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U.S. housing prices could plunge 20%, Dallas Fed warns

U.S. housing prices could plunge 20%, Dallas Fed warns

Source: CBS News --- America's home prices could plunge as much as 20% due to the sharp rise in mortgage rates in 2022, which are drastically increasing home ownership costs and "boost the odds of a severe house price correction," according to research from the...

‘Zombie Debt’: Homeowners face foreclosure on old mortgages

‘Zombie Debt’: Homeowners face foreclosure on old mortgages

Source: Centre Daily Times --- Rose Prophete thought the second mortgage loan on her Brooklyn home was resolved about a decade ago — until she received paperwork claiming she owed more than $130,000. “I was shocked,” said Prophete, who refinanced her two-family home...

Mortgage lenders expect the housing market to worsen in 2023

Mortgage lenders expect the housing market to worsen in 2023

Source: firsttuesday Journal --- Following record lender profits in 2021, 2022 has mortgage lenders packing their bags and heading for the exits. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) believes the U.S. will enter a recession in the first half of 2023. The MBA expects...

US home prices falling 15% looks “conservative”: KPMG

US home prices falling 15% looks “conservative”: KPMG

Source: The Real Deal --- An economist is predicting home prices could decline much more than anticipated as the housing bubble begins to pop. A 15 percent drop in home prices for next year is “very conservative,” KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune. Swonk’s...

Looking for an Owner-Financed Home? 5 Things to Avoid

Looking for an Owner-Financed Home? 5 Things to Avoid

Source: The Ascent --- There are at least two good reasons a potential home buyer may turn to owner financing. Perhaps their credit score is not high enough to qualify for a traditional mortgage, or they're hoping to buy time to save for a larger down payment but want...

Mortgage Rates Need Another Push to Keep Plunging

Mortgage Rates Need Another Push to Keep Plunging

Source: The Wall Street Journal --- The pressure is finally coming off mortgage rates.  Amid the market’s huge reaction last week to the better-than-feared inflation print, and what it could signal about the direction of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, a widely...