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February 2023 — The mortgage industry has been at the mercy of rapidly shifting mortgage rates over the last month. While inflation has slowed recently with the Fed’s upticks in the federal funds rate, positive economic factors — like a better-than-expected jobs report — have caused rates to climb close to 7% — putting even more of a damper on the mortgage market. Record-low rates of inventory are also causing mortgage loan applications to slow to a trickle in many markets, further impacting the mortgage landscape.

According to Realtor.com analyst Jiayi Xu, this is “nobody’s market” — as it’s not friendly to buyers or sellers — and if rates stay high, that trend is likely to continue, according to numerous analysts. As housing market analyst Logan Mohtashami recently told HousingWire, “As we saw after June of last year, when mortgage rates got above 6%, new listing data started to decline year over year and is still falling year over year.” That and other factors will almost certainly have a big impact on the mortgage market for the foreseeable future, and HousingWire will be there to cover it.  

Mortgage News

Santander to begin laying off mortgage employees HW+

Feb 07, 2022By Flávia Furlan Nunes

Layoffs are set to begin at Santander Bank after the Madrid-headquartered lender announced that it would soon stop mortgage lending in the United States.

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  Feb 07, 2022By Georgia Kromrei

• UWM sues broker shop for sending loans to Rocket, Fairway HW+

  Feb 04, 2022By James Kleimann

• Positive jobs report sends bond yields higher HW+

  Feb 04, 2022By Logan Mohtashami

• Pennymac Financial Services’ profit sinks 31% in Q4 HW+

  Feb 03, 2022By Flávia Furlan Nunes

• Freddie Mac opens 2022 with two large CRT offerings HW+

  Feb 03, 2022By Bill Conroy

• Santander Bank to stop originating mortgages in the United States HW+

  Feb 03, 2022By Flávia Furlan Nunes

• Here are 4 macro trends impacting the 2022 housing market HW+

  Feb 03, 2022By Tian Liu

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