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Fewer people are submitting mortgage applications

Housing Wire

This week’s data was compared to mortgage applications from the week of Memorial Day in 2020. The overall housing index hit its lowest point since February, said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting.

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Borrower demand declines amid a volatile mortgage market 

Housing Wire

Borrower demand for home loans increased in the first three weeks of 2023, sparking optimism among mortgage industry executives and loan officers. According to the MBA , mortgage applications decreased 9% across the board for the week ending January 27 compared to the week prior. Nik Shah, CEO of Home LLC.

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Mortgage rates fell 18 bps, but that’s of little solace to homebuyers

Housing Wire

Homebuilder sentiment rose for the seventh consecutive month and new construction activity slightly pulled back as the cost of materials picked up. Simultaneously, retail sales improved modestly and industrial production declined on waning demand.

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Lower mortgage rates, higher demand lead to optimism for late 2023

Housing Wire

Lower mortgage rates helped to increase borrowers’ demand for home loans last week, which in turn drummed up optimism for the mortgage industry at the end of 2022. Rates for jumbo loan balances (greater than $647,200) went from 6.14% to 5.97% in the same period. .

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Home prices accelerated in March even as mortgage rates climbed

Housing Wire

New construction could be the beacon of light the housing market desperately needs right now, as home builders are gaining confidence amongst rising sales, hopefully soon to translate to more residential construction breaking ground in the coming months.” Relatedly, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recorded a 4.3%

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Mortgage rates might soar even higher

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates, now around 6.5%, are cooling down the housing market and triggering mass layoffs in the mortgage and real estate industries. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5% Before the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 0.75 Kurt Carlton, President of New Western.

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MBA forecast for 2021: Prepare for rising mortgage interest rates

Housing Wire

However, due to the narrow industry focus of the job losses, this downturn has proved much different than what the economy saw in 2009. The chart below shows interest rates for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will end this year at about 3% and could hit around 3.3% MBA forecasts mortgage originations to total $3.18

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