Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Rates on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eclipsed 8% this week as the Treasury yield surpassed 4.9% Per Mortgage News Daily , mortgage rates touched 8.03% on Wednesday, up from 7.69% the previous week. By contrast, the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was at 6.94% a year ago at this time.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mortgage applications rose to their highest level in six weeks after the 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 7.44% last week. 17 compared to the previous week , according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity fell to 8.3% last week but remained subdued.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mortgage rates dropped significantly in the last few weeks, but the cost of borrowing remains high prompting many homebuyers to wait for even lower rates. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.29% for the week ending Nov. 22, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mortgage rates fell this week as the October inflation report drove down the yield on the 10-year Treasury. The 30-year, fixed mortgage averaged at 7.44% as of Nov. 16, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year, fixed mortgage averaged at 7.44% as of Nov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

After mortgage rates spiked to 8% in October, causing a riot in the real estate industry, we had an epic move lower in mortgage rates last week. Does this mean we’ve hit the peak in mortgage rates for this economic cycle? When mortgage rates rise and demand decreases, the percentage of homes with price cuts can grow.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With mortgage rates still hovering around 8%, mortgage applications decreased 1% for the week ending Oct. 20 compared to the week prior , according to weekly mortgage application data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. the week prior while the share of Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan activity decreased to 0.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Both purchase and refinance applications increased to their highest weekly pace in five weeks after mortgage rates logged the largest decline in a year. 10 compared to the previous week , according to weekly data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Total home loan applications increased 2.8% for the week ending Nov.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While prospective homebuyers are grappling with still-elevated mortgage rates, a growing share of Americans are enjoying being mortgage-free. million single-family homes and condos were mortgage-free, a 31% increase compared to 25.4 Nearly two-thirds of homes without a mortgage in the U.S. In 2022, nearly 40% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) managed another solid year of financial performance for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund, covering FHA’s Title II Single Family Mortgage Insurance programs. The FHA’s MMI Fund achieved a capital reserve ratio of 10.51% as of Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Big Four title firm Old Republic is selling its mortgage insurance business to Arch Capital Group Ltd., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries that together comprise Old Republic’s run-off mortgage insurance business. “We are pleased to announce this definitive exit from the mortgage insurance business.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Virginia-based community bank Trustar Bank sold its mortgage subsidiary to Archer Mortgage Holding Company, the companies announced on Thursday. According to its website, Trustar Bank offers 7/1 and 10/1 adjustable rate mortgages ( ARMs ), consumer construction loans and home equity line of credits.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The haunted house ride with the bond market and mortgage rates continued this week, but one housing data line hasn’t been spooked. New listing data appears unafraid of the mortgage rate ghost story over the last few months. Mortgage rates went from 7.66% to 8.03 % last week to end at 7.97%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In the week following the Federal Open Market Committee ‘s meeting, mortgage applications sunk. 22, mortgage applications fell 1.3% from the prior week , according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage rates moved to their highest levels in over 20 years as Treasury yields increased late last week.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Mortgage rates kept climbing this week as spreads on the 10-year Treasury yield widened, reaching a 16-year high. 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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Retail lender Guild Mortgage announced Monday the acquisition of First Centennial Mortgage, a privately-held Illinois-based lender with 15 branches predominantly in the Midwest and a presence in 17 states. Guild has been acquiring lenders to expand in local markets in a purchase mortgage-focused environment.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Why are mortgage rates rising? The jobless claims data is my key 2023 economic data line for the bond market and mortgage rates because I don’t believe the Fed will pivot until the four-week moving average of jobless claims gets above 323,000. Mortgage rates went from 7.39% to a high of 7.65% and ended the week at 7.44%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mortgage demand for new homes jumped in October as the inventory for existing homes remained depleted. Mortgage applications for new-home purchases rose 39.7% in October on a year-over-year basis and were up 6% from the previous month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey for October.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2023

31, 2022, that mortgage rates would hit 8% in 2023, you would reasonably assume housing inventory would sky rocket higher, home prices would fall noticeably, and the number of price cuts would be higher year over year. Mortgage rates ranged between 7.88%-7.97% and we still have itchy-finger bond traders. If I had told you on Dec.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While the mortgage delinquency rate remains low compared to pre-pandemic levels , the number of delinquent loans ticked up in September, according to the ICE Mortgage Monitor report. The five states with the worst mortgage performance were Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Detroit-headquartered lender Rocket Mortgage faces a class-action lawsuit for making repeated, unsolicited telephone calls, violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). To date, not one single TCPA class has been certified against Rocket Mortgage. According to the suit filed in the U.S.

