Broker Confidence

Morning Roundup (3/1/2022)– UWM, Pending Home Sales

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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, March 1. A convoy of Russian armed forces stretching approximately 40 miles is moving closer to Kyiv. California, Oregon, and Washington will stop requiring masks in schools. President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address tonight. The Mortgage Note Reports The ‘Rent vs. Own’ Debate Heats Up: With both home prices and rents rising at or near record levels, the debate over which makes the most fiscal sense is hotter than ever, these experts say. Broker Confidence Dips: Broker confidence fell for the second straight month in February, though brokers are “cautiously optimistic” about the future. CoreLogic HPI: CoreLogic’s Home Price Index found that home prices rose 19.1% YOY in January and 1.4%…

Broker Confidence Dropped In February

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Broker confidence fell for the second straight month in February, though brokers are “cautiously optimistic” about the future, according to RISMedia’s February Broker Confidence Index (BCI). The index, which is scaled 1 to 10, fell to 7.5 from January’s 7.9 and December 2021’s 8.2. For the 3,000 brokers surveyed, rising interest rates were not a big cause for concern. They felt that rising rates won’t hurt demand considering current market conditions. Brokers’ biggest worries were inflation and inventory, with a nod to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. “The continued lack of supply has really created a bubble,” Quincy Smith, a broker with ERA Matt Fischer in Yuma, Arizona, told RISMedia.  “With the equity market starting what appears to be a…