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Mortgage Apps: Purchases Up, Refis Retreat During Holiday Hampered Week

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by Jann Swanson on September 12 2018, 7:30 AM

Mortgage applications for home purchases managed to move higher for the second straight time last week in spite of the usual lag in activity that accompanies a holiday shortened work week. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index...
Jumbo Loan Guidelines Tightened in August

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by Jann Swanson on September 11 2018, 12:59 PM

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) moved lower in August due to a decline in its jumbo loan component index. The composite MCAI decreased 0.3 percent to 183.5. A decline in the MCAI indicates that lending...
More Competition and Less Demand? Lender Margins Looking Dismal

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by Jann Swanson on September 11 2018, 12:21 PM

Mortgage lenders appear to be holding credit standards stable despite increasing competition and declining demand and profit expectations. Fannie Mae's third quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey found an increasing number of respondents reporting...
Warehouse Product; Servicing Sale; Residential Co. Moves; Conventional/Conforming News

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by Rob Chrisman on September 11 2018, 8:27 AM

“Rob, although the initial commotion about Amazon entering the mortgage biz has died down, my management team believes it is still a threat. We have heard, however, that plenty of resi companies use Amazon’s servers to host their sites. Is...
Eye on Housing: Labor and Wage Demands Push Home Prices Higher

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by Jann Swanson on September 10 2018, 11:10 AM

Last week we summarized a report from the National Association of Home Builders on the acute labor shortages builders are indicating in responses to the NAHB/Wells Fargo monthly Housing Market Index survey. The July version asked a set of special questions...
Billions in Modified Pre-Crash Loans Continue to Perform

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by Jann Swanson on September 10 2018, 9:39 AM

Whether due to lessons learned from the foreclosure crisis, an improved economy, or a combination of these and other factors, Black Knight, in its current Mortgage Monitor , shows that foreclosure prevention measures can work . The company says that the...
Increasingly Dire Labor Shortages in Builder Trades

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by Jann Swanson on September 07 2018, 11:09 AM

Nearly all of America's home builders say they are facing significant shortages of skilled labor , both in the form of direct labor and as subcontractors. The lack of all types of carpenters is especially critical. The National Association of Home Builders...
Employment Sentiment Buoys Consumer Sentiment Results

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by Jann Swanson on September 07 2018, 10:00 AM

Consumers appear to be increasingly upbeat about their jobs and their income, but dramatically less so about getting involved in the real estate market. After two months of depressed results, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) gathered...
Housing Goldmine Gets 2 New Years of Data

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by Jann Swanson on September 06 2018, 12:46 PM

Housing trivia probably isn't a major hobby, but if you are into it, it is your birthday and the U.S. Census Bureau brought a present. The Bureau has just released the results of its 2017 American Housing Survey . Not to make light of it, the biennial...
Yelp Reviews Helping Home Prices?

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by Jann Swanson on September 05 2018, 3:01 PM

Will appraisals soon need to indicate a home's driving distance to the nearest cold-brew drive-through? Could be. According to a new study by the Harvard Business School, when an outlet for Starbucks opens in a community, home prices in that ZIP code...
Pre-Holiday Mortgage Applications Dip Slightly, Rates Flat

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by Jann Swanson on September 05 2018, 7:52 AM

Purchase applications increased slightly during the week ended August 31, but overall mortgage activity fell slightly according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, was down 0.1 percent...
Public Sector Spending Helping Residential Construction

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by Jann Swanson on September 04 2018, 11:26 AM

Spending on residential construction continued to outpace construction in general in July although new home construction appeared to falter . The U.S. Census Bureau reports that total spending on construction during the month was at a seasonally adjusted...
The (Not So) Curious Case of the Shrinking Homestead

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by Jann Swanson on September 04 2018, 9:19 AM

"Go West" may not be the best advice for someone in search of elbow room. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says that housing lot sizes are shrinking everywhere , but they are smallest in the Pacific and Mountain divisions, and in the furthest...
HomeReady: Several Big Advantages Over FHA

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by Ted Rood on August 30 2018, 3:58 PM

Fannie Mae’s 3% down payment HomeReady program was rolled out in 2016. HomeReady has numerous advantages over FHA loans (historically the most common “low down payment” option) and other conventional loans. We’ll compare them in...
Jumbo Loans Back in Style?

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by Jann Swanson on August 31 2018, 10:39 AM

Taking out a mortgage with an origination balance higher than whatever the conventional loan limit was at the time used to be an expensive proposition. Home buyers and refinancers had an incentive to do whatever they could - higher down payments, piggy...

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