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Realtors Think Sales are Deferred, Not Lost

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by Jann Swanson on April 09 2020, 10:50 AM

Realtors don't expect the 2020 "spring market" is going to happen, but they are optimistic there will be a post-pandemic rebound driven by delayed demand. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) found, through an Economic Pulse Flash Survey, that...
Homebuyer Sentiment Takes a Nosedive in March

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by Jann Swanson on April 08 2020, 10:08 AM

American's attitudes regarding buying and selling homes and about their own financial outlook made an abrupt U-turn last month and Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) wiped out more than three years of gains. The index, a distillation of...
Mortgage Applications Retreat as Covid Weighs on Markets

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by Jann Swanson on April 08 2020, 6:00 AM

The negative effects of the COVID-19 epidemic appear to have set in last week as mortgage applications, which had managed to increase even after much of the nation's business shut down, tumbled. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite...
Low Rates Could Mitigate Some COVID Damage

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by Jann Swanson on April 07 2020, 1:36 PM

Black Knight has done an early analysis of the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the housing market . In our summary of the first part of their paper we looked at the condition of the housing market in the early part of the year, before the...
Forbearance Explosion Beginning to Hit Mortgage Market

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by Jann Swanson on April 07 2020, 4:00 PM

Homeowners who are either already feeling the financial effects of COVID-19 or anticipate it will happen are being proactive in requesting help from their lenders . A survey conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association among mortgage services found that...
After Blockbuster February, Home Prices Face Uncharted Territory

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by Jann Swanson on April 07 2020, 10:24 AM

Home price gains accelerated for the fourth straight month in February with a 4.1 percent annual increase in the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) The 12-month rate of appreciation in January was 4.0 percent. The company said home prices nationwide, including...
Covid-Related Job Losses Hit Residential Construction

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by Jann Swanson on April 06 2020, 11:03 AM

The Jobless Claims Report and the Employment Situation Report and were both pretty devastating last week with more than 6 million new unemployment claims filed on top of 3 million the prior week and 701,000 jobs lost. The unemployment rate jumped nearly...
Black Knight's Deep Dive on Housing, Mortgages, and COVID

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by Jann Swanson on April 03 2020, 1:07 PM

Black Knight has taken what will probably prove to be only their first in-depth analysis of the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and specifically on the U.S. housing and mortgage markets. The paper looks at the current state of...
(Home) Building our Way out of Crisis

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by Jann Swanson on April 02 2020, 12:43 PM

Home building might be the answer to more than just the housing shortage according to some information provided by Paul Emrath, economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). He maintains that it can also be a significant factor in rebuilding...
HUD Says First Relief Funds are on the Way

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by Jann Swanson on April 02 2020, 4:18 PM

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced how it will be allocating its initial portion of funds from the massive Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress last week. Over $3 billion will be...
Single-Family, Public Construction Spending on Upswing

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by Jann Swanson on April 01 2020, 11:01 AM

Nationwide outlays for construction slipped slightly in February. The Census Bureau said public and private sources spent at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.367 trillion on all forms of construction, down 1.3 percent from the rate in January....
Lessons From Great Recession Wall Street Buying Spree

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by Jann Swanson on March 31 2020, 1:58 PM

In an earlier article , (before more pressing issues shelved the topic) we summarized highlights from a recent New York Times Magazine article about the ownership of a large share of the nation's single-family rental stock by institutional investors....
Mortgage Apps Defy Coronavirus Woes and Post a 15% Increase

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by Jann Swanson on April 01 2020, 3:58 AM

Well this was a surprise. In a week when unemployment claims soared to the highest level in probably ever and several large states went into a COVID-19 induced lockdown, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced a significant increase in mortgage...
Solid Home Price Gains Continued into January Ahead of Coronavirus Pandemic

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by Jann Swanson on March 31 2020, 9:49 AM

Home prices entered 2020 still on the uptick according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices. The U.S. National Home Price Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 3.9 percent annual gain in January. The year-over-year increase...
What's Being Done to Prevent Forbearance From Crushing The Mortgage Industry?

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by Jann Swanson on March 30 2020, 11:10 AM

Among responses to the job losses and reduced income already emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a moratorium on foreclosures and a requirement, coming from many quarters, that servicers offer mortgage borrowers an extended period of forbearance...

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