Following Rocket’s lead, UWM and Guaranteed Rate say they’ll price mortgages of up to $750,000 as if they’re eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in anticipation of expected 2024 increases.
Category: mortgage
Housing groups urge Federal Reserve to stop hiking rates
MBA, NAR and NAHB say uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next moves is disrupting the housing sector and threatening to send the U.S. economy into a tailspin
Soaring rates baffle economists, frustrate housing leaders
Economists are scratching their heads and housing industry leaders are venting their frustrations as mortgage rates continue a relentless climb to new heights not seen in more than two decades.
Mortgage demand fades as buyers watch rates hit 2-decade high
Fed’s “higher for longer” rate strategy drives yields on long-term Treasurys higher, with mortgage rates following to highest levels in over 20 years, MBA survey shows.
Fed stays put but is prepared to hike rates one more time this year
Treasury yields, a barometer for mortgage rates, barely budged Wednesday as bond market investors look ahead to next year when the Fed is expected to start bringing short-term rates back down.
Constellation Software handed the keys to Empower, Optimal Blue
To satisfy antitrust regulators, ICE divests itself of Black Knight’s loan origination and mortgage pricing businesses, but gets access to mortgage loan servicers and MLSs in $11.9 billion merger.
VC-backed Roam seeks to connect buyers to assumable mortgages
In theory, any government-backed FHA, VA and USDA loan is assumable, and with mortgage rates at levels not seen in two decades, interest in this little-used option has been growing.
Bond market investors convinced Fed won’t hike rates next week
Demand for purchase loans picks up slightly, and mortgage rates continue to remain below 2023 peaks, as investors take latest inflation data in stride.
Consumer homebuying sentiment has plateaued at ‘pessimistic’
Most Americans polled by Fannie Mae last month said they would rather buy than rent, but a record-high 82 percent also said August was a bad time to buy.
Hubzu operator Altisource to issue more stock to pay down debt
The Luxembourg-based real estate and mortgage services provider, which has slashed nearly 400 positions this year, raised $20.5 million in a February offering that it used to pay down debt.