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Rates Back Near Long-Term Lows; Stronger Economy to Drag Housing Up in 2015, but Opportunities Could be Short-Lived; ECB QE Market Volatility

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Strengthening Economy Expected to "Drag" Housing Along

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by Jann Swanson on January 22 2015, 2:41 PM

Fannie Mae's economists expect the economy to strengthen in 2015 and that will "drag" housing into a better cycle this year. The company's forecast for the year includes a moderate acceleration of economic growth, "driven by strengthening private domestic...
2015 Housing Opportunities might be Short-Lived

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by Jann Swanson on January 21 2015, 12:49 PM

There is certainly no dearth of economic and housing forecasts afoot in the land. Freddie Mac starts out its current U.S. Economic & Housing Market Outlook by comparing this January with last. Back then, we are reminded, "interest rates were rising...
Existing Home Sales End Year on Higher Note

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by Jann Swanson on January 23 2015, 11:06 AM

Existing home sales yo-yoed again in December. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said total sales of existing homes, including single family residences, condominiums, and co-ops were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04...
Six Economists Reach Similar Conclusions on 2015 Housing Outlook

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by Jann Swanson on January 20 2015, 1:21 PM

Optimism about the housing market has been a "misplaced notion" for the last seven years according to Wells Fargo Senior Economist Mark Vitner, But 2015, he says, could be the year. Vitner was one of six economists making predictions for the housing market...
Wells Kickback Scheme Involved More Than 100 LOs, Garnered Multiple Warnings

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by Jann Swanson on January 22 2015, 4:21 PM

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase along with a former Wells Fargo employee and his wife are the subjects of consent orders filed by the Maryland Attorney General and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The orders ask for close to $37 million...
Residential Construction Tepid in December but Gained Ground in 2014

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by Jann Swanson on January 21 2015, 10:21 AM

December's numbers for residential construction were mixed when compared to November, but all were better than the monthly figures the previous December. Year-end figures, also released today by the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban...
Rates Continue to Stoke Refinancing Surge

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by Jann Swanson on January 21 2015, 7:34 AM

Applications for mortgage refinancing scored a second straight week of solid growth during the period ended January 16, with the Mortgage Bankers Associations (MBA) Refinance Index increasing 22 percent week-over-week. That's an impressive level of growth...
Supreme Court to Review Fair Housing Interpretation

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by Jann Swanson on January 20 2015, 2:49 PM

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday that may drastically change the way in which the 1968 Fair Housing Act has been interpreted. In the case, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, the...
Remodelers Attitudes more Bullish than Home Builders

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by Jann Swanson on January 20 2015, 11:16 AM

The National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB') monthly assessment of builder confidence in the new home market showed a slight weakening in January. The Association's Housing Market Index (HMI) which it sponsors in conjunction with Wells Fargo Bank...
New Home Purchase Apps Stagnant in December

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by Jann Swanson on January 15 2015, 10:33 AM

Applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed homes dipped slightly in December, down 0.4 percent from the volume reported in November. This estimate from the Mortgage Bankers Association, based on data from its Builder Application Survey,...
All-Cash Sales Should Normalize by 2017

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by Jann Swanson on January 15 2015, 9:47 AM

Cash sales dropped on a year-over-year basis for the 22 nd consecutive month in October and CoreLogic is projecting they will return to their pre-crisis levels by 2017. All-cash transactions represented a slightly higher share of transactions in October...
CoreLogic: Foreclosure Inventory Heading Below Half Million

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by Jann Swanson on January 14 2015, 10:09 AM

Foreclosures, while now down 64 percent from the peak reached in September 2010, are still nearly double the monthly average before the housing crisis. CoreLogic said today that there were 41,000 completed foreclosures nationally in November, 5,000 less...
Mortgage Application Volume Explodes into New Year

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by Jann Swanson on January 14 2015, 7:30 AM

The first week of the New Year was a good one - no make that a great one - for mortgage activity with virtually unprecedented increases in mortgage applications both for purchase and refinance. While the figures were partially affected by the resumption...
CFPB Chief Encourages Borrowers to Shop Around

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by Jann Swanson on January 13 2015, 11:13 AM

According to a study conducted by the CFPB, nearly half of all consumers do not shop around before purchasing a mortgage. "This means," Richard Cordray told an audience at the Brookings Institute, "they seriously considered only a single lender or broker...
Closer Look at Delinquency Surge and Much More -Mortgage Monitor

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by Jann Swanson on January 12 2015, 1:24 PM

In its "first look" at November mortgage data last week Black Knight Financial Services noted a significant surge in mortgage delinquencies compared to the previous month. The 11.8 percent jump in mortgages that were 30 or more days past due brought the...

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