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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. The pandemic, as well as policymakers, continue to have the ability to send shocks through the system.

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Top Ten: Burning Questions For The Fall Market (Pt2)!

Toronto Realty Blog

This continues the theme of “spotty” inventory in the market, where some neighbourhoods or price points get inventory, but others don’t. Guess which article came through my news feed for a second time last week? This one: “Barrie Area Woman Watches Mortgage Payments Go From $2,850 To $6,200, Forced To Sell” Ugh.

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Chicago Real Estate Market 2020 Overview

Marco Santarelli

The Chicago metro area housing market is slowly improving as more homes went into the contract in July as compared to June. We'll be discussing the latest Chicago real estate market trends. In the Chicago Metro Housing Market , which comprises of the nine counties, home sales (single-family and condominiums) were up 12.0 in July 2019 to 4.3

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San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Market 2020 Overview

Marco Santarelli

This article has been updated to reflect recent changes in the housing market of San Francisco due to the coronavirus pandemic. Let's get an overview of the San Francisco real estate market. In June, eight of the San Francisco Bay Area’s nine counties still experienced a year-over-year drop in active listings. to $1,805,000.

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Opinion: The risk in cutting FHA insurance premiums

Housing Wire

There has been a flurry of recent articles prognosticating a decrease to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurance premiums. Several trade groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association have corresponded with the HUD Secretary in support of cuts. But in the current environment there is reason to be cautious.

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What would a Trump win mean for housing?

Housing Wire

Leading up to the election, there was talk of a race to initiate the offering before the November election. Polls that predicted former Vice President Joe Biden would win over President Donald Trump by a landslide couldn’t have been more wrong. The final outcome of the U.S. Economist Paul Ashworth said. The fate of the GSEs.