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One Price Index Shows Long-Expected Price Slowdown

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by Jann Swanson on September 26 2016, 12:21 PM

Black Knight Financial Services released its Home Price Index (HPI) report for July on Monday and, unlike reports from CoreLogic and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reports for the month (the fourth report, the CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices...
August New Home Sales Retrench but Still Solid

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by Jann Swanson on September 26 2016, 10:45 AM

After a spectacular run for new home sales in July, it was anticipated that August activity would be considerably more modest. While sales did retrench from the post-crash highs reached the previous month (which improved even further when revised), the...
August Refi Surge Reflected in Higher Conventional Lending Share

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2016, 4:02 PM

Refinancing jumped to 43 percent of all loans originated in August, a 6 percentage point higher share than in July. Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report says this takes the refi share back to a level last seen in March. The share of all loans closed...
Mortgage Prepayments at 3-Year High Thanks to Brexit

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2016, 12:38 PM

Mortgage prepayments, generally a good indicator of refinance activity , skyrocketed in August. According to Black Knight Financial Services "first look" at its August mortgage data, the Single Month Mortality (SMM) or prepayment rate, fueled by post...
"Very Concerning" Inventories and Higher Prices Weigh on Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2016, 10:55 AM

Sales of existing homes slowed for the second consecutive month in August according to data released on Thursday by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Sales declined by 0.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.33 million units...
Home Prices Picked up the Pace in July

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2016, 9:35 AM

Home price increases appear to have accelerated in most of the country in July as compared to June according to data released on Thursday by the Federal Home Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA's House Price Index was up 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis...
CFPB Chief says Rules Have Leveled Credit Unions' Playing Field

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2016, 1:51 PM

"Credit unions are thriving " in the words of Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He told members of the National Association of Federal Credit Bureaus on Wednesday that while purchase mortgage lending increased...
Mortgage Originations to Rise 11 Percent in Q3

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2016, 12:24 PM

If nothing else, the headline of this months' Outlook from Freddie Mac was a grabber. "Mortgage Originations Poised to Surge," it read, and what followed detailed what the company's economists expect from housing in a year where home sales in the first...
Refis Retain Higher Share of Mortgage Apps Despite Rising Rates

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2016, 7:14 AM

Mortgage rates crept higher during the week ended September 16, and mortgage applications, while rebounding from the previous holiday-shortened prior week, were down significantly on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its...
Fannie Sees Fed Waiting, Housing Cooling

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by Jann Swanson on September 19 2016, 2:30 PM

Fannie Mae says that early bets on third quarter economic growth are around 3.0 percent which has the Federal Reserve talking again about raising the fed funds target rate, but odds are it won't happen at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting...
Housing Starts, Building Permits Slowed in August

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2016, 9:58 AM

All three measures of residential construction activity fell in August compared to the July numbers and one, building permits, continued to lag year-ago levels. The report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Builder Confidence Matches Post-Crisis High

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by Jann Swanson on September 19 2016, 10:30 AM

After half a year of barely budging the Housing Market Index (HMI ) surged by six points in September. The index, jointly sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo, jumped from a downwardly revised 59 in August to 65...
Impac to Raise Funds; Servicing Packages; Fannie/Freddie Program Changes

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by Rob Chrisman on September 19 2016, 8:28 AM

You’ve made it to “Talk like a Pirate” day. Many lenders are saying, “Arrggghh” when it comes to appraisals. Mike Simmons with Axis AMC put some things in perspective. “Fannie Mae...sees approximately 90% of all residential...
Resurgence of PMI Could Force FHA to Cut Premiums

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by Jann Swanson on September 16 2016, 8:45 AM

In last month's Housing Finance Chartbook the Urban Institute showed how a recent surge in issuance of private mortgage insurance (PMI) had come at the expense of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA's) Mortgage Insurance Fund (MIF). PMI grew from...
Lenders Anticipate Higher Profits, Less Drag from Compliance Costs

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by Jann Swanson on September 15 2016, 12:54 PM

Mortgage lenders are feeling more positive about profits this quarter than they did in the second quarter with 28 percent of those surveyed by Fannie Mae expecting an increase over the next three months. Seventeen percent expect lower profits and 55 percent...

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