Purchase market is poised to topple refi’s reign in 2021

While 2021 likely won’t approach the record breaking tizzy of 2020, the housing market will continue to flourish on the strength of the purchase market, according to economists at the Mortgage Bankers Association. After last year’s record $3.83 trillion in mortgage originations, the MBA forecasts volume to fall 14% this

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Fannie Mae celebrates Single-Family Green MBS milestone

A year after issuing its first Single-Family Green Mortgage Backed Security on Earth Day 2020, Fannie Mae has now completed 25 transactions for the program, totaling $167 million in bonds backed by mortgages on newly constructed, energy-efficient homes. Most of the issuances have included 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, but recent offerings

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North Carolina’s low home prices luring buyers

Robbin Sutton with DASH Realty Carolina has been a broker for 20 years, and she’s never seen anything like the current housing market in the Raleigh-Durham metro. “I’m on my way with a client to show them a house that’s literally just gotten on the market, and by the time

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What’s next for the overheated housing market?

According to the National Association of Realtors, March’s existing-home sales came in at 6.01 million. Because March 2020 sales were slightly weaker due to the start of COVID-19, the year-over-year growth in sales for March 2021 came in at 12.3%. For the housing market, the COVID crisis started in earnest the

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Existing home sales fall due to lack of housing inventory

For the second consecutive month, existing-home sales fell, according to the latest National Association of Realtors report. Transactions decreased 3.7% in March, which also saw record-high home prices and gains. All four major U.S. regions experienced month-over-month drops, and all four areas saw year-over-year gains in home sales. Sales in

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