Housing Sentiment Jumps on Consumers Selling and Personal Finance Optimism
Sixty-One Percent of Respondents Believe It s a Good Time to Sell a Home
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® (HPSI) increased in March by 5.2 points to 81.7. Four of the HPSI s six components increased month over month, including the components related to homebuying and home-selling conditions, household income, and home prices. The mortgage rate outlook component experienced the only decline; and the latest results indicate that only 6% of consumers believe that mortgage rates will decrease over the next 12 months. Year over year, the HPSI is up 0.9 points. The significant increase in the HPSI in March reflects consumer optimism toward the housing market and larger economy as vaccinations continue to roll out, a third round of stimulus checks was distributed, and the spring homebuying season began – perhaps with even more intensity this year, since 2020 s spring homebuying season was limited by vi
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WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As vaccines deploy and social lockdown measures continue to ease, U.S. economic expansion is expected to accelerate this spring, with real GDP growth hitting 8.4 percent in the second quarter and 6.6 percent for the full year before moderating in 2022, according to the March 2021 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The ESR Group s latest forecast includes only modest and intertemporal revisions to the topline economic numbers, reflecting recent developments registering mostly offsetting impacts to growth, including stronger-than-expected consumer spending data, weather- and energy-related disruptions across wide swaths of the country, new details regarding the stimulus bill, showing some government expenditures to be later than previously expected, and updated interest rate expectations. Right now, risks to further economic recovery remain largely n
Fannie Mae Announces Nineteenth Sale of Reperforming Loans
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WASHINGTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today began marketing its nineteenth sale of reperforming loans as part of the company s ongoing effort to reduce the size of its retained mortgage portfolio.
The sale consists of nearly 25,000 loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $3.5 billion, and is available for purchase by qualified bidders. Interested bidders can register on the Whole Loans Sales page.
This sale of reperforming loans is being marketed in collaboration with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Bids are due on March 30, 2021.
Consumer Sentiment on Housing Dips Slightly Despite Growing Labor Market Optimism
Eighty-Two Percent of Consumers Report Not Being Concerned About Losing Their Job in Next 12 Months
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® (HPSI) decreased in February by 1.2 points to 76.5. Four of the HPSI s six components fell month over month, including most notably the homebuying conditions and household income components. Offsetting much of that decline, however, was increased optimism regarding job security, with consumers reporting a significantly more positive view of the labor market compared to January. Year over year, the HPSI is down 16.0 points. As we expected, the HPSI remained relatively flat in February, but underlying data indicate growing job-related optimism among consumers, especially among lower-income and renter groups, said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. With the growing likelihood that lockdown restrictions will continue easing as vacc