Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

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. In response, the company said its average rate for the $97.6

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

The MBA survey shows the average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.50% last week from 6.55% the prior week. Rates on jumbo loans (greater than $726,200) decreased to 6.37% from 6.40% on a weekly basis.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To that end, the CHLA, NAR and ICBA urged that the Federal Reserve shift its policy to maintain its stock of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and suspend runoff until liquidity and the spread between the 30-year fixed rate mortgages and 10-year Treasury stabilizes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2022

And there’s good reason to believe mortgage rates will be in the 5% range before too long. According to data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS survey, mortgage rates on the traditional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 26 basis points to 4.42% this week, with increases across all loan types.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Mortgage rates continued their downward plunge this week as inflation keeps decelerating. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.63% as of Feb. 1, a decrease from last week’s figure of 6.69%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2023

As the banking crisis stabilized last week, mortgage rates increased, reducing borrower demand for home loans. However, with limited for-sale housing inventory, these higher rates are primarily challenging for potential first-time homebuyers. Overall, mortgage applications fell last week by 8.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Mortgage demand continued its downward trend last week, reaching the lowest level in 25 years, according to the latest survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Mortgage applications are now into their fourth month of declines, dropping to the lowest level since 1997.”. But another index measures rates even higher.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The loan officers that Scott Groves talks to are struggling. Mortgage rates are around 7.7%, the highest levels in over 20 years, and LOs across America are having to reset their strategies. There’s growing concern in the mortgage industry that rates could even touch 8% before they fall below 7%. Really struggling.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mortgage rates had been roughly flat for seven weeks, and this is the first time it rose above 3% since June. Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement that rates rose across all loan types, in conjunction with the 10-year U.S. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.88%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mortgage rates stabilized in the past week but remain close to the narrow range observed since the start of this month. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.69% as of Jan. 25, an increase from last week’s figure of 6.60%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

The grant funds can only be used toward the down payment on a Wells Fargo fixed-rate conventional loan secured by a property that will be the purchaser’s primary residence. Eligible buyers can combine the bank’s grant with other programs including — Wells Fargo’s Dream.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage increased to 3.12% during the week ending Dec. 16, up from 3.10% the week prior, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.67%. A year ago, at this time, it averaged 2.21%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage climbed to 3.69% for the week ending Feb. It’s the highest level since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.73%. Mortgage applications decreased 8.1%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road in the third quarter when mortgage rates surged past 7%. HELOCs have easily been the product with the largest increase in [loan]-trading volumes.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage declined one basis point from the week prior to 3.55% during the week ending Jan. 27, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.77%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 2.20%.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The top mortgage lender on the Inc. 5000 list was VA Wholesale Mortgage , which specializes in offering home loans to veterans and active duty military members. Founded in 2019, the Virginia-based lender saw a 2,230% three-year growth rate. Zap Mortgage (no.294) Trius Lending Partners (no.678), 678), InstaLend (no.769)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A doubling of 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates, shrinking profit margins and a risk of recession presents a challenging environment for independent mortgage banks (IMBs), but smaller IMBs are better positioned to weather challenges, claimed the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA), a lobby group that represents smaller mortgage lenders.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage was down slightly from last week’s 2.88% (with an average of 0.7 The 15-year-fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.12% last week, a slight decline from the prior week’s 2.19%. A year ago, the average 15-year-fixed-rate mortgage was 2.35%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, many homeowners refinanced, locking in historically low 30-year fixed rate mortgages. TD Bank ’s HELOC Trend Watch survey found that 43% of homeowners who are planning to renovate intend to use a HELOC or home equity loan to finance the project. Residential Lending at TD Bank.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to Spector, many of the borrowers who are locked in a low, fixed-rate mortgage are incentivized to stay in their homes. 30, nearly 20% of the company’s servicing portfolio consisted of mortgages with rates over 5%. Pennymac’s total loan acquisitions and originations reached $25.1 As of Sept.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2023

PrimeLending , a Texas-based retail mortgage bank, aims to expand its market share by growing within its existing footprint in a margin-thinning environment. The lender brought on 100 loan officers in June, bringing the total number of LOs to about 800. Companies may be struggling in one way or another. Nearly 92% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage remained flat for the third consecutive week at 3.55% for the week ending Feb. 3, reflecting the impacts of the Omicron variant in the economy, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.73%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

According to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, mortgage rates continued to climb “as the Federal Reserve and other key global central banks responded to growing inflationary pressures and signaled that they will start to remove accommodative policies.”. the previous week.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2022

As the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates for the first time in years, mortgage rates climbed 31 basis points to 4.16%, according to data from Freddie Mac ‘s PMMS survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage exceeded four percent for the first time since May of 2019,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Industry analysts say they expect loan volume to remain depressed for at least the next two quarters, meaning it will be a long winter for loan originators. The recent declines in mortgage rates brought a glimmer of hope that borrowers might be developing more of a stomach for home loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

.” With that, Broeksmit rattled off a number of grievances against foes the Beltway. Mortgage rates On the day Broeksmit addressed the crowd in Philadelphia, mortgage rates were north of 7.7% on a standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Not just mortgages, but servicing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

“Unfortunately, with the expectation that both mortgage rates and home prices will continue to rise, competition remains high and housing affordability is declining.”. The previous week, the average 30-year-fixed mortgage rate rose 13 basis points to 3.01%. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2023

Mortgage rates fell again this week, but the primary cause was not the banking crisis fiasco. According to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 6.28% as of April 4, down from 6.32% the previous week. It was the expectation that the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2022

Mike Cagney didn’t expect to be releasing a cryptocurrency-backed 30-year fixed-rate mortgage product so soon. The plan was for Figure Technologies to launch such a product only after completing the merger with multichannel mortgage lender Homebridge Financial Services.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage dropped to 3.09 % during the week ending Nov. 4, down from 3.14% the week prior , according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.78 %. A year ago at this time, it averaged 2.32%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

The Federal Reserve ’s 75 basis point interest rate hike – its largest since 1994 – proves the central bank is laser-focused on slowing inflation, but loan officers and housing economists don’t expect mortgage rates to come down until consumer prices fall. mortgage industry to fund $4.1 trillion in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

Black Knight ‘s Optimal Blue OBMMI pricing engine, which considers refis and data from the Mortgage Bankers Association , reported that rates on Wednesday averaged 4.81%, up about 10 bps from a week prior. And several loan officers who spoke to HousingWire this week said they had clients lock rates in the 5.1%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mortgage rates this week saw the biggest one-week decline in a year and potential homebuyers waiting for rates to drop responded, said Josh Mettle, division president and co-creator of NEO Home Loans. “I I think we were up right around 15% increase in the number of initial mortgage applications. Speaking on Nov.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

Musk went on to comment that the rise in defaults among commercial and residential loans could “hammer” banks. This remark comes on the heels of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. When this back and forth was unfolding, mortgage demand rose 2.9%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Mortgage rates have surged firmly above the 7% mark, making alternatives such as temporary rate buydowns and down payment assistance programs more popular, according to loan officers. A year ago at this time, rates averaged 3.14%. United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) launched the product in August.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

According to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS, purchase mortgage rates this week averaged 5.78%, compared to 5.23% the week prior. A year ago at this time, 30-year fixed rate purchase rates were at 2.93%. Higher rates usually reduce borrowers’ demand for mortgage loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

.” The gulf between the average 30-year-fixed rate conforming mortgage and a 30-year jumbo, a product for wealthier borrowers, widened to 42 basis points, according to Black Knight ‘s Optimal Blue OBMMI pricing engine, which considers refinancings and additional data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

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