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Mortgage demand slumps over the holidays

Housing Wire

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate closed 2023 at 6.76%, more than one percentage point lower than its October peak of 7.9%, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist. The share of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan activity decreased to 14.5% Mortgage applications decreased 9.4%

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Mortgage apps decline 1.2% despite drop in rates

Housing Wire

from a week earlier, “close to lows last seen in the spring of 2020 when a significant portion of activity was put on hold due to the onset of the pandemic,” said Kan. and the Veterans Affairs (VA) loans fell to 10.4% The survey, conducted since 1990, covers more than 75% of the retail residential mortgage applications.

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Weaker economy, inflation caused mortgage delinquency uptick in Q4

Housing Wire

The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties rose 51 basis points from the previous quarter to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.96% of all loans outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). “As by the end of 2023.

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Mortgage apps jump 2.5%, propelled by purchase activity

Housing Wire

from the prior week, fueled by increased conventional, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) loan-application volume. a week earlier, and the share of VA applications rose slightly to 10.3% The survey, conducted since 1990, covers over 75% of the retail residential mortgage applications.

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Could the assumable mortgage level the playing field?

Housing Wire

Servicers can only charge up to $900 to process, underwrite and close a transaction that includes a loan assumption. By the Mortgage Bankers Association ’s estimate, it takes on average about $2,500 to process, underwrite and close a government loan. Tozer suggested “a fee of 1.3%

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The AOL debate rages on

Housing Wire

After the creation of title insurance, this practice remained prevalent in the conventional residential mortgages, until the rise of the GSEs and commercial banks setting up mortgage operations. The risk appetite of many mortgage lenders has changed since the rise of residential title insurance over 50 years ago.

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Buyers bemoan lack of housing inventory: NAR

Housing Wire

The Realtor survey was sent out in late July to 55,751 randomly-selected residential Realtors. NAR received 1,919 responses by the mid-August close date of the survey. The homebuyer survey was conducted by Morning Consult in June 2023.

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