Real Estate Daily Market Update: March 28, 2018

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Wednesday, March 28

Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 4.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 5 percent compared with the previous week. The Refinance Index increased 7 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 3 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 4 percent compared with the previous week and was 8 percent higher than the same week one year ago.
The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 39.4 percent of total applications from 38.5 percent the previous week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity remained unchanged at 7.0 percent of total applications.
The FHA share of total applications decreased to 9.9 percent from 10.3 percent the week prior. The VA share of total applications decreased to 10.3 percent from 10.7 percent the week prior. The USDA share of total applications remained unchanged at 0.8 percent from the week prior.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) increased to 4.69 percent from 4.68 percent, with points decreasing to 0.43 from 0.46 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans. The effective rate decreased from last week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $453,100) increased to 4.60 percent from 4.55 percent, with points decreasing to 0.36 from 0.37 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 4.75 percent from 4.69 percent, with points decreasing to 0.56 from 0.81 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate decreased from last week.
The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 4.09 percent from 4.12 percent, with points decreasing to 0.46 from 0.51 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate decreased from last week.
The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 3.92 percent from 3.83 percent, with points decreasing to 0.46 from 0.68 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.

News from earlier this week

Tuesday, March 27

Bankrate mortgage rates

The average rate you’ll pay for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 4.33 percent.
The average 15-year fixed-mortgage rate is 3.76 percent.

Source: Bankrate

Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2017 Rankings of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Firms’ Origination Volumes

According to a set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the following firms were the top commercial/multifamily mortgage originators in 2017:

HFF
Wells Fargo
PNC Real Estate
Eastdil Secured
JP Morgan Chase & Company
CBRE Capital Markets, Inc.
Key Bank
Capital One Financial Corp.
Meridian Capital Group
Walker & Dunlop.

The MBA study is the only one of its kind to present a comprehensive set of listings of 131 different commercial/multifamily mortgage originators, their 2017 volumes and the different roles they play. The MBA report, Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Firms – Annual Origination Volumes, presents origination volumes in more than 140 categories, including by role, by investor group, by property type, by financing structure type, and by the location of the originating office.

By dollar volume, the top five originators for third parties in 2017 were:

HFF
Eastdil Secured
CBRE Capital Markets, Inc.
PNC Real Estate
Meridian Capital Group.

The top five lenders in 2017 were:

Wells Fargo
JP Morgan Chase & Company
Key Bank
Capital One Financial Corp.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Ten different companies were at the top of the 11 lists reporting total originations by investor groups:

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Company, and Eastdil Secured were the top originators for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
PNC Real Estate, JP Morgan Chase & Company, and Key Bank were the top originators for commercial bank loans
HFF, MetLife Investment Management, and PGIM Real Estate Finance were the top originators for life insurance companies
Walker & Dunlop, Berkadia, and Wells Fargo were the top originators for Fannie Mae
CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, and Berkadia were the top originators for Freddie Mac
Greystone, Red Mortgage Capital, LLC, and Berkadia were the top originators for FHA/Ginnie Mae
TH Real Estate, CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., and HFF were the top originators for pension funds
HFF, CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., and Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation were the top originators for credit companies
Eastdil Secured, Capital One Financial Corp., and Meridian Capital Group were the top originators for REITS, Mortgage REITS, and Investment Funds
JLL, PCCP, and Walker & Dunlop were the top originators for specialty finance;
Wells Fargo, HFF, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. were the top originators for the “other investors” category

Monday, March 26

Bankrate mortgage rates

The average rate you’ll pay for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 4.33 percent, an increase of 3 basis points from a week ago. A month ago, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was lower, at 4.31 percent.
The average 15-year fixed-mortgage rate is 3.75 percent, up 3 basis points over the last seven days.