Mortgage originations fell by 3% in Q3 2023, reversing a spike in Q2 and marking the ninth decline in ten quarters, according to new data from ATTOM. Purchase and home equity lending (both -7%) induced the drop as interest rates stuck above 7% over the summer. These declines wiped out gains in refinances, which were…
Mortgage lenders were back in business last quarter. Lenders issued $494 billion worth of residential mortgages in the second quarter of 2023, up by 23% from Q1 though still down 41% YOY, according to new data from ATTOM. Residential loans drove the increases, up 21% and breaking a streak of eight consecutive quarterly declines. Purchase…
Rate lock volumes sank in July as mortgage rates exceeded 7% for the first time since November 2022. Black Knight’s Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices for July found that 30-year conforming rates cross 7% early in the month before bouncing down and up again, ultimately ending the month at 6.88%. In line with rising rates,…
Mortgage originations saw a boost in June as summer turned the corner, according to new data from Mortgage Capital Trading. MCT’s Indices Report found that lock volumes increased by 31% last month, making up for a 15% decrease in May. “We saw originations towards the end of May slow down, so this is likely a…
Wilmington, NC-based MC Mortgage Group is joining mortgage platform UMortgage, the company announced. MC Mortgage serves homebuyers in North and South Carolina. The company was named MPA Top Employer and Lender and Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builder’s Association’s Lender of the Year in 2021. The company was founded in 2005 by President Patrick Stoy, a…
Lock volumes increased across the board last month, with purchase locks seeing the greatest gains of any March in the past five years. Rate locks dollar volumes rose by 43% thanks to retreating rates and greater demand, according to Black Knight’s latest Originations Market Report. Rates fell by 24 bps by the end of the…
For the first time since at least 2008, independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks lost money every time they originated a loan. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Mortgage Bankers Performance Report found that IMBs lost an average of $301 on each loan in 2022. This puts production profits down 15% YOY, a…
Americans who bought a home this year are facing rising underwater risk as home prices cool. Black Knight’s October Mortgage Monitor found that 8% of homes bought in 2022 are now at least marginally underwater, while almost 40% have less than a 10% equity stake in their homes. “Make no mistake: negative equity rates continue…
Mortgage originations saw their largest annual decline in 21 years, further evidence that the housing boom is coming to an end. Originations fell 47% YOY in Q3, according to ATTOM Data’s Q3 2022 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report. Quarter-over-quarter they were down 19%, the sixth consecutive drop. Lenders issued a total of $636.5 billion…
Origination activity continues to sink as the market corrects, with refinances seeing major drops. Black Knight’s October 2022 Originations Market Monitor report found that rate lock dollar volume dropped 14.3% month-over-month to its lowest level since February 2019. Refinances have been hit especially hard, making up just 14% of all origination activity in October. Cash-out…
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