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As the lock-in effect eases, the market for new homes is shrinking

Housing Wire

New construction inventory has grown in recent months. Homebuilders have ramped up incentives — like mortgage rate buydowns and cash rebates — to boost sales, and new-home sales rose 6.3% But the increase in sales means that inventory levels will start to decline as fewer new homes are being built. million units.

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Tom Davis shares non-QM opportunities to capitalize heading into 2025

Housing Wire

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. Davis also highlights Deephaven’s edge in products like their Ground-Up Construction and Fix-and-Flip products, offering originators essential tools and training.

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Opinion: More financing options for ADUs are needed

Housing Wire

Heading into 2024, there are continuing and emerging financing options, grant programs and legislation all designed to help homeowners and builders create much-needed infill housing. These will help on the margin, but we still need smart lenders to help create even more robust financing options for ADUs.

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Highlands Residential Mortgage hires Daniel McCoy as regional construction loan manager

Housing Wire

Highlands Residential Mortgage announced that Daniel McCoy is joining the company as a regional construction loan manager for the Southeast. Daniel McCoy McCoy leads the construction-focused McCoy Mortgage Team , which has previously affiliated with companies like MVB Mortgage , Intercoastal Mortgage and Cardinal Financial.

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How non-QM loans boost mortgage originator for success in 2025

Housing Wire

Buyers want affordable new homes, yet new construction listings are still playing catch up with their high-priced counterparts. Finance a loan, and you may lose money. Avoid financing, and you risk missing out on a sales growth opportunity. Mortgage interest rates have steadily ramped up throughout 2024.

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Unsold homebuilder inventory is ticking up as new home sales slow

Housing Wire

“Homebuilders are still benefiting from very low inventory of existing homes for sale, which has driven more buyers to consider new construction,” Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said. The seasonally‐adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of August was 436,000.

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Rural America is losing affordable housing at a crisis pace

Housing Wire

It now faces a wave of mortgage maturities and payoffs on the thousands of affordable-housing complexes it has helped to finance over the years — with no new construction carried out under the program since 2012. million people live in what Freddie Mac defines as “persistent poverty” counties.