has hired industry veteran Martin Lenoir as its new chief marketing officer.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

For now, we can say the labor market isn’t tight anymore, but it’s also not breaking. The four-week moving average declined slightly by 750, to 212,250 Below is an explanation of how we got here with the labor market, which all started during COVID-19. Jobless claims show an expanding economy that has not lost jobs yet.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

While there is no doubt that the Florida housing market has slowed since the height of the post-pandemic homebuying boom, the state’s condominium market has been especially hard hit, according to local agents. “It Altos considers anything above 30 to be indicative of a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the narrative is more complex in niche markets like the Texas capital of Austin. Social media posts have fueled speculation that Austin’s rental market is in freefall. Gerli told HousingWire in an emailed response that normalizing market conditions would be indicated by a slow and gradual decline in rents. by September.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? The number of unsold homes on the market is finally getting closer to 2019 levels. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed. Two and a half years.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Ironically, a strong employment situation in the country drives the bond market to higher rates. The purchase market is slower to respond, and the data now is still showing the positive impact of lower rates of recent weeks. The median price of all the homes on the market is now $440,000, that’s unchanged from last year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

Understanding the forces creating the market is indispensable for lenders, real estate professionals, developers, and investors. Pouliot’s insights highlight the delicate balance necessary for a healthy market and give a prospective view of what to expect in the future. We have largely moved past that now.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

sent shockwaves through financial markets around the world on Monday. mortgage market , which has already seen big interest rate declines in the past week following a Fed meeting that teased forthcoming cuts to benchmark interest rates, along with a much weaker-than-expected jobs report. Fears of a recession in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , has set ambitious goals to increase market share by 2027 using its multichannel reach, its origination and servicing flywheel, and its advanced technology platform. The retail direct-to-consumer segment represents about half of the mortgage market, and while we’re already the No.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

If we look at the housing market right now, sales are down, new listings are down and prices are decelerating. Good inflation data came in last week, the bond market rallied and mortgage rates took a notable dip below 7% for the first time in months. If so, how should we expect the housing market to react? Inventory is 38.5%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Declining mortgage rates have yet to break the dam on the stalled housing market, but the sweet spot on rates that would get the market moving again is about 5%. That’s according to a new survey from Mphasis Digital Risk, which revealed that 42% of prospective buyers said a 5% rate would get them back in the market.

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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

JULY 31, 2024

Interest rate impact Financing a home today is undeniably much more expensive than just a few years ago. The median home in 2019—priced at $212,000 and financed with a 30 year mortgage for 3.75%—would carry a monthly cost of under $900. This is an annual growth rate of almost 14%—far higher than the long run average rate of 4%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

People seeking more space to accommodate working from home led to a minor outflow of residents that put the housing market on pause. The regional housing market was slower to recover from the financial crisis of the late 2000s than other parts of the country, and it had been reeling from a general decline of the region for years before that.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

The lack of affordable housing in the United States is well-documented in the nation’s urban markets, where it is contributing to the swelling ranks of the homeless. That same dire need for affordable housing for the least prosperous among us, however, also is a serious problem in rural America — home to nearly 70 million Americans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The CBO analyzed data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) data in its report. Fannie and Freddie are also legally mandated to follow housing goals that “serve as benchmarks for measuring how the GSEs facilitate the financing of affordable housing for low-income families,” the report stated.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

But it could face challenges due to the lack of a robust securitization market, according to strategists at Bank of America (BofA). The secondary market, however, can be a challenge for these products. A Freddie Mac home equity product that was proposed this week has the potential to unlock $850 billion in origination volume.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“I knew things were going down, but I didn’t know how bad it was until people started knocking on our door.” Now Sandoval, who was featured earlier this year in a Wall Street Journal article , is the one knocking on the doors of homeowners facing foreclosure or other distressed circumstances. There is nothing like that face to face.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Kristen Sieffert At industry leader Finance of America (FOA), company president Kristen Sieffert said that the impact on both the company and the industry will be very evident. This week’s 50 bps Fed cut is welcomed news, and we are hopeful it will have a positive impact on the broader housing market,” she told RMD.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

To that end, Veterans United Home Loans conducted a study to find which housing markets are best for current and former military members in these two generations. It concluded that the most favorable markets are on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The city that topped the list is Tampa. and the quality of life score ranks No.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is calling for policy changes that would help alleviate the difficulties for homebuyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans when competing in tight markets. mortgage market in 2023, up from 14.3% of the U.S. in 2022, according to HUD.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Two of the top five lenders in the reverse mortgage industry are now engaged in a legal skirmish over marketing practices that one lender calls deceptive. Longbridge also states that certain informational blog posts on the Review Counsel website are written by Mutual of Omaha’s director of marketing communications. Filed in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key points of this report indicate that the Federal Reserve has overlooked the housing market for years. The existing home sales market does not align with their dual mandate of ensuring stable personal consumption expenditures (PCE) or consumer price index (CPI) prices, as these measures account for rent. We will soon find out.

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Housing Wire

JULY 4, 2024

As Gen-Z enters the housing market , many say they’ve given up on buying a home. Some blame millennials and some blame boomers, while others say that, in fact, boomers are the ones who faced the toughest headwinds when entering the housing market. This dream, however, seems to be facing challenges.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Americans are considering the potential impacts of political changes on the economy and housing market, leading many to adjust their buying timelines accordingly.” When asked if they feel better about their finances compared to one year ago, 63% of veterans and 59% of civilians said yes. According to data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In a housing market shaped by uncertainty, military veterans and service members are emerging as some of the most confident and prepared homebuyers, outpacing their civilian counterparts. This was driven by optimism about the housing market and economy. It also shows up in their personal finances.

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