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Consumers Gloomiest in a Decade, But Still A Great Time to Sell

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by Jann Swanson on December 07 2021, 3:36 PM

The chief finding from Fannie Mae's November National Housing Survey (NHS) was an increase in consumer pessimism. The company says respondents to the right track/wrong track question expressed the most downbeat attitude in 10 years. Seventy percent of...
Lower Appreciation Not Yet Reflected in Annual Gains

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by Jann Swanson on December 07 2021, 9:10 AM

While it is clear that the growth of home prices has started to slow, reports on the results of the deceleration are diverging . Earlier this week Black Knight reported its Home Price Index (HPI) was up 0.6 percent in October, today CoreLogic puts the...
ATTOM: Mortgage Market Might Not Be Cooling, But it Has Reversed Course

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by Jann Swanson on December 03 2021, 9:42 AM

A new report from ATTOM says that the number of mortgage originations dropped sharply in the third quarter. The company says there were 3.59 million residential mortgages originated during that period, a 3,2 percent increase over the 3.48 million during...
TILA Appraisal Exemption Threshold Moves Higher

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by Jann Swanson on December 02 2021, 8:59 AM

Like a rising tide, rising prices are pushing a lot of other financial elements higher. Earlier this week surging home prices drove a near $100K increase in conforming loan limits, now regulators have raised the dollar threshold for an exemption to the...
Residential Construction No Longer Dominating Spending

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by Jann Swanson on December 01 2021, 12:34 PM

National spending on construction spending rose slightly in October, but for the second month in a row, the increase wasn't driven by the residential sector. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that construction put in place during the month was at a seasonally...
Rates Rise, Refi Share Drops to Eight Month Low

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by Jann Swanson on December 01 2021, 6:29 AM

Thanksgiving week, a three-day business week for many, saw the usual sharp decline in mortgage activity although purchase applications remained seasonally strong. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage...
Mortgage Profits Rebound from Q2 Slide

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by Jann Swanson on November 30 2021, 11:47 AM

While the profits were nowhere near 2020 levels, independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported their third quarter 2021 gains did improve on those in Quarter 2. The report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)...
2022 Conforming Limits Rise 18 Percent to $647,200

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by Jann Swanson on November 30 2021, 12:48 PM

The new conforming loans limits for mortgages that can be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were announced this morning by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As expected, the changes reflect the nearly unprecedented price gains over the last...
Case-Shiller Calls "Deceleration" its September Keyword

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by Jann Swanson on November 30 2021, 10:12 AM

The old adage about waiting for the kettle to boil could be applied to the widely predicted deceleration of home price appreciation. It seems to be happening, but it isn't fast. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller price indexes showed slightly lower monthly...
Pending Sales Shoot Up, Realtors View Increase as Defensive

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by Jann Swanson on November 29 2021, 10:26 AM

The number of signed contracts for the purchase of existing homes made another significant about face in October. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of those new contracts, increased 7.5...
Delinquencies Still Double Pre-Pandemic Rate

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by Jann Swanson on November 26 2021, 9:16 AM

Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 15.7 percent in October compared to a 17.4 percent gain in September. The portfolio balance at the end of the period was $3.179 trillion compared to $3...
Refinance Share Increases as Borrowers Try to Outguess Fed

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by Jann Swanson on November 24 2021, 11:27 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that the volume of loan applications submitted during the week ended November 19 increased slightly, continuing the weekly up and down pattern that has prevailed since the beginning of October. MBA says its...
New Home Sales Rose in October. Sort of.

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by Jann Swanson on November 24 2021, 10:42 AM

New home sales improved slightly on the unexpected, reported surge in September and still managed to disappoint. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report that sales of new single-family homes ticked up 0.4 percent...
Existing Home Sales Rise Slightly but Inventory Tightens Again

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by Jann Swanson on November 22 2021, 10:50 AM

Existing home sales moved higher in October, the second consecutive month of growth . The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said sales of pre-owned single-family houses, townhomes, condos and cooperative apartments was at a seasonally adjusted...
Fannie Mae Sees Supply Chain, Inflation as Economic and Housing Risks

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by Jann Swanson on November 19 2021, 11:01 AM

The ink wasn’t dry on Fannie Mae’s October economic forecast when the month’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) was published showing an inflation rate two-tenths higher than the company’s economists had predicted. Fannie Mae’s...

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