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Published: 3/11/2014

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Distressed Sale Dive Reflects Positive Transition in California

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by Jann Swanson on March 11 2014, 1:11 PM

Relatively speaking, one might say that the distressed housing market in California has virtually evaporated . The California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) said today that more than two-thirds of home sales in the state five years ago were short...
Bipartisan Housing Reform Bill said ready for Senate

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by Jann Swanson on March 11 2014, 10:57 AM

Reuters and Bloomberg are reporting that the Chair and the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee have agreed on the outline of a plan to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) said the bill would...
MBA: Offsetting Factors Led to Slight Improvement in Credit Access

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by Jann Swanson on March 11 2014, 8:30 AM

Investors slightly expanded their loan offerings and switched to longer-term products in response to new mortgage regulations the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today. As a result, credit availability expanded slightly in February. MBA's Mortgage...
Housing Recovery Continuing, but not yet Robust -Fannie Survey

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by Jann Swanson on March 10 2014, 11:03 AM

Americans expectations regarding home prices ticked up decisively in February, both in terms of anticipating continued price increases and in the size of such gains. Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey results released on Monday showed an increase of...
Housing Scorecard Focuses on Principal Reduction Program

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by Jann Swanson on March 10 2014, 10:11 AM

The February edition of the Obama Administrations Housing Scorecard was released late Friday by the Departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development along with the monthly report, for January, of the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program. The...
Breaking Down Weather Implications in Stronger Employment Report

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by Matthew Graham on March 07 2014, 10:07 AM

This morning's Employment Situation Report was stronger than expected. By historical standards, the "beat" isn't especially large (175k vs 149k forecast), but most market participants (at least those expressing opinions) are surprised there was a 'beat...
NAHB Leading Markets Data Bodes Well for 2014

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2014, 1:06 PM

Metropolitan areas considered leading markets on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American index of that name increased to 59 this month, a net gain of one from the previous month. The 59 areas have returned to or exceeded their...
Home Equity Growth Stalled in Fourth Quarter

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2014, 10:34 AM

An additional 4 million homes regained positive equity in 2013 CoreLogic said today, leaving 6.5 million homes still underwater; about half the number that were in that position at the end of 2009. Homes still in a negative equity position constitute...
Freddie Mac Weekly Rate Report Lagging Reality; Rates are Actually Higher Today

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by Matthew Graham on March 06 2014, 10:03 AM

The venerable Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS™) is a cornerstone of mortgage rate data. It is both longstanding and highly accurate in capturing week-over-week movement. The only problem is that it is unavoidably backward-looking...
Institutional Investors' Effect on Home Price Appreciation

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2014, 10:26 AM

Even though they stated in a news release two weeks ago that institutional investment was waning, RealtyTrac has released a report on its impact on the housing market. Institutional investors are defined as those who have purchased ten or more residential...
Full Work Week and Rate Rally Boost Mortgage Apps

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2014, 8:45 AM

The volume of mortgage applications increased during the week ended February 28 for the first time since late January. This good news was muted slightly by the fact that the previous week had been a holiday for many with government offices and schools...
FHA Fund Doesn't Need Treasury Draw After All; Groups Call For Fee Reduction

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 3:24 PM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund will have a positive capital reserve balance at the end of Fiscal 2014 estimated at $7.8 billion and will not require a draw from the U.S. Treasury. This news was contained in an...
Home Prices Avoid Polar Vortex; Strongest Gains Since 2006

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 11:31 AM

Home prices, including sales of distressed homes, increased nationally by 12 percent in the 12 months ended in January CoreLogic said today. This was the 23 rd consecutive month in which the company's Home Price Index (HPI) showed prices up nationally...
Troubling Trends in Housing Market -Black Knight

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 10:36 AM

Mortgage originations in January were at the lowest level in 6 years 2008 Black Knight Financial Services said today and data on prepayment speeds and the remaining universe of "refinancible" mortgages do not bode well for the refinance segment of the...
Private Residential Construction Spending Rose in January

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by Jann Swanson on March 03 2014, 1:00 PM

The Census Bureau said today that construction put in place in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $943.1 billion, up 0.1 percent from December and 9.3 percent higher than the rate of $863.1 billion in January 2013. On an unadjusted basis...

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