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The Mortgage Note Reports
Existing-Home Sales Slip: Existing-home sales dropped for the third consecutive month, falling 2.4% month-over-month and 5.9% year-over-year.
Affordability Challenges: Affordability is at a 15-year low, with mortgage payments up in 45 of the 50 largest U.S. metros.
And in other mortgage and housing news…
Market Normizational Stays Slow: Potential existing home sales fell 2% month-over-month and are down 10.5% YOY, which FirstAm says is partially the result of homeowners with no incentive to sell hanging on to their properties.
Spending Power: A homebuyer on a $2,500 monthly budget has lost nearly $120,000 in spending power since the end of last year as mortgage rates have nearly doubled.
Home Sales Fall: Home sales fell 3% last month, their only May decline on record outside of May 2020 when the pandemic held buyers back.
Conference Board Expectations: About 76% of CEOs globally expect a recession in the next 12 to 18 months, and 15% figure their region is already in a recession.
CFPB Rules: Rohit Chopra said in a blog post that the CFPB is looking to “move away from highly complicated rules” and plans to move towards “basic bright-line guidance.”
NewRez Rebrand: New Residential is rebranding as Rithm Capital Corp. and has entered into agreements for the internalization of the Company’s management function.
“A Far Different Landscape”: News of a cooling housing market might be a relief, but we’ll be living with the effects for a long time, Brooke Sample argues in Bloomberg.
ForeclosureTown: These 10 zip codes had the worst foreclosure rates in May 2022.
Price Drops: Home sellers are dropping their prices in Salt Lake City, Boise, and other migration hot spots that previously saw huge demand.