Genworth Mortgage Insurance Industry Survey: Rising interest rates and alternative mortgage products seen as biggest 2018 market challenges

(RECAP: Genworth Mortgage Insurance today released the results of its survey of 105 mortgage industry professionals conducted at this year’s MBA National Secondary Market Conference & Expo in New York City. Notably, 79 percent of respondents cited both rising inflation as a trigger of higher interest rates (49 percent) and the re-emergence of alternative mortgage products (30 percent) as the two biggest challenges facing the mortgage market in 2018. An additional 17 percent cited the loosening of credit standards, and four percent cited excess liquidity in the mortgage market.)