“I’m not a first-time homebuyer. Why would I apply for an FHA loan?” This is a common question directed at FHA loan lenders in San Diego. It points toward a common misunderstanding about FHA loans. FHA loans are so readily associated with first-time home buyers that is frequently assumed that those are the only purchasers who qualify. This is an … [Read more...]
Go Small or Go Home
Sales prices jumped 7 percent annually in November, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That is the third straight month at that pace, far higher than the price gains in the first half of 2017. Low supply and high demand are fueling the spurt and neither of those is expected to ease up anytime soon. With affordability constraints … [Read more...]
Picking Up the PACE
bill aimed at regulating loans created by the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program is making national industry headlines. The PACE Act of 2017 aims to amend the Truth in Lending Act, a chief regulation governing big banks and mortgage companies, to include PACE lenders. If the bill is passed, PACE lenders would be forced to disclose to … [Read more...]
Spring Buying Season is Sweet and Sour
The divide between the prices of homes Americans want to buy and the inventory of such homes is growing, suggesting first-time home buyers and high-end sellers might have a difficult year ahead of them. The result is likely to be swiftly rising prices at the low end and challenges for first-time buyers, and sluggish price increases and lingering … [Read more...]
2017: The Focus Ahead
Some shocking numbers have just come in. It has been reported that total housing inventory dropped 10.8% in December to 1.65 million existing homes available for sale, the lowest level since the National Association of Relators (NAR) began tracking housing supply in 1999. Inventory decreased 6.3% from last year and has fallen for 19 consecutive … [Read more...]
Get It While It’s Hot
While recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that household incomes rose strongly last year, home prices are still outpacing incomes in many metro areas because of the persistent shortage of new and existing homes for sale. Without more supply, the U.S. homeownership rate will remain near 50-year lows. As outdoor temperatures slide into … [Read more...]
Home Flipping in California
Nearly 40,000 people flipped their properties in the second quarter this year – the most since the second quarter of 2007, according to a recent report from ATTOM Data Solutions. The company analyzed public sales deeds of more than 950 counties, representing 80% of the U.S. population, on homes that were bought and then sold within a 12-month … [Read more...]
Loan Originations at a High, More Homes For Sale Soon
Real estate predictions for the coming years are generally positive. With strong home sales, near-historic low interest rates, a refi boom, and steady home price appreciation, Freddie Mac's economic team projects that mortgage loan originations will scale nearly $2 trillion for 2016. The projections from the current edition of the company's … [Read more...]
April Home Sales Surge, Foreclosures Drop
This just in: after disappointing March data, new home sales surged in April. The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this week that sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 619,000. This is an increase of 16.6% from the previous month and 23.8% higher than in April of 2015. West coast sales in … [Read more...]
Spring Buying Season & The Millennial Shift
Millennials are the first generation to come of age in the post-recession housing market in a relatively positive light. Yet the No. 1 barrier to entry for young, would-be homebuyers? Credit. "The mortgage industry is poised to experience a monumental shift as more millennial homebuyers begin to enter the market," said Joe Tyrrell, executive vice … [Read more...]
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