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Homebuyers Battle the Trifecta: Rates, Inventory, and Prices

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Homebuyers Battle the Trifecta: Rates, Inventory, and Prices

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by Jann Swanson on May 25 2018, 9:55 AM

The May edition of Freddie Mac's monthly Outlook , produced by its Economic & Housing Research Group, is focused on the resiliency of the American homebuyer . It notes that, "Through the first five months of 2018, home shoppers have battled the trifecta...
Flipping; Turning into a Dangerous Game?

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by Jann Swanson on May 24 2018, 2:05 PM

CoreLogic says flipping is back. The term applies to the act of buying, renovating and/or repairing a house, then reselling it, all within a short timeframe. Investors who specialize in flipping are always out there, but when prices are rising, or appear...
Existing Home Sales Reverse Course, Down 3%

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by Jann Swanson on May 24 2018, 10:49 AM

Existing home sales put an end to two straight months of gains , retreating in April on both a monthly and annual basis. The National Association of Realtors® said the sales of single-family homes, townhouses, condos, and cooperative apartments dropped...
Home Price Index Shows Signs of Losing Momentum

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by Jann Swanson on May 24 2018, 9:46 AM

Home prices in the first quarter of 2018 were 1.7 percent higher than at the end of the fourth quarter of last year. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said its Housing Price Index (HPI) gained 6.9 percent when compared to the level at the end of March...
Tax Cut Gains Forecast to Fade Away in 2019

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by Jann Swanson on May 23 2018, 2:13 PM

Fannie Mae is backing down slightly on its economic forecast for the remainder of 2018. The first quarter GDP growth of 2.3 percent was the slowest in a year , down from 2.9 percent a year earlier. The company's economists, led by vice president and chief...
April Delinquencies Improve Despite Historic Pattern

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by Jann Swanson on May 23 2018, 12:43 PM

Loan performance continued to improve in April, even though Black Knight says mortgage delinquencies have a historic pattern of increasing during that month. The overall delinquency rate declined 1.6 percent from March to a national rate of 3.67 percent...
Houses Passes S2155, Unwinds Less of Dodd-Frank Than Hoped

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by Jann Swanson on May 23 2018, 11:06 AM

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping overhaul of regulations included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Tuesday. Senate Bill 2155, which passed the upper house in March, received a 258 to 259 vote in the...
New Home Sales Continue to Improve on Annual Basis

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by Jann Swanson on May 23 2018, 10:30 AM

New home sales dipped in April, a reversal that was expected by many analysts . The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sales of newly constructed homes during the month were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate...
Freddie Mac to Address Origination Barriers for Young Buyers

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by Jann Swanson on May 22 2018, 3:39 PM

Reams of data have been gathered about what appear to be significant changes in the profile of younger homebuyers and consequently mortgage borrowers. This usually means the Millennial generation, but recently Gen Z, those born in 1995 and later have...
Refinance Applications Near 18-Year Low

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by Jann Swanson on May 23 2018, 6:02 AM

Mortgage rates surged significantly during the week ended May 18, sending mortgage activity skidding for the fifth straight week . The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, dropped...
Increasing Number of Homes Built as Rental Property

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by Jann Swanson on May 22 2018, 11:37 AM

As if the new home inventory wasn't tight enough, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) say a higher proportion of those homes are being built as rentals rather than owner occupancy . Robert Dietz, writing in NAHB's Eye on Housing blog says...
Nullification of Auto Loan Rule Has Broad Implications

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by Jann Swanson on May 22 2018, 10:12 AM

It only impacts auto lending, but if Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPB) keeps his word, a Congressional resolution signed by the President on Monday is likely to have an eventual impact on mortgage and other...
Will "Freeing" Fannie/Freddie Improve Housing Finance?

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by Jann Swanson on May 21 2018, 1:53 PM

In a prior article we summarized the options the Trump Administration might utilize to reform the residential mortgage financing system should Congress continue to drop the ball. Two noted economists, Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi, writing for the Urban...
Lenders: Income Verification Needs for "Gig" Economy

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by Jann Swanson on May 21 2018, 10:27 AM

Late last year Fannie Mae included questions in one of its National Housing Surveys about working in the "gig" economy. About a fifth of respondents claimed they earned at least some of their income through such employment. Gig-economy workers tend to...
Automated Construction - Robot Frames Small Home in Two Days

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by Jann Swanson on May 21 2018, 10:36 AM

Last week the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that severe shortages of construction tradespeople were slowing homebuilding and increasing costs. The shortages, as reported by NAHB's new home builder members, affected all trades from...

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