Good Morning! Today is Friday, April 14. The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman for the Pentagon document leak. Trump was questioned under oath in a civil fraud lawsuit. Both Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein are ill, stalling action in Congress.
The Mortgage Note Reports
Rates Down Again: Mortgage rates ticked down again, the fifth straight week of declines, as inflation shows signs of decelerating and labor markets remain tight.
Urmersbach At Kiavi: Fix and Flip lender Kiavi has named Alex Urmersbach as CFO.
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In other mortgage and housing news…
WF Q1 Earnings: Wells Fargo reported growing profits in Q1 thanks to higher interest rates, but noninterest revenue fell, including its mortgage income.
FOMC’s Outlook: The FOMC’s March minutes show the Fed is expecting a recession this year and will likely pause rate hikes after one more quarter-point increase.
Second Place: Total commercial real estate mortgage borrowing and lending equaled $816 billion in 2022, down 8% from 2021 but still the second-highest on record.
“Sellers Won’t Sell”: New listings dropped 25% YOY during the four weeks ending April 9, continuing an eight-month streak of double-digit declines.
Rents Moderate: The median U.S. asking rent fell 0.4% YOY to $1,937 in March, the first annual decline since March 2020 and the lowest median asking rent in 13 months.