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Black Friday deals on a new home? Here you go

Housing Wire

Buyers using this incentive can qualify for either a 3/2/1 rate buydown on a 30-year FHA Fixed-rate Mortgage or a 3/2/1 rate buydown on a 30-year conventional fixed-rate mortgage. Several areas, including Central Ohio, Greater Austin, Texas, and Charlotte, N.C.,

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Mortgage costs, lender denials jumped in 2022: CFPB

Housing Wire

Homebuyers faced surging mortgage costs, fees and monthly payments in 2022 amid a tightening monetary policy designed to combat persistent inflation. “These trends are likely to continue given further increases in interest rates in 2023.” Unfortunately, there’s been no sign of relief in 2023.

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Freddie Mac now forecasts $3.9T in originations in 2021

Housing Wire

Freddie Mac now forecasts total mortgage originations in 2021 to check in at $3.9 The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is expected to be 3.1% We designed a specific news hub with lenders and brokers in mind, with Rocket Pro TPO leading the discussion. trillion in 2021, up from its forecast in April of $3.5

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Analyst: HMBS 2.0 developments should benefit reverse mortgage industry

Housing Wire

This move is designed to “create an additional economic incentive to protect Ginnie Mae and taxpayers against a decline in collateral value,” Ginnie Mae explained when announcing the proposed term sheet.

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Opinion: Housing industry gut check: Surveying the current landscape

Housing Wire

There are many government program offerings designed to support low-income borrowers and underserved communities available through banks and credit unions, including: Federal Housing Administration (FHA): FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders.

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Fannie Mae notches two more CIRT deals  

Housing Wire

The agency pays monthly premiums in exchange for insurance coverage on a portion of the designated reference loan pools. CIRT 2022-7 involves a covered loan pool composed of 64,000 single-family mortgages with a total unpaid principal balance of about $19.8

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Smaller IMBs are better placed to weather challenges than larger ones, CHLA claims

Housing Wire

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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