Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

the second consecutive month sales of new homes have dropped, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the MBA also estimates new home sales fell at an annualized pace of 4% in May, said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2021

“Adjusting to seasonal effects, MBA estimates that new home sales in April rebounded from a two-month slump, increasing 8 percent to an annualized pace of 770,000 units,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. of loan applications, followed by just 15.8% of FHA loans, 10.3%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Home sales were down 23% year over year, but all-cash deals only fell 11%, according to Redfin’s analysis. It is worth noting that some buyers are using equity from the sale of their previous home to make a relatively larger down payment on their new purchase. mortgaged home sales, up from 14% a year earlier but down from 16.3%

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

New home sales continued to slip in June, falling 6.6% The median sales price of new houses sold in June 2021 was $361,800. The average sales price was $428,700. “Builders are working through this uncertainty by managing their pipelines, notably expanding the number of homes for sale that are not yet started.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Before the 2008 housing crisis, home sellers would offer DPA to FHA borrowers and raise the sales price to cover the cost, creating exaggerated losses for the FHA program. As an alternative solution, Tozer floated the idea of making the FHA program a zero-down-payment program – a proposal first made by the George W.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“Ongoing volatility in mortgage rates in the months ahead may lead to larger than typical swings in the pace of new home sales,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Between moderating sales prices and volatile mortgage rates, buyers seem to be biding their time.”. of loan applications.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

In January, 16% of mortgaged home sales used an FHA loan , up from 13.3% a year ago, while the share of mortgaged sales using VA loans rose to 7.5% Detroit saw the highest share of FHA loans at 29.5% of all mortgaged home sales. of all mortgaged home sales, respectively. a year prior.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2020

November new home sales activity, both mortgage applications and home sales, ran at a pace considerably ahead of 2019, showing the ongoing strong growth in housing demand and new residential construction,” Kan said. On an unadjusted basis, MBA estimates that there were 59,000 new home sales in November 2020, a decrease of 15.7%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Based on data from the survey, MBA estimates that there were 66,000 new single-family home sales in September, compared to 71,000 new single-family homes a month prior, a 7% decrease. The new home sales estimate is derived using mortgage application information from the BAS, as well as assumptions regarding market coverage and other factors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The strong monthly gain puts MBA’s estimate of new home sales at its strongest pace since January 2021, the report said. In September , the average mortgage loan size of new homes clocked in at $408,522, the survey found. Regarding product type, conventional mortgage loans reigned supreme, making up 75.7% of loan applications.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2023

“Strong equity cushions not only provide borrowers incentive to work with their servicers to return to making mortgage payments, they also open up other options, such as salvaging earned equity with a traditional home sale rather than going through foreclosure. for FHA loans and 44.5% for VA loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

According to MBA estimates, new single-family home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 615,000 units in March, the slowest annualized pace in four months, and a decrease of 10.7% In February, conventional loans accounted for 63% of applications for new homes. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) loans took a 10.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The average loan size on a purchase application was $403,600, the lowest since January 2023. Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said this corroborates with other sources of home-sales data pointing to a rising share of first-time homebuyers entering the market. last week but remained subdued.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

MBA pulls new-home sales estimates directly from the U.S. The average loan size for new-home mortgages increased from $400,930 in December to $403,416 in January, according to MBA’s report. FHA loans now account for more than 30% of new-home applications the highest share in the history of the BAS. Census Bureau.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would implement a permanent program to sell seriously delinquent single-family mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“These increases were tied to upticks in rapid resales with rising prices, more high-activity buyers, and sales transactions with multiple high-risk flags,” the report explained. Transaction fraud risks have also increased in consecutive years, up 4.9% in 2024 and 1.9%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to MBA estimates, new single-family home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 700,000 units in January, the highest pace since October 2023. In January, conventional loans accounted for 64.5% of loan applications for new homes. Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans accounted for 24.8%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Demand for newly constructed homes continues to remain high as existing for-sale inventory remains historically low. It indicates that a larger share of first-time homebuyers are active in the new home sales market. On an unadjusted basis, MBA estimates that there were 59,000 new home sales in August 2023, an increase of 5.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“Applications for both purchase and refinance loans were up over the week but remained at low levels,” Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said in a statement. “”The The share of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan activity remained unchanged at 14.7%. of total applications. week over week.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Of these actions, 2.682 million have been permanent loan modifications and 3.519 million actions have been other forms of assistance that allowed troubled borrowers to stay in their homes. The number of completed short-sale and deeds-in-lieu transactions in Q4 2023 totaled 134, a decrease of 12% compared to the previous quarter.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

