Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

They asked the federal officials to “provide guidance to market participants that will ensure these new arrangements will continue to be supported by” FHA and GSE underwriting standards. Sellers or buyers can pay the buyer’s agent’s fees.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

30, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Meanwhile, HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue ’s average 30-year fixed rate on conventional loans at 7.1% The modest uptick in demand over the last month signals that there will likely be more competition in a market that remains starved for inventory.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

9, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. However, the gap between mortgage rates now and a year ago has narrowed, Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant said. “At According to Chen Zhao , senior manager of the economics team at Redfin , futures markets are currently pricing in a 4.5% as of Nov.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.57% as of Oct. Other indices showed significantly higher home loan rates this week. That’s up 8 basis points from 7.49% the previous week. “For

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Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages MLS Investor 387

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.49% as of Oct. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 7.60% on Wednesday, compared to 7.43% the previous week.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

15, an increase from last week ’s figure of 6.64%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday. And HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed that Polly ’s average 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 7.09% on Thursday, up from 6.91% at the same time last week.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Through this API integration, users can populate MLS and non-MLS rate flyers in a short period of time using “real-time, scenario-specific mortgage offers” delivered through Polly’s cloud-native Product and Pricing Engine (PPE), according to a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

1, a decrease from last week’s figure of 6.69%, according to Freddie Mac ’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday. But H ousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed that Optimal Blue’s average 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 6.950% on Thursday, up from 6.713% at the same time last week.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

AgentConnect takes Co-Branded marketing to a new level by automatically delivering dynamic open house flyers, property websites, and landing pages instantly through MLS data in real-time, which is auto-generated and compliantly displayed, including loan officer’s specific loan and pricing options. Get More Info.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of the 2024 Finance Leaders award, recognizing the top finance executives in housing who are driving financial performance, expanding margins, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets. In its 4th year, 40 honorees were recognized.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Educate your clients about financing While many homebuyers can benefit from a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional mortgage , other borrowers might need access to other loan programs with more lenient guidelines. Make sure your buyers understand the difference between being prequalified, preapproved and loan-committed.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

16, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s average 30-year fixed rate on conventional loans at 7.409% on Thursday, compared to 7.444% the previous week. The labor market also cooled in October. The 30-year, fixed mortgage averaged at 7.44% as of Nov.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The three class action suits Moehrl , Sitzer/Burnett , and Nosalek , named after their lead plaintiffs, take aim at NAR’s Participation Rule , which requires listing agents to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyers’ agents in order to list the property on a Realtor-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. Meanwhile, trade groups representing lenders believe that more details on the settlement are needed to understand its coming impact on the housing market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.18% as of Sept. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 7.16% on Tuesday, compared to 7.20% the previous week.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Investing in tech to save costs and get business in the door has become ever more important in an origination market facing extended headwinds. As a mortgage technology optimization platform, BlueForceX would provide data solutions, cut inflated tech solutions costs, and advise market positioning strategies.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “The Case Shiller index indicates that the typical home price in July 2023 is about 45% higher than it was four years ago in July 2019,” said Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant. Today’s housing market is very different from the one that led up to the 2008 financial crisis and ultimately a 20 to 40% home price correction.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In turn, it affected borrowers’ appetite for home loans. The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey showed that mortgage loan application volume declined 7.7% According to the MBA data, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 6.39% for the week ending Feb.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2022

NFTYDoor says traditional home equity lenders take 30 to 90 days to fund loans due to their manual underwriting. Borrowers can apply for up to three loans, subject to a limit of $750,000 per borrower. According to Black Knight, at the end of the second quarter of 2022, the average U.S. Schacknies stepped down.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

11, a slight increase from last week’s 6.62%, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s average 30-year fixed rate on conventional loans at 6.66% on Thursday, down from 6.68% recorded at the same time last week.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Mortgage Coach , a mortgage platform that enables lenders to educate borrowers with home loan presentations, announced that its platform will be integrated with Insellerate, a customer relationship management (CRM) platform.

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Mortgages Loan Officer Loans MLS 379

Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

28 , according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey released on Thursday. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue ’s average 30-year fixed rate on conventional loans at 6.68% on Thursday, up from 6.56% recorded at the same time last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.62% as of Jan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

But recent consumer price reports and a strengthening jobs market have led to a boomerang effect on mortgage rates, said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Lower mortgage rates back in January brought buyers back into the market. To me, that seems to be the most promising program right now for conventional loans.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

However, it is unlikely to be enough to prevent an additional rate hike at the next Federal Open Markets Committee meeting on July 25-26. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 6.85% on Wednesday, compared to 6.92% the previous week. And rates could remain above 6.5%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.18% as of Aug. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 7.07% on Wednesday, compared to 7.22% the previous week.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Verification solutions provider Xactus wants to court more lenders through its active listing data in a tight housing market. Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Take that information and provide a Facebook Live session or a series of Facebook Lives , invite your friends and followers to learn more about these loan programs. Work with a lender who specializes in first responder types of loans, FHA , VA and HUD programs and interview them for a video, Facebook live session or if you have a podcast.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

2, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue’s average 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 7.62% on Wednesday, compared to 7.83% the previous week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.76% as of Nov.

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Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages MLS Investor 461

Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 6.81% as of July 6, up significantly from last week ’s 6.71%. jobs market remains strong with U.S. By contrast, the 30-year was at 5.30% a year ago at this time.

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Mortgages Construction New Construction Investor 381

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2022

Educate your outreach by keying into shopping behavior and you can empower your mortgage marketing in the new year. Market outlook. The refinance boom of 2021 has given way to the purchase market of 2022. Not only is the market pendulum swinging from refinance to purchase, but we are also seeing a marked shift in who is buying.

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Mortgages Marketing Equity MLS 373

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recent declines in mortgage rates, which are due to a slowdown in inflation growth, have been enough to convince some borrowers to apply for new home loans, according to recent data on mortgage applications. . Mortgage rates differed slightly on other platforms, and were 6.65% for conforming loans at Mortgage News Daily on Tuesday. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

In today’s hot housing market where homes are selling quickly, brokers are busier than ever. Caliber Home Loans, Inc., a home loan company, offers resources to help support a broker’s business for continued success. David Schroder, EVP, Third Party Originations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which focuses on conventional and conforming loans with a 20% down payment, shows the 30-year fixed rate averaged 6.96% as of August 10, up from last week ’s 6.90%. However, demand bounced back after the winter holiday, yielding a surprisingly strong spring housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

“The Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening has negatively impacted the housing industry, a very interest-rate sensitive sector, but the construction labor market has not experienced a sharp decline,” Ksenia Potapov, a First American economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

The capital, capability and content are present to make all real estate markets smarter, faster, safer and connected. The reckoning has brought staff reductions, loan repurchases, higher reserves and mass consolidation. Lenders should expect to redesign workflows and business rules to determine if a loan is “Fit 4 Sale.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Take a look at the full list of winners below to see their accolades and achievements that are helping to move the housing market forward. This year 75 honorees were honored as HW Insiders. Congratulations to the 2023 HW Insiders!

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