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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. What’s going on with mortgage rates?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Mortgage applications picked up for the first time in four weeks as mortgage rates dropped by 25 basis points, to 7.61%. compared to the week prior , according to weekly mortgage application data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Meanwhile, the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity decreased to 9.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Mortgage rates and bond yields kept rising Tuesday as the job openings unexpectedly increased more than anticipated. And will job openings continue higher, pushing mortgage rates even higher in the future? As I write this article today, the 10-year yield is 4.79%, with mortgage rates at 7.72%. What about the report itself?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The effort was intended to decrease systemic risk, but by focusing narrowly on the risk posed by banks, it would likely increase risk in the mortgage market. The proposal would make it more expensive for large banks to hold, sell or service mortgages, reinforcing their now decade-long retreat from mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Average mortgage rates on 30-year fixed home loans continued their march towards 8% this week as the Treasury yield surpassed 5%. Rates have been steadily climbing for seven straight weeks, the longest consecutive increase since Spring 2022, according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. million units sold.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Affordability headwinds continued in the mortgage industry with mortgage rate lock volume remaining virtually flat in October. Both purchase and refinance volumes continued to wane in the face of the highest mortgage rates in over two decades, according to Optimal Blue’ s originations market monitor report. month over month.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

California-based retail lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) has named vice chairman Bill Lowman as its chairman of the board, succeeding APM founder Kurt Reisig. FoA) months after it shut down its forward mortgage segment. billion during the same period in 2022, according to Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Leading property data and analytics company CoreLogic ’s newly launched digital mortgage platform (DMP) aims to streamline the mortgage process and improve efficiency for lenders. CoreLogic acquired digital mortgage tech provider Roostify in February. CoreLogic acquired digital mortgage tech provider Roostify in February.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) completed its acquisition of Black Knight Tuesday, making the combined company the biggest player in the mortgage tech space. I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Mortgage rates climbed again this week as investors braced themselves for ‘higher-for-longer’ conditions following last week’s Fed meeting. By contrast, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was at 6.70% a year ago at this time. Other indices showed significantly higher mortgage rates this week. on September 27 from 4.3% a week prior.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As the 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased for the sixth consecutive week to 7.70%, mortgage applications slumped, hitting their lowest level since 1995. Mortgage applications decreased 6.9% 13, compared to the week prior , according to weekly mortgage application data from the MBA. for the week ending Oct. from 14.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Government residential mortgage was an exception, where standards remained basically unchanged. Government residential mortgage was an exception, where standards remained basically unchanged. of banks reported to have tightened standards on government residential mortgages, the report showed. The survey showed that 30.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Stubbornly elevated mortgage rates created more affordability pressures for homebuyers in October, according to ICE Mortgage Technology ’s November Mortgage Monitor report. of the median household income to afford monthly mortgage payments, making housing the least affordable it’s been since 1984. It now takes 40.6%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The coming winter is expected to be an existential test of survival for many independent mortgage banks (IMBs), according to leaders of several mortgage advisory firms. “We’re really at the darkest part of the market this winter,” Brian Hale, CEO and founder of consultancy Mortgage Advisory Partners , said. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Mortgage applications ground to a halt for the week ending Sept. 29, falling 6% from the week prior as mortgage rates jumped to a 23-year high of 7.53%, according to new weekly data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage application activity is now at its lowest level since 1996, the MBA reported. from 14.1%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding Company has partnered with information technology consulting company Infosys on a mortgage-as-a-service platform. Better’s mortgage as a service currently consists roughly 20% of its revenue and the lender aims to grow this business line, Garg said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The finances at nonbank mortgage companies will remain under pressure in 2024, despite some relief in mortgage rates , according to a new Fitch Ratings report. Regarding the industry’s volumes, Fitch based its report on Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data, which shows a $1.9

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