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New Home Sales Recovery Continued in August

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by Jann Swanson on September 24 2021, 10:39 AM

Sales of newly constructed homes performed better than expected in August but remain well behind the pace set in August 2020. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development say that sales during the month were at a seasonally adjusted...
Underwater Homeowners Effectively Bailed-Out By Equity Surge

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by Jann Swanson on September 23 2021, 11:02 AM

Homeowner equity grew $2.9 trillion nationwide from the second quarter of 2020 to the same quarter this year. CoreLogic's Homeowner Equity Report shows U.S. homeowners who have mortgages (which account for roughly 63 percent of all residential properties...
Foreclosure Starts Rise Following Moratorium Expiration

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2021, 1:08 PM

Delinquencies hit a new post-pandemic low in August as the national delinquency rate fell by 84,000 loans or 3.48 percent compared to July. It was 41.84 percent below the level in August of 2020. Black Knight, in its "first look" at the months loan performance...
First-Time Buyer Share Slips as Prices Rise for 114th Month

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2021, 11:00 AM

Existing home sales ended two months of gains in August, falling 2.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous month. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said preowned single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and cooperative...
Inventories Pushing Buyers Toward New Homes

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2021, 3:01 PM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) estimates that there were 17 percent fewer applications for new home purchases in August than in July, but those applications were 9 percent greater year-over-year. The figures, gathered from MBA's monthly Builder...
Mortgage Applications Rise, Reflecting Improved Inventories

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by Jann Swanson on September 22 2021, 7:57 AM

The volume of applications for first mortgages grew by 4.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the first full week after Labor Day. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application...
Construction Numbers Pushed Higher by Multifamily Surge

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by Jann Swanson on September 21 2021, 10:11 AM

Residential construction numbers were a surprise again in August. Permits for construction and housing starts were both higher than expected, however, multifamily numbers were driving the results. Housing permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual...
Freddie Mac Confirms Heightened Appraisal Gaps in Minority Areas

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2021, 2:56 PM

A cluster of stories about appraised values of homes in minority areas hit the national news earlier this summer and now Freddie Mac has released an analysis of the smoke/fire variety. The company says it found appraised values are more likely to fall...
Builder Sentiment Moves Slightly Higher, but Many Still See Hurdles Ahead

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by Jann Swanson on September 20 2021, 10:33 AM

Builder confidence edged its way higher in September, ending a three-month slump. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose a single point to 76 in September. The HMI is a measure...
New Forbearance Plans and Reentries Rise

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by Jann Swanson on September 17 2021, 12:58 PM

Black Knight says that the number of active forbearance plans continued to fall over the last week, but also noted an uptick in both new plans and reentries to the program , primarily among VA and FHA loans. The number of active forbearances dropped by...
Flipping Transactions Increase, Profits Do Not

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by Jann Swanson on September 17 2021, 12:23 PM

The number of homes flipped by investors grew by 3.5 percent in the second quarter of the year. It was the first increase in more than a year. ATTOM says its second quarter U.S. Home Flipping Report shows that 79,733 single-family homes and condominiums...
Fed Ethics Rules Get High-Powered Review

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by Jann Swanson on September 17 2021, 9:23 AM

Another powerful group of federal officials are in the hotseat after details of their personal finances were revealed. While there are no accusations of wrong-doing (unlike the case of several senators who faced ethics reviews in 2020), the financial...
Refis and Purchasing Split Originations in July

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by Jann Swanson on September 16 2021, 10:02 AM

Refinancing and home purchases had a nearly even share of mortgage originations in July. ICE Mortgage Technology said that 50 percent of closed loans during the month were purchase mortgages while 49 percent were for refinancing. Refinancing, however...
Foreclosure Rate Lowest in Over Two Decades

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by Jann Swanson on September 14 2021, 9:09 AM

Today there are 400,000 homeowners in their final month of forbearance and another 1.2 million still in the program as it winds down, thus, it is probably way too early to conclude that the nation has a ducked a pandemic foreclosure bullet, However, the...
FHFA Suspends Second Home, Investment Loan Limits

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by Jann Swanson on September 15 2021, 9:37 AM

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced late Tuesday that they were suspending some of the provisions that had been added to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (PSPAs) on last January. The PSPA...

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