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Builder Confidence is Good, But it Could be Better

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by Jann Swanson on August 15 2019, 10:22 AM

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) moved one point higher this month. However, at 66, NAHB's measure of builder confidence in the new home market stayed within the 64 to 66 range where it has been now...
New Home Sales Expected to Reflect Interest Rate Trend

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by Jann Swanson on August 16 2019, 2:15 PM

New home purchases are expected to be significantly higher in July according to data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Its monthly Builder Application Survey (BAS), indicates that applications for new home purchase mortgages increased...
New FHA Rule Will Ease Condo Approval Process

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by Jann Swanson on August 15 2019, 5:15 AM

The long-waited Federal Housing Administration (FHA) rule regulating condominium lending was finalized Wednesday afternoon. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the parent agency of FHA, published the final regulation and the policy...
Refinance Spree Continues with Rates at Near 3-Year Lows

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by Jann Swanson on August 14 2019, 5:31 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, rose 21.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ended August 9. MBA attributed the substantial decline in interest rates...
Loan Performance Responds to Slowing Economy, Natural Disasters

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by Jann Swanson on August 13 2019, 11:07 AM

Both the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and CoreLogic issued data on recent loan performance on Tuesday. For CoreLogic the Monthly Loan Performance Report covered May, MBA's National Delinquency Survey is for the second quarter of this year. MBA notes...
Fannie/Freddie Universal MBS Launch Has Been Seamless So Far

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by Jann Swanson on August 12 2019, 1:25 PM

After years of planning, the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac launched their uniform mortgage-backed security (UMBS) in early June. So far, the Urban Institute (UI) likes what it sees. UI analysts Karan Kaul and Laurie...
Recent Rate Cuts Bolster Refinance Pool

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by Jann Swanson on August 09 2019, 9:35 AM

Ever since mortgage rates began to move lower, Black Knight has devoted a big portion of its Mortgage Monitor , a monthly report on loan performance and other mortgage issues, to tracking the ebb and flow of the refinanceable loan population. The company...
Jumbo Credit Access Increased in July

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by Jann Swanson on August 08 2019, 12:29 PM

The availability of jumbo mortgage loans increased in July, but not enough to offset tightening in credit access for other types of loans. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) dipped 0.4 percent compared...
Home Purchase Sentiment Hits Record High

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by Jann Swanson on August 07 2019, 3:48 PM

There was an unusually large bump in Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) in July. The company said strong positive responses to questions on the National Housing Survey (NHS) about job security and interest rate declines sent the index up...
Home Price Picture Grows More Complex

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by Jann Swanson on August 07 2019, 12:01 PM

Anyone trying to make sense out of current data on the direction of home prices needs more than a calculator. Every new report seems to dump more mud in the water, show price growth slowing, stabilized or driven higher by falling interest rates. This...
Patch Expiration Will Hit Low Income and Minority Borrowers and Neighbors

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by Jann Swanson on August 07 2019, 10:01 AM

CoreLogic has been running a series of articles in its Insights blog attempting to quantify the potential impact of the expiration of the so-called GSE Patch. The Patch provides an exception to the 43 percent debt-to-income (DTI) ratio limit of the Qualified...
Prices are Still Rising, Especially for Low-Cost Homes

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by Jann Swanson on August 06 2019, 1:11 PM

CoreLogic said on Tuesday that its Home Price Index (HPI) for June increased by 3.4 percent on an annual basis. Rather than the steady decline in appreciation that has been evident for about a year, percentage gains are beginning to bounce around. The...
Trade War Sparks Another Refinance Boom

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by Jann Swanson on August 07 2019, 5:22 AM

A sharp drop in mortgage rates helped the Market Composite Index break a 5-time losing streak during the week ended August 2. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, rose 5.3 percent on a seasonally...
Homebuyers Aren't Big on Mortgage Shopping

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by Jann Swanson on August 06 2019, 9:24 AM

Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae's chief economist, says homebuyers need to do more shopping around before they settle on a mortgage lender. Results from a recent National Housing Survey shows that one-third of consumers who bought a home last year got only one...
Rising Affordability Now Impacting Home Price Downturn

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by Jann Swanson on August 05 2019, 7:01 AM

Black Knight has good news for potential homebuyers , especially those in the market for their first home. The new edition of the company's Mortgage Monitor says the recent decline in mortgage interest rates has made home affordability the best it has...

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