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Builders' Confidence Returns as Hurricane Worries Wane

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by Jann Swanson on October 17 2017, 10:27 AM

After reacting strongly to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma with a four-point drop in September, the Housing Market Index (HMI) regained its footing in October. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says the HMI, which measures its new home builder...
Construction Numbers Look Much Better Broken Down by State

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by Jann Swanson on October 17 2017, 10:04 AM

It has been a rather dismal spring and summer for construction, one in which permitting has declined in three out of the last four months. Going more granular, however, a report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) finds that residential...
Mortgage Guidelines Could be Twice as Loose and it Still Wouldn't be 2007 Again

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by Jann Swanson on October 13 2017, 10:56 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association's Mortgage Credit Access Index, released earlier this week, showed continued slight easing in the credit markets, especially in the jumbo loan space. A second similar index from the Housing Finance Policy Center, has credit...
MBA Predicts Plunge in New Home Sales; Hurricanes Blamed

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by Jann Swanson on October 12 2017, 10:24 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is forecasting that a significant decline in new home sales occurred last month. However, like much of the other September housing data that has been released so far, it appears that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are...
Comparing Housing Booms and Busts

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by Jann Swanson on October 12 2017, 9:28 AM

With home prices nearly back to where they were when the housing crisis began, CoreLogic's principal economist Molly Boesel compares the duration of the recent cycle to those of other downturns. While there hasn't been a comparable period of performance...
Refinancing Drives Application Volume Lower During Quiet Week

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by Jann Swanson on October 11 2017, 7:07 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said mortgage applications were down during the week ended October 6, falling 2.1 percent from the previous week on a seasonally adjusted basis and 2 percent unadjusted. The downturn in MBA's Market Composite Index...
Credit Access Favors Jumbo Loans

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by Jann Swanson on October 10 2017, 12:01 PM

Credit access hasn't improved much over the last year unless one is shopping for a jumbo mortgage loan. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) noted an 0.7 percent increase in its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) in September, bringing it to...
CoreLogic Says Delinquency, Transition Rates Continue to Improve

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by Jann Swanson on October 10 2017, 10:14 AM

National delinquency rates continue at 10-year lows , and both early delinquency and transition rates are stable as well. But CoreLogic, in its July Loan Performance Report, points to what it calls some disturbing trends in localized areas. The mortgage...
Lenders' Disaster Toolkits Need an Update

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by Jann Swanson on October 10 2017, 9:04 AM

The costs of the recent hurricanes that struck in August and September are coming home to roost. The first two in the recent rolling series are, in fact are largely blamed for the first job loss in 80 months, a 33,000 deficit in September. Last week we...
Boomers More Likely to Carry Mortgages Into Retirement

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by Jann Swanson on October 06 2017, 10:00 AM

While earlier generations tended to pay off their mortgages before they retired, the leading edge of Baby Boomers, now in their late 60s and early 70s have been less likely to do so. Fannie Mae says the increasing prevalence of housing debt among the...
NAHB and NAR Divided Over Mortgage Deduction

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by Jann Swanson on October 05 2017, 11:03 AM

Is it time to bid farewell to an American-as-Apple-Pie tax deduction? Maybe. After 75 years of supporting it against all assaults, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has abandoned its defense of the mortgage interest deduction (MID) one...
Fannie and Freddie Capital Buffers Can't Wait -FHFA Director

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by Jann Swanson on October 04 2017, 10:45 AM

While assuring members of Congress that it is their role to make decisions about housing finance reform, Melvin L. Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), made it clear that the issue of GSE capital buffers was one decision that cannot...
Small Gains in Purchase Apps Nearly Offset Downturn in Refis

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by Jann Swanson on October 04 2017, 5:44 AM

Once again, a slowdown in refinancing overcame a slight improvement in applications for purchase mortgages, sending the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index lower for the week ended September 29. The Index, a measure of application...
Variation in Real Estate Taxes Depend on More than Geography

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by Jann Swanson on October 02 2017, 3:12 PM

The highest property taxes in 2016 were paid by homeowners New Jersey, and the lowest were in Alabama. The difference between the two was impressive; $7,707. Using the Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Survey, the National Association of Home Builders...
Home Price Appreciation Moves Back Toward 7% - CoreLogic

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by Jann Swanson on October 03 2017, 10:10 AM

Home prices posted strong increases again in August. CoreLogic's Home Price Index was up 0.9 percent on a month-over-month basis, the same gain it posted from June to July. However, on an annual basis appreciation increased from 6.7 percent in July to...

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