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The mortgage rate pendulum swings yet again

Housing Wire

Cuts to the Federal funds rate (and subsequently to mortgage rates) are imminent, traders enthused after December’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in which committee members predicted three rate cuts in 2024. Some experts forecasted as many as six rate cuts in the year based on this news.

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Mortgage rates continue to climb beyond 7%

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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 does it mean for the housing market ?

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Santander Bank to stop originating mortgages in the United States

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On Wednesday, the bank announced that it will consider applications for residential mortgage or home equity line of credit (HELOC) on the portal EZApply only until Feb. The decision will not impact the commercial mortgage business. mortgage industry are in the past. regulators. trillion in 2022.

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

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One of the authors, Matthew Termine, worked at the fintech mortgage brokerage Morty from 2019 to 2024, first as corporate counsel and then as vice president of legal, regulatory, and compliance. He worked for an independent mortgage broker that actually shopped between options. He left in February. This is not unique to UWM brokers.

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

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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% history and the ripple effect that followed.

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Fed pauses rate hikes in June. But how long will it last?

Housing Wire

Fears of a commercial real estate collapse have also emerged. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters on Wednesday that it makes sense to moderate rate hikes as the policymakers get closer to the destination. Given how far we have come, it may make sense for rates to move higher, but at a more moderate pace.”

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Opinion: Don’t shrink the GSEs’ market footprint ?

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With the implosion of the Private Label Securities (PLS) market after the subprime fiasco in 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (along with FHA) have assumed an increasing market share of the origination of 30-year fixed rate mortgages. The argument is that “private markets” should have more mortgage market share.

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