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Housing demand rises as inventory falls

January 29, 2024 Mariel Alumit Comments Off

Housing demand is up and it’s time to track the spring housing data and see what the selling season will bring. As I always stress, we are working from the lowest bar ever with […]

Study: Half Of Housing Price Increase Driven By Shift To Remote Work

May 23, 2022 Mariel Alumit Comments Off

NBER working paper estimates that every percentage-point increase in remote work causes a 0.93% increase in house prices. KEY TAKEAWAYS The report notes that housing prices nationwide rose 23.8% from December 2019 to November 2021, […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]