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Mortgage Rates Shift Direction, Trend Upward

After a three-week slide, Freddie Mac reports the fixed-rate mortgage rose four basis points week-over-week, and despite affordability headwinds, buyers have driven new home sales to levels seen in more than 12 months.

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New Single-Family Home Sales Hit 15-Month High

The U.S. Census Bureau and HUD have found that new, single-family home sales were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 763,000 in May 2023, 12.2% above April 2023’s rate of 680,000 marking the highest level reported since February 2022.

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May’s Housing Starts Rise Above Expectations

“U.S. housing starts in May came in above consensus expectations at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.63 million, which is 21.7% above the revised April estimate of 1.34 million and 5.7% above the May 2022 rate of 1.54 million,” said First American Economist Ksenia Potapov.

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Home Purchase Mortgage Apps Increased Nearly 17% in May

“Applications for purchase loans were up on a monthly basis and increased annually for the fourth consecutive month," said Joel Kan, MBA’s VP and Deputy Chief Economist. "Our estimate of new home sales also jumped in May, up 16% to the fastest pace of new home sales in 15 months.”

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Rethinking Reverse Mortgage Lending

Rather than viewing the reverse mortgage lending business as a completely new line of business, lenders today are looking at reverse mortgages as another loan product to add to their menu of offerings.

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