For some reason, companies laying off large numbers of people (most recently Better, Freedom, Mr. Cooper) make headlines, whereas shouldn’t the unusual, like companies that aren’t laying off anyone or who are hiring, be more newsworthy? There are indeed companies that are not laying off anyone, and in fact are hiring to take advantage of slow times. There is other good news. Despite inflation, elevated mortgage rates, and slowing sales activity, severely limited housing inventory will prevent large home price drops for most of the country next year according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun in his 2023 outlook. “For most parts of the country, home prices are holding steady since available inventory is extremely low. Some places are experiencing price gains, while some places, most notably in California, are seeing prices pull back… Housing inventory is about a quarter of what it was in 2008, distressed property sales are almost non-existent, at just 2%, a
In the most challenging mortgage market in well over a decade, executives at Impac have opted to pull back on non-QM products, which represent most of the company’s originations. It resulted in Impac bringing in less than $500,000 in revenue between April and June.
Sales Jobs; Lending Shell Wanted; Non-QM, VA IRRRL Products; Investor s Agency Changes Dec 14 2020, 9:43AM
With the snow expected in the Northeast this week, countless households washed loads of pajamas yesterday so that they could have clean work clothes this week. Y’all think 2020 is bad? Just wait until it turns 21 and starts drinking. Yet 2020 has been good for rates. The Fed has tamped down Treasury yields since the start of the pandemic in March, though those yields are quite the double-edged sword for the central bank. Higher Treasury yields/sinking bond and MBS prices can signal greater confidence in the economic recovery and are likely to be accompanied by rising inflation expectations, which the Fed hopes to see. But yields that climb too much also raise long-term borrowing costs, something the economy certainly does not need with the pandemic surging and millions still out of work. Purchase applications have grown in 2020, however. By the wa