Key Takeaways
- Serious delinquency rate for all mortgages was 0.87% in Q4 2023.
- FHA delinquency rate stood at 10.38% in Q4 2023.
- VA delinquency rate was 4.28% as of Q4 2023.
- National median home price rose 5.3% YoY to $396,800 in Q4 2023.
- Case-Shiller National Home Price Index increased 5.1% YoY in Dec 2023.
- Affordability index fell to 98.1 in Q4 2023, lowest since 2007.
- The average mortgage origination fee was 1.02% of loan amount in Q4 2023.
- 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.81% in 2023, up from 5.34% in 2022.
- 15-year fixed rate averaged 6.18% in 2023.
- United Wholesale Mortgage held 8.5% origination market share in 2023.
- Rocket Mortgage captured 6.2% of total originations in 2023.
- LoanDepot originated $85 billion, 5.1% share in 2023.
- In 2023, total US residential mortgage originations were $1.68 trillion, a 35% decline from $2.59 trillion in 2022.
- Purchase mortgage originations in Q4 2023 totaled $392 billion, up 7% from Q3 2023.
- Refinance originations dropped to $140 billion in Q4 2023, representing only 26% of total originations.
Mortgage delinquency stayed low in Q4 2023 as home prices rose, but affordability weakened sharply into 2024.
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