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6 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Going from offering 5.99% to 6.99% in less than 30 days is why I drink

Don’t look up any Longhorns baseball scores 

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4.00 incoming on the 10 year treasury. Possibly today at this rate. Weren’t we just hoping to break through the 3.3 barrier like 15 days ago? Geez 

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Going from offering 5.99% to 6.99% in less than 30 days is why I drink

Yep.  It really is nonsense. 

12 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

4.00 incoming on the 10 year treasury. Possibly today at this rate. Weren’t we just hoping to break through the 3.3 barrier like 15 days ago? Geez 

Yes.  And not just looking to break through the 3.3 barrier but like, you know, on it's way down to 2.5 or so.  maybe 2. 

I’ve been consuming every macro and mortgage podcast/analysis article I can get my hands on and nothing seems to adequately explain the post jobs report results on rate pricing (aside from the obvious, it’s been shitty).  
 

I’m likely to be eating a lot of crow having sold “we’ll refinance you by June 2023” for the last six months to all our closed borrowers.  

51 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I’ve been consuming every macro and mortgage podcast/analysis article I can get my hands on and nothing seems to adequately explain the post jobs report results on rate pricing (aside from the obvious, it’s been shitty).  
 

I’m likely to be eating a lot of crow having sold “we’ll refinance you by June 2023” for the last six months to all our closed borrowers.  

It wasn’t just the Jan jobs report. It was hotter than expected CPI and a bond auction with weak demand. The market is now pricing in higher for longer fears, which given the strong signs of the economy, isn’t out of the questions. Most people had some late 2023 fed cuts priced in. Don’t know if that is still the case 

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

It wasn’t just the Jan jobs report. It was hotter than expected CPI and a bond auction with weak demand. The market is now pricing in higher for longer fears, which given the strong signs of the economy, isn’t out of the questions. Most people had some late 2023 fed cuts priced in. Don’t know if that is still the case 

But it wasn’t hotter than expected; pretty much every major media source or macro pundit said it MET expectations.  The only really shock has been the jobs report, which Habib claims was the result of a methodology change (without corroborative support), and everyone else said “so what, it’s one report.”
 

There’s something different about market reactions in the past year that seems to result in higher volatility.  

Going from offering 5.99% to 6.99% in less than 30 days is why I drink

That happening 30 days from me basically having a forced refi is why I consider stepping in front of a bus
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18 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

I definitely have some ptsd being in mortgage originations the last 3 years.

You got 2 easy years to start your career at least 

1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

But it wasn’t hotter than expected; pretty much every major media source or macro pundit said it MET expectations.  The only really shock has been the jobs report, which Habib claims was the result of a methodology change (without corroborative support), and everyone else said “so what, it’s one report.”
 

There’s something different about market reactions in the past year that seems to result in higher volatility.  

Yes it was. When the market expects 6.2% and it comes in at 6.4%. It’s hotter than expected. That difference matters. 
 

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1 hour ago, TXSooner518 said:


That happening 30 days from me basically having a forced refi is why I consider stepping in front of a bus

I thought you were going to let it extend on the arm one time?  Or are we already one more year in from when we had that conversation?  

3 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Yes it was. When the market expects 6.2% and it comes in at 6.4%. It’s hotter than expected. That difference matters. 
 

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And the actual result was -0.03%. That’s not hot by any stretch

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Actions taken by the Biden administration on Wednesday are expected to save thousands of homebuyers an average of $800 annually, the White House said.

The White House said the annual mortgage insurance premium on Federal Housing Administration-insured loans will drop by .3 percentage points to .55% for most new borrowers. This premium is the fee paid by homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages.

2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Actions taken by the Biden administration on Wednesday are expected to save thousands of homebuyers an average of $800 annually, the White House said.

The White House said the annual mortgage insurance premium on Federal Housing Administration-insured loans will drop by .3 percentage points to .55% for most new borrowers. This premium is the fee paid by homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages.

They could have gone even further with the surpluses they are running. I guess we can take every little bit we get. 
Purchase apps last week came in lowest since 1995. Refinance apps are down 75% YOY (and it had already started to fall by a good bit last February). It’s brutal out there man. I’m sure the 3/10’s on fha pmi will right the ship. 

Reading the last two pages of this thread, it sounds like my timing is horrible, but I'm looking to do a cash-out re-fi on an investment property in Colorado.  Does anyone have someone they would recommend who is licensed in CO?

3 minutes ago, BTW said:

Reading the last two pages of this thread, it sounds like my timing is horrible, but I'm looking to do a cash-out re-fi on an investment property in Colorado.  Does anyone have someone they would recommend who is licensed in CO?

