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Mortgage credit availability dropped to its lowest level since 2013 in July as receding  origination volumes led to lower profitability for many lenders.

Simultaneously, liquidity concerns persisted for some jumbo lenders. As a result, many companies tried to reduce their operational costs by narrowing their loan product offerings, according to Joel Kan, Mortgage Bankers Association’s vice president and deputy chief economist.

The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell by 0.3% to 96.3 last month. A decline of the index, benchmarked to 100 in March 2012, indicates that lending standards are tightening while an increase suggests loosening credit.

“One key driver of this month’s decline was a drop in cash-out refinance loan programs,” said Kan. “The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.94% in July, more than a percentage point higher than July 2022, and this has significantly discouraged cash-out refinance activity, as borrowers turn to home equity and consumer loans instead.”

He added that the jumbo index fell for the third straight month, as jumbo lenders further reduce the number of available loan programs.

Meanwhile, the Conventional MCAI, which does not include loans backed by the government, decreased 0.5% and the Government MCAI, which examines FHA, VA, and USDA loan programs, decreased by 0.1%.

Of the two component indices of the conventional index, the Jumbo MCAI decreased by 0.8%, and the Conforming MCAI rose by 0.2%.

As temperatures heat up across Colorado so too does wildfire danger, and firefighters aren't the only ones tracking that danger closely — so is the insurance industry.

Some insurers are already pulling out of Colorado and rates are doubling and tripling across the state because of wildfire danger.

Experts say Colorado is at a crossroads. If we don't take steps to lower our risk — through mitigation and fire hardening of homes — they say the availability and affordability of insurance will only get worse.

Marshall Fire survivors like Tawnya Somauroo are leading the way, "We have a fire-resistant roof; we have fire-resistant walls; we have fire-resistant decking, we will have."

A former aerospace engineer and current patent attorney, she is innovative by nature. So when her house was destroyed by the Marshall Fire, she was determined to do what she could to prevent it from happening again, "We have windows that are tempered double pane, and we have vents to cover  ... to keep the embers out, and we will have covers on our gutters, and it actually doesn't cost that much upgrade to do all these things."

She didn't stop at her house. Somauroo talked to her neighbors who followed her example, "It makes us feel safer; it really does." That's why she invited some of the nation's leading experts on fire hardening to the state to help spread the word. They toured parts of the Marshall Fire burn scar, where many homeowners are fire hardening.

Jennifer Gray Thompson with After The Fire, an organization that helps communities rebuild after megafires, says we should all follow their lead, "If you've not yet been affected by a climate disaster, you can pretty much be very well assured that over the next decade to two decades you absolutely will be. Really, the consumers have to really change their entire mindset about how we live."

It's not just about wildfire risk but insurance rates, "You got double triple whammies coming every directionm" said Julie Shiyou-Woodard with Smart Home America. Her organization advocates for resilient building codes, and she says community-wide change is key. 

"There are communities in the United States that suffered catastrophic losses, same uncertainty. But ... the community and state working together, and working to really revamp codes and policy in that state flipped those markets," Shiyou-Woodard said. 

For Somauroo, it's about preparing for the worst, "Saying something can never happen is a bit of a thought trap. I think it's worth doing for the peace of mind and for keeping your community insurable."

Thanks in part to Somauroo and her neighbors, the legislature created a grant program this year to help with fire hardening for the first time ever. The legislature also created a wildfire resiliency board to come up with a building code for areas in the wildland urban interface. The code is expected to take effect July of 2025.

The federal Inflation Reduction Act also includes grant money to help with resilient building.

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Available credit for mortgages tightened in July, falling to its lowest level in a decade for potential home buyers, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association released Tuesday that analyzes data from ICE Mortgage Technology.

MBA’s monthly index fell by 0.3% to 96.3 in July, the lowest level since 2013, as lenders pulled back on underused loan programs and liquidity concerns remained for some jumbo loan lenders, said Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist.

A decline in the Mortgage Credit Availability Index indicates that lending standards are tightening, while increases in the index would indicate loosening credit. The index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012.

