Pending home sales rise slightly but are 4.7% below last year.
Pending home sales rose slightly while contract signings remain below prior year amid high mortgage rates, creating demand gaps private lenders can address
Freddie Mac Lists $474 Million of Deeply Delinquent Mortgages for Sale.
Freddie Mac is auctioning $474M of seasoned, deeply delinquent first-lien residential loans across five pools, including a smaller-investor offering. info.
Pennymac raises conforming loan limit to $850,000.
Pennymac raises its conforming loan cap to $850,000, prompting private lenders to reassess pricing, products, pipeline risk and investor strategy +yields.
Federal Reserve raises rates; analysts expect further tightening.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark policy rate into the 3.75%–4.00% range in response to persistent inflationary pressure and a tight labor market. For mortgage markets, the move translates into immediate upward pressure on short-term funding costs and secondary-market yields, pushing mortgage rates higher [...]
Real estate professionals should understand the Fed’s rate hike.
Housing professionals report that shifts in market signals create an immediate psychological reaction among both homebuyers and sellers, and that reaction materially shapes near‑term behavior. Buyers often move from active search to caution or acceleration depending on headlines and perceived risk, altering demand patterns [...]
Realtor.com Identifies an Upcoming Week as the Best Time to Buy a Home.
Rising inventory and reduced buyer competition signal price relief, creating private-lender opportunities in purchase, bridge and short-term financing now.
Matt Jones Appointed FHA Director as Mortgage Policy Faces Transition.
Nomination of Matt Jones as FHA commissioner could alter federal mortgage policy; private lenders assess impacts on loan(s) programs, underwriting and risk.
Reverse mortgage lenders retain risk when sponsored TPOs originate HECMs.
Private lenders remain fully responsible for supervision, quality control and advertising compliance, when sponsored third-party HECM originations take place.
Fed Raises Rates as Housing Market Faces Renewed Pressure.
Fed rate hike raises borrowing costs and hints at further tightening; private lenders should reassess pricing, liquidity and housing-credit risk near-term.
Mortgage Bankers Association sues over New Jersey disparate-impact rule.
MBA asks court to block New Jersey disparate-impact rule, arguing it conflicts with federal civil-rights law and unduly pressures private lenders broadly.