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2021 ORIGINATIONS TO EXCEED 2020'S RECORD LEVEL, BUT A SHARP DECLINE LOOMS

It is now clear – and astounding – that the 2021 mortgage origination market will be even larger than last year’s record-setting, pandemic-fueled $4 trillion market.

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Commentary

Capturing Market Opportunity

Capturing Market Opportunity
Big data can help pinpoint origination market opportunities for lenders out into the future. And it's not pie in the sky—it's here right now.

The Mortgage Continuum

The Mortgage Continuum
For too long, lenders have managed their production operations without detailed factual analytics pinpointing markets with the highest purchase opportunity. Now it's time for lenders to become real students of their origination markets.

Finding Opportunity Zones

Finding Opportunity Zones
Market forecasting and ranking tools that allow lenders to zoom into housing market metrics can really help identify hot markets in today's chilly production environment.

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Market Reports

2017 Mortgage Market Outlook Analysis

2017 mortgage market outlook
This report synthesizes key drivers of the mortgage market into insights about the 2017 outlook of purchase mortgage conditions, refinance activity, product complexion, and mortgage credit conditions.

2017 Purchase Mortgage Lending Opportunity by State

2017 Mortgage Lending by state
This report provides a 2017 national forecast as well as mortgage lending opportunity forecast broken out by state. Also included is a brief analysis of the changing purchase demand for 2017 as well as homebuyer pool.

Executive Economic Report - 2017 Mortgage Market Outlook

2017 Executive Economic Report
This report provides detailed analysis, charts and insight in the economic conditions that drive the US mortgage market. Included are insights into GDP, employment, interest rates, income, and inflation.

Blog

We've Been Here Before: Top 10 MSAs by MOI

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Go beyond purchase volume to analyze other factors that make a market a "top" market.

Mortgage Analytics Meets Fantasy Football

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I had never thought much about the parallel between mortgage analytics and fantasy football until I read this National Mortgage News piece.

Homeownership Rate Will Continue to Decline

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Since its peak in 2004, the homeownership rate (HO rate) has declined at a steady pace. There is a growing body of research and analysis on the subject, but the conclusions are mixed.

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iEmergent In the News

Bye Bye Regulation

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Since its peak in 2004, the homeownership rate (HO rate) has declined at a steady pace. There is a growing body of research and analysis on the subject, but the conclusions are mixed.

Mortgage Market Intelligence

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Did the mortgage crisis of the late 2000s save the real estate industry? iEmergent CEO Laird Hedlund Nossuli thinks it might have.

TRID One Year Later

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TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, or TRID, seeks to inform borrowers about costs before the closing date.

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