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2014 Forecast: The Year of the Repeat Buyer Awaits

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December 20, 2013 8:15 AM PST 

  

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MARKET INDICATORS    

  • National Average for 30-Yr Fixed Mortgage Rate is up 0.05% to 4.47% on Dec. 19
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REAL ESTATE & MORTGAGE NEWS

2014 Forecast: The Year of the Repeat Buyer Awaits 

By Krista Franks Brock - As prices continue rising in the new year--albeit at a slower pace--investors will begin to ease back from the purchase market, but repeat home buyers will be there to pick up the slack, according to Trulia's predictions. "2013 was the year of the investor, but 2014 will be the year of the repeat home buyer," said Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia. Other changes to the market in the new year include lower affordability, "less frenzied" home-buying, and a shift in the rental market from single-family homes to urban apartments.>>Read More

 

Housing Starts Reach Highest Rate in Almost 6 Years  

By: Tory Barringer - November saw new housing starts jump to a nearly six-year high, the Census Bureau and HUD revealed Wednesday in a joint release. 


According to initial estimates, starts ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million, a 22.7 percent spike from October and the highest rate since February 2008. Last November, Census/HUD reported a rate of 842,000. >>Read More 

  

Mortgage Rates to Take Big Hit from GSE Fee Hikes 

by Ted Rood - As loan officers and borrowers prepare for the Federal Open Market Committee's ("the Fed") potential tapering announcement Wednesday, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs") Tuesday released new pricing adjustments that dramatically raise costs for borrowers in 2014.  The new fees are mandated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as a part of their strategic plan to encourage private capital to reenter the mortgage market, which is currently dominated by the GSEs. >>Read More
   

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