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Next New Home Sales Report Should End Slump -MBA

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by Jann Swanson on May 13 2021, 12:35 PM

That applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed homes rose 30.8 percent in April compared to a year ago is not a particularly useful piece of data given the state the global economy was enduring in April 2021. However, it is good news that...
Mortgage Application Volume Revs Up For The First Time Since April

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by Jann Swanson on May 12 2021, 8:25 AM

Mortgage application volume rose for the first time since mid-April last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of that volume, increased 2.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ended...
Even "Off-Radar" Metros Saw Huge Q1 Price Gains

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by Jann Swanson on May 11 2021, 12:36 PM

Metro area home prices rose sharply in the first quarter of 2021 and virtually every part of the country was impacted. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said that 99 percent of the 183 areas it tracks posted annual price gains, and for 89...
Conventional Loan Access Expanded in April

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by Jann Swanson on May 11 2021, 9:29 AM

Access to mortgage financing improved in April, driven by a large gain in the availability of both conforming and jumbo mortgages. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose 2.2 percent to 128.1 during...
Delinquency Rates Leveled Off in February

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by Jann Swanson on May 11 2021, 9:00 AM

Mortgage delinquency rates ticked up slightly in February, the first increase since August 2020 . CoreLogic said the national delinquency rate at the end of the reporting period was 5.7 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from January. The rate indicates...
Homebuying Sentiment Turns Negative Despite Economic Improvement

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by Jann Swanson on May 09 2021, 5:11 PM

Fannie Mae has conducted the National Housing Survey every month since 2011. Among its most prominent questions are those relating to home buying and home selling: is it a good or a bad time to do either one? Last month the net positive responses for...
Early Stage Delinquencies Sink to All-Time Lows

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by Jann Swanson on May 10 2021, 10:14 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that the percentage of non-current mortgages dropped by 35 basis points (bps) in the first quarter of 2021. According to MBA vice president Marina Walsh, it was the largest quarterly decline in delinquencies...
What's Behind the Surge in Lumber Prices?

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by Jann Swanson on May 07 2021, 10:55 AM

In a recent post on the National Association of Home Builder's (NAHB's) Eye on Housing blog, chief economist Paul Emrath said rising softwood lumber prices have added $35,872 to the price of an average new single-family home , and $12,966 to the market...
Forbearance Exits Soar as More Plans Expire

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by Jann Swanson on May 07 2021, 9:25 AM

There was a sharp decline in the number of loans in forbearance during the week ended May 4. Black Knight says this has come to be the norm during the early weeks of each month. Overall forbearance volumes dropped by 105,000, a 4.5 percent improvement...
Fannie/Freddie Provide Details on New Refi Options

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by Jann Swanson on May 06 2021, 9:25 AM

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have provided details for their streamlined refinance programs that were originally announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) last month. The programs, named "RefiNow" by Fannie Mae and "Refi Possible...
Millennials Driving Home Prices; Entry Level Homes See Greatest Gains

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by Jann Swanson on May 05 2021, 10:36 AM

Another home price index shows double digit annual price increases, this time for March, and the CoreLogic HPI also has the highest month-over-month gain we have seen in the present environment. The company says there was an 11.3 percent national rate...
CFPB Says Mortgage Complaints Have Spiked

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by Jann Swanson on May 05 2021, 9:14 AM

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says the overall mortgage related complaints it has received recently are at their highest level in three years. The report was one of two that the agency says show that more work needs to be done to help...
Mortgage Application Volume Struggles to Keep up With Hot Housing Market

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by Jann Swanson on May 05 2021, 7:29 AM

Mortgage application volume lost ground again last week, although the decline was small and refinancing volume pulled out a sliver of a gain. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application...
Fannie and Freddie Told to Write Their Wills

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by Jann Swanson on May 04 2021, 3:49 PM

The GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been given orders to develop so-called living wills. Such wills are credible resolution plans that outline how either GSE could be rapidly and orderly resolved should the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) be...
Residential Sector Continues to Drive Construction Spending

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by Jann Swanson on May 04 2021, 9:55 AM

Nationwide spending on construction edged up fractionally in March, but the big story was the annual gain in residential construction spending, especially for new single-family housing. The U.S. Census Bureau said construction, public and private, for...

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