Optimal Blue: Homebuyer Credit Score Reaches High of 737

Optimal Blue, Plano, Texas, released its March 2024 Originations Market Monitor report, finding that the average homebuyer credit score–at 737–is the highest since the firm began tracking the data in 2018.

ICE Mortgage Monitor: 2023 Saw Three-Decade Low in Originations

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Atlanta, released its Mortgage Monitor report for March, featuring some full-year 2023 insights. Among those, the report recorded only 4.3 million mortgages as originated in 2023, the lowest since ICE began tracking the data 30 years ago.

MBA: Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Down 49% in Third Quarter

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 49% lower in the third quarter of 2023 compared to a year ago, and decreased 7% from the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.