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Mortgage rates decline after Fed pauses hikes once more

Housing Wire

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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Why HELOCs are growing more popular

Housing Wire

In 2020 and 2021, many homeowners refinanced, locking in historically low 30-year fixed rate mortgages. HELOCs have continued to set the stage as flexible, helpful products that provide quick access to financing for a multitude of uses including home renovations, debt consolidations or emergency purchases.

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Fannie Mae celebrates Single-Family Green MBS milestone

Housing Wire

A year after issuing its first Single-Family Green Mortgage Backed Security on Earth Day 2020, Fannie Mae has now completed 25 transactions for the program, totaling $167 million in bonds backed by mortgages on newly constructed, energy-efficient homes. ENERGY STAR 3.0

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Mortgage rates rise for the first time in 2023. Is volatility back?

Housing Wire

And, this week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said there’s “a long way to go” as we are at the “very early stages of disinflation.” It was enough to cause mortgage rates to start rising again.

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South poised to see $1 trillion in home sales in 2021

Housing Wire

Although rates are favorable right now — recently, they were reported at 2.96% — MBA expects the 30-year fixed rate mortgage to end the year at 3.7%. “The job growth is certainly positive, but this environment sets the stage for higher mortgage rates and faster inflation. .

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Lower-rate loans dominate PLS pipeline

Housing Wire

For the final week of June, the conforming 30-year fixed mortgage hovered in the 5.7% Even with big drop in rates in the first week of July — the sharpest decline since 2008 , to 5.3% for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, according to Freddie Mac — the spread between the prime WAC and current conforming rates remains wide.

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3 Reasons to Be Optimistic about Real Estate in 2021

Keeping Current Matters

Interest Rates Are Projected to Stay Low. In the latest projections from Freddie Mac, interest rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage are expected to remain at or near 3% next year. These low rates will continue to make homes more affordable, driving demand for housing in 2021.