Inside Mortgage Finance, March 20, 2024–Brandon IveyIssuance of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities increased in February, driven by refinances.Click here for more (subscription)
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US Single-Family Housing Starts Soar in February
WTAQ/Reuters, March 19, 2024–Lucia MutikaniU.S. single-family homebuilding rebounded sharply in February amid mild temperatures and a persistent shortage of previously owned houses on the market.Click here for more
How to Make Sense of New York’s Confusing Luxury Home Market
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2024–Katherine ClarkeAsk a broker in Miami and they’ll say New York is dead. Ask a residential tower developer in New York, they’ll say that is …
MBA: Applications for New Home Purchases Increased in February
MortgageOrb, March 19, 2024–Valerie SwiantekApplications for mortgages for new home purchases increased 1% in February compared with January and were up 15.7% compared with February 2023, according to the Mortgage …
Mortgage Rates to Stay Over 6% for Next Two Years, Fannie Mae Says
National Mortgage News, March 19, 2024–Brad FinkelsteinIn a sign of how expectations can shift suddenly in the mortgage industry, Fannie Mae increased its rate expectations for this year by 0.5 …
CFPB Shifts Onus of Apartment Fraud Onto Owners
Multi-Housing News, March 18, 2024–Lew SichelmanThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fired a shot across the bow of the credit bureaus that landlords use to vet applicants, warning to landlords …
The Fed Won’t Fix the Housing Market: Morning Brief
Yahoo Finance, March 19, 2024–Myles UdlandThe US housing market has a simple problem: affordability. But Jerome Powell and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve don’t see this tension in the …
Executive Talks Commercial Market Flux
Mortgage Professional America, March 19, 2024–Fergal McAlindenA prolonged shift in the commercial space is likely to see continued repricing across a variety of asset classes, cap rate expansion and fresh …
Once America’s Hottest Housing Market, Austin Is Running in Reverse
The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2024-Will ParkerThe Sunbelt city that came to symbolize the pandemic housing boom is now leading a national property cool-down.Click here for more (subscription)
Mortgage Debt Inched Up at the End of Last Year
Globe St., March 18, 2024-Erik ShermanThe total amount of mortgage debt between commercial and multifamily properties was $130 billion at the end of 2023, a 2.8% increase over Q4 2022, …