I think Phil's outfit is licensed up there. If not, I do have a guy that will do quality work up there at a pretty reasonable price. Hit me up with a PM and I can pass that along.

Thanks

Gabe

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9 minutes ago, BTW said:

Reading the last two pages of this thread, it sounds like my timing is horrible, but I'm looking to do a cash-out re-fi on an investment property in Colorado.  Does anyone have someone they would recommend who is licensed in CO?

Yeah we can do Colorado. We did mchookem’s up there. Shoot me an email and we’ll get you setup - pdubord@prodigymbo.com

2 hours ago, BTW said:

Reading the last two pages of this thread, it sounds like my timing is horrible, but I'm looking to do a cash-out re-fi on an investment property in Colorado.  Does anyone have someone they would recommend who is licensed in CO?

Actually bonds look like a three inside up pattern right now, so potential bullish sign, and if PCE report is good, then we might see a little relief in rates 

5 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Actually bonds look like a three inside up pattern right now, so potential bullish sign, and if PCE report is good, then we might see a little relief in rates 

I’m going to take this as a blood oath on your part and declare jihad on you if it doesn’t immediately happen. 

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57 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I’m going to take this as a blood oath on your part and declare jihad on you if it doesn’t immediately happen. 

Actually knowing my betting history, you should hammer the other side 

12 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Actually knowing my betting history, you should hammer the other side 

PCE is hot. Told you to hammer 

50 bip hike more likely now 

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Congrats to everyone who locked this week I guess. 
And here we go to 7 as the national average.  Wheeeee! 

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On 2/21/2023 at 1:10 PM, UTPhil2006 said:

4.00 incoming on the 10 year treasury. Possibly today at this rate. Weren’t we just hoping to break through the 3.3 barrier like 15 days ago? Geez 

Guessing that day is today. 

Bid 7% over list on a house in ft worth and got beat out by at least one competing offer this week. Fun

10 minutes ago, bluto said:

Bid 7% over list on a house in ft worth and got beat out by at least one competing offer this week. Fun

It felt like that was going to start being a thing of the past.  Better luck next time...

Moving across the country and having to sell our 2.75 interest rate mortgage for this garbage blows. May have to be a renter.

Some sellers are willing to offer a rate buy down. What price point home does a rate buy down outweigh a price drop?

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45 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

It felt like that was going to start being a thing of the past.  Better luck next time...

I’d say it’s very location specific. We’ve had easy concessions on sellers and we’ve had losses on 10-20k over. 

9 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

Some sellers are willing to offer a rate buy down. What price point home does a rate buy down outweigh a price drop?

Depends on how much the price drop is. You could price it neutral if you wanted to.  Personally- if it was me as a buyer I'd ask for that amount of money as a seller concession as opposed to a rate buy down- but a rate buy down isn't the worst thing in the world- it's just a bit gimmicky.  

10 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

I’d say it’s very location specific. We’ve had easy concessions on sellers and we’ve had losses on 10-20k over. 

I don't know about location specific but for me it's been if it's listed on a Thursday and is a good house at a good price it's got offers and is done over the weekend- if it makes it to 10 days on market then the seller is going to take asking and be open to some concessions. 

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12 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

Some sellers are willing to offer a rate buy down. What price point home does a rate buy down outweigh a price drop?

It’s really a case by case. For my VA young buyer he ain’t going anywhere anytime soon so that 2/1 buydown was a good use of his 10k concession. Bought it down to 3.375 the first year 4.375 second year and still had 3k left over for closing costs coverage. 
 

Now my FHA young buyers it doesn’t make a lick of sense to mess with the rate knowing our goal is to get them into conventional in the next couple years when rate drops. Don’t wanna throw bad money at it. 
 

So each situation and moreso each price point determines if it’s a good use or not 

3 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

It’s really a case by case. For my VA young buyer he ain’t going anywhere anytime soon so that 2/1 buydown was a good use of his 10k concession. Bought it down to 3.375 the first year 4.375 second year and still had 3k left over for closing costs coverage. 
 

Now my FHA young buyers it doesn’t make a lick of sense to mess with the rate knowing our goal is to get them into conventional in the next couple years when rate drops. Don’t wanna throw bad money at it. 
 

So each situation and moreso each price point determines if it’s a good use or not 

He's asking from the seller POV though- how does that change the calculus in your mind?  Do yall see people advertising in their listings and/or on MLS the availability of buy downs? 

It's not really much of a thing in Houston near as I can tell. I get the sense Austin is more of a market for that from speaking with a couple agents out there- people seem to be out there pushing the idea anyway such that agents are more educated about their existence and what they are. 