Mortgage credit availability has been tightening since the spring, according to MBA, with a slight uptick in availability in June, when levels were essentially unchanged. Credit availability then fell again in July, to a decade low.

In July, the conventional loan index, which examines non-government loan programs, decreased 0.5%. The government loan index, which examines Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Agriculture loan programs, was down by 0.1%.

The component of the conventional loan index for jumbo loans fell the most, dropping by 0.8%. Jumbo loans are those that exceed the limit for loans purchased by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and are typically held on banks’ balance sheets. Some banks are proving less willing to take on those loans right now, amid liquidity concerns.

A lack of housing inventory in accurate months has led to a slowdown for mortgage lenders, as home sellers remain locked in to their ultra-low mortgage rates and potential home buyers struggle to afford mortgage rates approaching 7%. Fewer people getting mortgages means lower profitability for lenders, said Kan. That has led to them offering fewer products in order to cut costs.

One key driver of this month’s decline was a drop in cash-out refinance loan programs, he said. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.94%, according to MBA, in July, more than a percentage point higher than it was in July 2022.

“This has significantly discouraged cash-out refinance activity, as borrowers turn to home equity and consumer loans instead,” Kan said.

The MCAI is calculated using several factors related to borrower eligibility, like credit score, loan type and loan-to-value ratio, according to MBA. These metrics and underwriting criteria for over 95 lenders or investors are combined by MBA using data made available via ICE Mortgage Technology.

Dive Brief:

• Net absorption of U.S. retail space in Q2 — vacancy at the start versus the end of the period — was 5.9 million square feet, the lowest demand since Q3 2020, according to a report from real estate investment firm CBRE.

• The overall availability rate fell by 10 basis points year over year to a record-low 4.8%. The average asking rent rose 2.1%, driven by several markets in Florida as well as Raleigh, North Carolina.

• Demand is higher in the suburbs than in downtowns, with the overall suburban availability rate lower than the overall downtown rate for the fourth straight quarter, per the report.

Dive Insight:

Shifting retail location strategies and high financing and construction costs are shaking up demand for space.

In the second quarter, just 5.9 million square feet of retail space was constructed, the third-lowest quarterly total in a decade, according to CBRE. "The retail development pipeline will likely remain slow, as the market contends with economic uncertainty and elevated construction materials costs," researchers said in the report.

High office vacancies are dampening demand for retail space in core areas of some cities, though even in places like San Francisco, where retailers are fleeing downtown shopping districts, neighborhoods are thriving, according to Nick Egelanian, president of retail development firm SiteWorks.

High-profile bankruptcies like Bed Bath & Beyond have made their mark. As the home goods retailer winds up its liquidation, very few, if any, stores will remain open. The company ran 360 stores in the U.S. when it filed for bankruptcy in April, down from 949 stores as of late last year.

Partly due to bankruptcy filings “by several big-box retailers,” Q2 net absorption in the power-center segment was negative 727,000 square feet, according to CBRE’s report. That followed nine straight quarters of positive net absorption.

Yet retail space availability also hit record lows in the period, falling by 10 basis points to 4.8% overall, per CBRE. Availability in neighborhood, community and strip centers also fell by 10 basis points to a record-low 6.7%.

In fact, the negative net absorption likely reflects high occupancy rates, rather than low demand, according to Egelanian.

“With occupancy at record highs, there is very little to absorb,” he said by email.

Availability in lifestyle and mall centers rose 20 basis points to 6.2%, however, as retailers continue to close underperforming mall locations, CBRE said. Retail giants including Victoria’s Secret, Gap Inc. and even anchors like Macy’s have increasingly abandoned malls in favor of strip centers and other off-mall areas.

Tight availability in the second quarter led to higher rents. The overall average asking rent rose 0.6% to $23.21 per square foot, the highest quarter-over-quarter increase since Q1 2022, per CBRE. Year over year, average asking rent rose 2.1%, with neighborhood, community and strip centers seeing the largest increase, at 2.7%. 

“Overall, the biggest factor affecting retail right now is the disconnect between supply and demand for space and the cost of raw materials and credit, versus affordable rents,” Egelanian said. “This is causing a lot of short- to medium-term market dislocation.”