According to Kan, MBA’s estimate of new-home sales showed a monthly decline to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 626,000 units — the slowest in four months. To compare, MBA estimated that sales of new single-family homes in May reached an annual rate of 702,000. of the total in June. of the total in June.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Targeting first-time homebuyers Those who catered to first-time homebuyers’ needs – offering Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans and down payment assistance loans – fared relatively well compared to other colleagues who didn’t expand their target clients. trillion , according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a paper published by the Urban Institute in October, Ted Tozer, the former head of Ginnie Mae , argued that government changes to assumable loans could benefit the market. There’s also the matter of handling piggyback mortgages since the sales price in most deals will exceed the mortgage’s unpaid balance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, despite these persistently low mortgage rates, home sales are facing significant challenges. While homebuyer appetite remains robust, the scarce inventory has effectively put a limit on how much higher sales can increase. on FHA loans through its Conquest Program.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

“Applications for purchase loans on newly constructed homes remained strong in July, up 36% annually, as new homes continued to account for a growing share of homes available for sale,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist. of purchase applications came from the FHA , the highest share since May 2020.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

The housing market has been hampered by a limited supply of homes for sale, but the recent strength in new residential construction will continue to help ease inventory shortages in the months to come,” Kan added. The share of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan activity decreased to 14.5% from 15% the week prior.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. Read on to learn more about Duncan’s views on the housing market, loan performance and affordability challenges homebuyers face. To what extent builders will offer rate buy-downs to drive sales remains to be seen.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2021

New single-family home sales were reported at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 704,000 units in June, a decrease of 5% from May’s pace of 741,000. The MBA estimates there were 66,000 new home sales in June, down from 68,000 such sales in May. This has dampened new home sales and quickened home-price growth.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

It was the slowest sales pace since May 2020. On an unadjusted basis, MBA estimates that there were 65,000 new home sales in April 2022, a decrease of 12.2% from 74,000 new home sales in March. . Over half of the applications were for loan amounts greater than $400,000, the MBA said. of loan applications.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

“Of note, purchase volume — particularly for FHA loans — was up strongly, again showing how sensitive the first-time homebuyer segment is to relatively small changes in the direction of rates.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Last week, purchase applications increased for both conventional and FHA loans but remained 26% lower than the same week a year ago. The Federal Housing Administration loans’ share remained unchanged at 14.2%. Department of Veteran Affairs loans’ share decreased to 11% from 11.3% For the week that ended Sept.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The firm is a provider of mortgage point-of-sale and automation software for banks, credit unions, independent mortgage banks and brokers. The average of preapproved borrowers per loan officer fell by 11.6% The average of preapproved borrowers per loan officer fell by 11.6% The average down payment size was 14.5%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

“For-sale inventory is beginning to increase gradually in some parts of the country, and home buyers might be biding their time to enter the market given the prospect of lower rates.” Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loans were 14.3% of the total, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans were 13.4%, and U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

You have your conventional loans, FHA loans, VA loans, USDA loans and so on. But there’s another type of loan, not too many people are familiar with that can make the home buying process much easier. Yes, we’re talking about a bridge loan. Haven’t heard of them?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The mortgage trade group estimates that on an unadjusted basis there were 65,000 new home sales in November, from 68,000 new home sales from the month prior, a decline of 4.4%. In October , the average loan amount for a new home was $412,339, the survey found. “A By product type, conventional loans made up 76.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

2021 was an extraordinary year for the housing market: mortgage rates at an all-time low, record high annual growth in single-family prices and rents, lowest foreclosure rates in a generation and the largest number of home sales in 15 years. In addition, more for-sale inventory will likely be available on the market.

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