18 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

Some sellers are willing to offer a rate buy down. What price point home does a rate buy down outweigh a price drop?

Unique to every person. A rate buydown is just a seller concession. So let’s say it’s 10K. What would benefit your specific situation more? Less closings costs? (Cash out of pocket) lower monthly payment ( save a couple hundred each month with 2-1 buydown and refinance in 2 years or lower your rate a little bit with a permanent buydown), or reducing the purchase price of house. Price reduction only makes sense if it’s a larger one 

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5 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

He's asking from the seller POV though- how does that change the calculus in your mind?  Do yall see people advertising in their listings and/or on MLS the availability of buy downs? 

It's not really much of a thing in Houston near as I can tell. I get the sense Austin is more of a market for that from speaking with a couple agents out there- people seem to be out there pushing the idea anyway such that agents are more educated about their existence and what they are. 

Ah yeah I misread that. I’d say the price reduction would gain more traction for a seller than the concession marketing 

Oh

yeah if your using a buydown, it’s better to start out advertising it as opposed to midway through the listing 

2 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Ah yeah I misread that. I’d say the price reduction would gain more traction for a seller than the concession marketing 

I think so too.  But, probably depends on the price range. If I'm in the 300k range (that's first time buyer territory in HTown suburbs) I'd probably rather my clients had 10k in closing costs than 10k less house.  Probably. It would be nice to know if seller was open to that anyway (with a full price offer)

I appreciate the responses. It’s a weird situation to have plenty of money for a 20% down payment and still feeling that it’s not financially smart. We have owned 3 homes but never lived in them longer than 3 years because I have moved for jobs.
 

Current house is listed for $620k in SA. We have an offer but it’s a contingent with appraisal. Which I have no idea what to think in this market. It’s 100% worth $620 but there are absolutely no comps in the last 6 months in our neighborhood.

Why do you feel like it’s not financially smart to put 20% down? 

7 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Why do you feel like it’s not financially smart to put 20% down? 

To buy in general. I would definitely put down 20% on any house. I worry with this market if buying makes sense. If we only stay 3 -5 years will we lose money with any remodeling and then selling cost.

On 2/24/2023 at 2:27 PM, LebongJames said:

Some sellers are willing to offer a rate buy down. What price point home does a rate buy down outweigh a price drop?

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I mean, you can calculate the PV of the rate reduction.  I don't know why the seller wouldn't offer equivalent PV in whatever form the buyer wants.  But people seem to get hung up on weird stuff buying and selling houses, so what do I know?

13 hours ago, WBT said:

But people seem to get hung up on weird stuff buying and selling houses

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To be a mortgage broker like what you guys do, is a license or certification required in every state? I have a friend doing it in another state and I don’t think he has a license. 

9 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

To be a mortgage broker like what you guys do, is a license or certification required in every state? I have a friend doing it in another state and I don’t think he has a license. 

Yes, but you don’t have to be licensed if your work for a depository institution. Your friend either works for a bank, or someone else is signing the loans for a kickback (super illegal)

So, I moved to a different brokerage about 5 years ago.  The new place was great, the people super cool, just a great vibe.


Then, about 3 years ago, he sold to a really big company and we became part of that.  It has some advantages (in-house counsel, marketing staff, and tech support) but also has the disadvantages that come with big companies, like management churn. 

So, the broker that sold had a 3 year non-compete. The 3 years is up, so he's starting back up again, and has invited a large handful of the originals to join him.   I think I'm going to make the move.  He's offering to cover all costs (signs, business cards, etc), and he'll sweeten my split a couple of points. 

Meanwhile, I closed on that beach condo today, so tomorrow is payday!

California Realtor here:

It's possible that the seller was not aware of the asbestos, however, depending on the age of the home, your inspector should have noted the likelyhood of the presence of asbestos and should have advised asbestos testing.  Old homes are going to have some asbestos and some  lead-based paints.  

From a practical standpoint, if the asbestos is covered, it is "non-friable" and only poses a risk when it's disturbed. 

On 2/23/2023 at 10:18 AM, BTW said:

Reading the last two pages of this thread, it sounds like my timing is horrible, but I'm looking to do a cash-out re-fi on an investment property in Colorado.  Does anyone have someone they would recommend who is licensed in CO?

Where in Co. If you don’t mind, just curious, wanted to buy something there but the COVID real estate price increase kicked me out. Sucks to be poor!

Down 44 basis points this morning. Basically back to the worst of 2022 after a pretty good January. Fuck you February and March so far. 

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