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America Back in Love With Housing?; CFPB Wants to Simplify Loan Closings; Rates Hold Steady; Price Growth Ebbs in Hot Markets

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Increasingly Optimistic Attitudes on Housing Market

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by Jann Swanson on April 24 2014, 11:11 AM

A new Gallup survey seems to indicate that Americans are falling in love with real estate again . The poll, conducted among over a thousand respondents this month, shows that 56 percent of Americans think the average price of a home in their local area...
Price Growth Slows in Once Hot Markets

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2014, 4:53 PM

Sales of residential properties were marginally higher in March than in February and the median price of both distressed and non-distressed properties also increased slightly RealtyTrac said today. Sales of single-family homes, condominiums, and townhomes...
CFPB Pilot Program Seeks to Lessen Closing Table Pain

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by Jann Swanson on April 24 2014, 9:45 AM

The mortgage closing table is the site of considerable pain and confusion for homebuyers, Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CTFP) told a Mortgage Closing Forum on Wednesday. They find themselves confronted with reams...
California Pending Sales Surge; Short Sales Lowest since 2008

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2014, 12:51 PM

California appears to be gearing up for a strong spring market according to pending home sales figures released today by the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.). The group reports that, based on contracts for home purchases, pending sales...
Housing Market Improving at Slower Pace, but There's a Catch

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2014, 12:05 PM

The February edition of the new Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) introduced by Freddie Mac last month indicates that the U.S. housing market overall is recovering at a slightly slower pace than it was in January. Nonetheless, the report shows that...
Home Sales Tank; Inventories and Prices Surge

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2014, 11:13 AM

New homes sales in March were down 14.5 percent from sales in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000. The New Residential Sales report issued today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development February...
Mortgage Apps Decline; Loan Amounts hit Record High

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2014, 7:10 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said the average size of a purchase mortgage loan reported by respondents to its most recent Weekly Mortgage Applications was $280,500, the highest in the history of the survey . MBA said this coincides with the...
Applications, Prices, and Condo Sales Get Second Look

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by Jann Swanson on April 22 2014, 12:55 PM

Recent postings on CoreLogic's Insights Blog have a couple of different views of some of the housing numbers generally taken at face value by those of us who follow them. Mortgage applications, cash sales, and home prices all got a second look and somewhat...
Existing Home Sales Languishing in 2014

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by Jann Swanson on April 22 2014, 11:04 AM

Sales of existing homes were essentially unchanged in March compared to February the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Home prices continued to increase in March but the growth has now slowed from previous double-digit levels. NAR...
Measures of Housing Distress at 7+ Year Lows

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by Jann Swanson on April 22 2014, 9:53 AM

Black Knight Financial Services said today that the mortgage delinquency rate in March was the lowest in the U.S. since October 2007 and the foreclosure rate was the lowest since October 2008. September 2008 is the date most commonly used to mark the...
Home Remodeling Growth Projections Extended

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by Jann Swanson on April 21 2014, 9:18 AM

Home remodeling remains strong throughout the country although it has begun to experience some of the moderation that has been predicted since late last year. The Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University...
Homes in Foreclosure Increasingly have Positive Equity

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by Jann Swanson on April 17 2014, 10:11 AM

Homes with serious negative equity numbers have now declined to the lowest point in at least two years RealtyTrac said today. The company, which began tracking so-called underwater properties in the first quarter of 2012, estimates that in the first quarter...
Purchases Continue Taking Market Share; FICOs Trending Lower

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by Jann Swanson on April 17 2014, 9:30 AM

Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report said today that 40 percent of mortgage loans closed in March were originated for refinancing and 60 percent for home purchases. In February the split was 43/57 percent. The March figure was the lowest share for refinancing...
No Big Spring Bounce for Housing Starts

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by Jann Swanson on April 16 2014, 11:57 AM

Two of the three measures of residential construction activity used by the Census Bureau fell slightly in March. Fewer permits were issued and fewer homes reached completion than in February while housing starts rose slightly. The Bureau and the U.S....
Surge in Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowing by 4 Biggest Banks

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by Jann Swanson on April 16 2014, 8:15 AM

Use of secured loans or advances from the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) by their four largest members has surged over the last two years. The primary mission of the FHLBanks is to support housing finance and they do so by providing advances to...

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