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Consumer Sentiment Shifts From Gains to Slight Decline
A key skill to being a real estate agent is judging a buyer’s mood. So how are consumers feeling on a wide scale? Consumer sentiment dipped slightly in the early days of October 2024, from 70.1 to 68.9, per the latest report for the University of Michigan. This monthly change comes in below expectations; median… […]
Existing-Home Sales Fell for the Ninth Straight Month and Decline 5.9% in October 2022
October’s existing home sales reached a 4.43 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, declining 28.4% from October 2021. www.nar.realtor – Research
NAR’s Lawrence Yun Predicts US Home Prices Won’t Experience Major Decline, Could Possibly Rise Slightly in 2023 if Mortgage Rates Remain at 7%
Yun Predicts US Home Prices Won’t See Major Decline Inflation, elevated mortgage rates, and limited housing inventory will prevent large home price drops for most of the U.S. in 2023. Media Contact: Troy Green 202-383-1042 Residential Real Estate
Existing-Home Sales Drop for the Eighth Straight Month and Decline 1.5% in September 2022
September 2022’s existing-home sales reached a 4.71 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, declining 23.8% from September 2021. www.nar.realtor – Research
Existing-Home Sales Fall for the Sixth Straight Month, Decline 5.9% in July 2022
In July 2022, existing-home sales fell month-over-month for the sixth consecutive time, reaching a 4.81 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, and fell 20.2% from July 2021. www.nar.realtor – Research
Broker Confidence Continues to Decline Month-Over-Month
At a macro level, 2022 has been a year of ups and downs for the U.S. economy. Supply chain issues are still prevalent. Inflation continues to rise, although some experts suggest it may have peaked. Thirty-year mortgage rates topped a 5% average. Loan applications have dipped week-over-week. And, of course, fuel prices continue to soar, […]
Freddie Mac Mortgage Portfolio Reverses Four Month Decline
Posted To: MND NewsWire Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 23.7 percent in August compared to an 8.4 percent gain in July. The portfolio balance at the end of the period was $ 3.093 trillion compared to $ 3.033 trillion the prior month and $ […]
Huge Forbearance Decline; Rate Reckoning; Lenders’ Profit Outlook
With interest rates expected to rise and most homeowners who could benefit from refinancing having done so, mortgage bankers are not expecting the sometimes record profits of the last year or so to continue. Fannie Mae’s third quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey (MLSS) found just short of a majority of respondents expecting their profit margins […]
Mortgage Profits Decline but Remain Close to Record Levels
Mortgage originators’ profits remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2020, although they were down considerably from the previous period. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) Mortgage Bankers Performance Report says that independent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net gain of $ 3,738 on each loan they originated during the […]