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Competition Lowers Credit Standards and Profit Expectations

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by Jann Swanson on September 25 2017, 12:14 PM

Since the fourth quarter of 2016, lenders have increasingly reported to Fannie Mae that they have been loosening their home mortgage credit standards. The company's third quarter 2017 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey has those responses at a survey high...
Housing Market "Funk" Doesn't Reflect Consumer Attitudes

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by Jann Swanson on September 25 2017, 10:24 AM

Home sales might be a bit disappointing, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says consumer attitudes about the economy are not the reason why . NAR's third quarter Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey found increasing...
Black Knight: Home Prices Appear to Have Stabilized

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by Jann Swanson on September 25 2017, 7:25 AM

After accelerating on a year-over-year basis through every previous month in 2017, the rate of home price appreciation appears to have stabilized in July , at least according to one of the major price indices. Black Knight Financial Services said on Monday...
Rates Rise but Refi Share Unchanged

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2017, 12:01 PM

Refinancing accounted for 35 percent of all mortgages originated in August, unchanged from July, but down from 47 percent at the beginning of the year. Ellie Mae's says, in its Origination Insight Report for the month, that refinancing is holding up especially...
UI Praises HARP Benefits, Lessons

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2017, 10:57 AM

Sometimes government gets it right. The Urban Institute (UI) clearly thinks that the Home Affordable Refinance Program, at least in its second iteration , was one of those times. The history of HARP, as the program is known, is the subject of a post in...
Home Equity Increases, Average Gains Vary Wildly

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2017, 2:05 PM

Rising home prices continue to fuel fast growth in household equity. CoreLogic said on Thursday that owners of mortgaged properties in the U.S. (roughly 63 percent of all homes) gained an aggregate of $766 billion in additional equity between the second...
3 Trends That Will Drive The Mortgage Market in 2018 - Freddie Mac

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2017, 12:13 PM

Hard to believe it's already that time again, but Freddie Mac's Economic and Housing Research Group are out with their forecast for 2018. The headline is that they expect the economic environment to remain favorable for housing and mortgage markets, with...
Pacific Division Prices Down in FHFA Report

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2017, 9:35 AM

Home prices increased by 0.2 percent from June to July according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported May to June gain was unchanged at 0.1 percent. Analysts expected a more aggressive increase...
Existing Home Sales Distorted by Harvey

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2017, 10:46 AM

August was yet another disappointing month for existing home sales. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says those sales were down for the fourth time in five months, retreating 1.7 percent from July's estimate of 5.44 million to a seasonally...
Mortgage Apps Tanked Last Week. Was it Rates' Fault?

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2017, 6:44 AM

Overall mortgage application activity diminished significantly during the week ended September 15, but refinancing continued to hold its own, representing more than half of the mortgage applications received. The Mortgage Bankers Association says its...
Fraud Risk Continues Upward Trend

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by Jann Swanson on September 19 2017, 1:12 PM

Jumbo refinances led the way as mortgage fraud risk posted another gain in the second quarter of 2017. CoreLogic reports that overall risk, as measured by its Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index, was up 16.9 percent from the second quarter of 2016....
Building Permits Regain Footing, Housing Starts Still Struggling

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by Jann Swanson on September 19 2017, 9:56 AM

Residential construction outcomes in August were mixed, with permitting enjoying a strong comeback after more than a 4 percent downturn in July, but housing starts continuing to slide. Residential completions were also down substantially, which was probably...
Student Debt Undermining Millennial Homeownership

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by Jann Swanson on September 18 2017, 12:07 PM

A new study is providing more evidence that student debt is disrupting the lifecycle of the housing market. The survey, conducted jointly by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the non-profit American Student Assistance (ASA), found that an...
Builder Confidence Loses August Momentum

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by Jann Swanson on September 18 2017, 10:23 AM

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which ravaged Texas and Florida respectively, are taking at least some of the blame for diminishing builder confidence in the new home market. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing...
Irma Triples Harvey's Threat to Mortgage Lenders

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by Jann Swanson on September 18 2017, 6:48 AM

In the literal wake of a second major hurricane in as many weeks, Black Knight Financial Services is again warning of some potentially disastrous outcomes for mortgage guarantors . The company issued a report on September 11 estimating there was the potential...

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