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Lender Survey: Has the Refi Boom Run Out of Steam?

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by Jann Swanson on December 13 2019, 11:19 AM

Lenders responding to Fannie Mae's Q4 2019 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey ® didn't have as bright an outlook for their future profit margins as in the previous survey when their expectations were at a high for the survey which dates back to 2014...
Only 2 Million U.S. Homes Remain Underwater

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by Jann Swanson on December 12 2019, 12:42 PM

According to Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic, "Ten years ago, during the depths of the Great Recession, more than 11 million homeowners had negative equity." This was a quarter of mortgaged homes, he said. Times have certainly changed...
Sluggish Loan Applications Show Weakness in New Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on December 12 2019, 9:58 AM

While the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is predicting newly constructed homes sold at a much higher rate in November than they did a year earlier, sales are expected to be down significantly from this past October. MBA's Builder Application Survey...
NAR Forecasts on GDP, Rate Cuts, and Probability of Recession

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by Jann Swanson on December 11 2019, 12:59 PM

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) used the occasion of a summit headed by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson to release its forecast for housing and the economy over the next year. The predictions were consensus estimates from...
Everyone is Still Refinancing; FHA Refis at 3 Year High

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by Jann Swanson on December 11 2019, 5:57 AM

Mortgage applications activity recovered strongly during the week ended December 6 after the usual Thanksgiving week lull. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, which measures the volume of mortgage applications, increased...
Home Purchase Sentiment Rebounds to Near Record Highs

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by Jann Swanson on December 10 2019, 10:21 AM

After a steep dive in October, America's attitude toward buying a home is on the rise again. Positive answers to the question of whether it is a good time to buy on Fannie Mae's November National Housing Survey rose 11 percentage points to a net of 32...
FHA's Mortgage Insurance Fund Improvement Has Come a Long Way

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2019, 12:23 PM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) released its annual Report to Congress several weeks ago, reporting significant improvement in its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund. Late last week Brian D. Montgomery, FHA Commission and Assistant Secretary...
Lots of Refinancing, So Why Are Servicers Losing Business?

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2019, 8:43 AM

Black Knight continues to review, in its new Mortgage Monitor , how the effects of nearly a year of lower interest rates have ricocheted throughout the industry. This month's Monitor looks both at loan data from October and from the third quarter of 2019...
Loan Characteristics Mostly Account for Conforming/Jumbo Spread

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by Jann Swanson on December 06 2019, 11:44 AM

For many years homebuyers looking for homes priced above entry level employed every device they could to keep their loan amount below whatever might be the current limit for conforming (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac) loans. It might mean determining between...
October's Increases Suggest a Reversal in Home Price Slump

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by Jann Swanson on December 05 2019, 12:12 PM

After slowing for 17 months, home price gains rose 3.8 percent in July and then held nearly flat in August according to Black Knight's Home Price Index. Now the first tranche of price data for October seems to indicate a rapid shift into an acceleration...
Access to Government Backed Mortgages Finally Improves

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by Jann Swanson on December 05 2019, 9:29 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) moved significantly higher in November, gaining 2.1 percent compared to October. The index measures borrower access to mortgage credit and has components for each of...
FHA 2020 Loan Limits Set

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2019, 2:30 PM

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Brian D. Montgomery has announced the loan limits for FHA forward mortgages in 2020. The limits are based on the conforming loan limis announced last week by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for...
Housing Construction too Slow for Growing Population of Millennials

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2019, 10:15 AM

There is widespread industry concern that new homes and apartment buildings are not being constructed fast enough to keep up with demand and now the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says there is a mismatch between where they are being built...
Mortgage Apps Hit on a Technicality, But Purchases Still Increased

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2019, 5:10 AM

Mortgage activity during the week ended November 29 was predictably impacted by the Thanksgiving Day holiday which effectively shortened the business week to three days. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its data on application volume contains...
Could FHA's Recovery Lead to Reduced Mortgage Insurance Premiums?

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by Jann Swanson on December 03 2019, 1:22 PM

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHA) had to be bailed out by the U.S. Treasury during the financial crisis after its Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund was nearly depleted. Congress has long mandated a 2.0 percent ratio in its fund, but the agency's 2011...

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