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Housing Wire
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Rising home prices have pushed the third quarter’s tappable home equity amount near its 2022 peak, but interest rates are making homeowners reluctant to extract that wealth. Indeed, in recent quarters, equity withdrawal rates have been running at less than half their long-run averages. Borrowers withdrew a record $104,000 on average.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Redfin classified purchases as all-cash when transactions had no mortgage loan information on the deed. High mortgage rates are exacerbating inequality between people who own homes and people who don’t,” Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari said. mortgaged home sales, up from 14% a year earlier but down from 16.3%
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Housing Wire
OCTOBER 19, 2023
In late August, when mortgage rates were well over 7% and beginning their climb toward 8%, Jeff Anderson had a client do what few other homeowners are willing to do: She gave up her 4% mortgage rate. By doing a cash-out refi, she landed a $340,000 FHA loan and locked in a 6.9% mortgage rate at the end of August. “At
Housing Wire
MARCH 29, 2024
While much of the report suggests “a continued increase in credit or consumer reporting complaints, with more than one million of these complaints being sent to the three nationwide consumer reporting companies,” the mortgage industry demonstrates general reactivity to the feedback, according to the report. were pending with the bureau.
Housing Wire
MARCH 25, 2021
Private mortgage insurance helped over 2 million low downpayment borrowers secure mortgage financing in 2020, a 53% increase from 2019, according to data from the government sponsored entities. The private mortgage insurance industry also supported $600 billion in mortgage originations. Mortgage Insurers.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
They’re using a DPA program through the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA). They made good money, but with student loans and car payments, they didn’t have the money for the down payment and closing costs,” Saller said. They come in the forms of grants, second mortgages, deferred loans and forgivable loans.
Housing Wire
MARCH 14, 2024
Lisa Moriello, the national retail reverse mortgage sales manager at multichannel lender loanDepot , recently spoke to RMD about how business in 2024 seemed to be off to a promising start. Diving deeper into the current reverse mortgage business environment, she offered additional perspectives on multiple topics.
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