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The mortgage rate pendulum swings yet again

Housing Wire

Expect 2024 to be mildly better than 2023 with mortgage rates falling in the second half of the year, housing experts opined in their forecasts at the end of the year. The pessimism is visible in mortgage rates. Freddie Mac ‘s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey is climbing back towards 7%.

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Santander Bank to stop originating mortgages in the United States

Housing Wire

Amid higher rates, lower volumes, and fiercer competition , Santander Bank decided it will stop originating residential mortgages and home equity loans in the United States. The Spanish bank said it will continue to service current loans and honor pending borrowers’ applications. mortgage industry are in the past.

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Mortgage rates continue to climb beyond 7%

Housing Wire

Mortgage rate shot up again last week as the bond market continues to grapple with a growing economy in the run up to the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Investors are concerned that the central bank will continue raising the funds rate, pushing borrowing costs even higher. What to expect with the Fed ?

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UWM offers legal support to brokers, accuses Rocket of ‘connections’ with Hunterbrook report

Housing Wire

In a message to mortgage brokers, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) defended itself from the Hunterbrook Media report that claims the lender orchestrated a scheme to steer loans. He worked for an independent mortgage broker that actually shopped between options.

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Redwood Trust, Angel Oak Mortgage awash in red ink in Q2

Housing Wire

Likewise, Atlanta-based A ngel Oak Mortgage Inc. , a real estate investment trust focused on nonqualified mortgages, or non-QM, recently announced that it was struggling with red ink — recording a net loss of $52.1 a long-term player in the non-QM mortgage market. Redwood Trust Inc. , The Angel Oak Cos.

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Rise above the panic, for the housing market’s sake

Housing Wire

trillion in commercial real estate debt will mature, “… by far more than any 5-year period in history.” Musk went on to comment that the rise in defaults among commercial and residential loans could “hammer” banks. When this back and forth was unfolding, mortgage demand rose 2.9% What does this sound like to you?

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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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