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Lower Rates Bringing In More Buyers (And Higher Prices)

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by Jann Swanson on October 28 2020, 11:16 AM

The percentage of potential home buyers who perceive housing in their market as affordable increased in the third quarter, at least as reported in a recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) survey. NAHB's Housing Trends Report says that 27...
Mortgage Apps Rise Slightly, Purchase Loans End Four-Week Drought

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by Jann Swanson on October 28 2020, 8:36 AM

Mortgage application volume rose slightly during the week ended October 23. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of that volume, increased 1.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier, its...
Homeownership is Growing, Especially Among Younger Age Groups

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by Jann Swanson on October 27 2020, 11:57 AM

The U.S. homeownership rate in the third quarter fell back slightly from the prior quarter. The second quarter saw the highest level for homeownership since the second quarter of 2008. Homeownership in the third quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau...
Spring Buying Season Shifts, Home Prices Rocket Higher

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by Jann Swanson on October 27 2020, 10:03 AM

The impact of low interest rates and pent up buyer demand played out in sharply increasing home prices in August. Both the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices posted significant appreciation on an annual basis...
Freddie's Loan Volume is Up, Delinquency Rate Begins to Retreat

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by Jann Swanson on October 27 2020, 8:55 AM

Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 17.5 percent in September compared to a 27.7 percent gain in August. The portfolio balance at the end of the period was $2.570 trillion compared to $2...
New Home Sales Finally Level Off at 14 Year High

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by Jann Swanson on October 26 2020, 10:34 AM

New home sales declined in September for the first time since April. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sales of newly constructed homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 959,000 units, a 3...
Some Delinquency Rates are Declining to Pre-COVID Levels

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by Jann Swanson on October 26 2020, 9:21 AM

The number of serious delinquencies dropped in September according to Black Knight. The 43,000 decline in the number of loans that were 90 or more days past due marked the first improvement in that statistic since the start of the pandemic. The change...
Homeowner Profits Soared in Q3

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by Jann Swanson on October 23 2020, 10:13 AM

The contribution made to household wealth by homeownership is underlined in ATTOM Data Solutions' third-quarter U.S. Home Sales Report . The company said that a typical homeowner who sold a home during the quarter had a gain of $85,000 . This was $10...
Loans in Forbearance Drop Below 3 Million

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by Jann Swanson on October 23 2020, 8:41 AM

The number of FHA and VA loans in forbearance rose slightly last week, however, the overall numbers of forborne loans fell nationally by 11,000. Black Knight's weekly survey of the COVID-19 mortgage forbearance measures found that, as of October 20, there...
Vacation Homes Help Fuel Existing Sales Surge

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by Jann Swanson on October 22 2020, 9:53 AM

Existing home sales rose again in September and are now blowing the doors off last year's numbers. The National Association of Realtors® says sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and co-ops, rose 9.4 percent from August to a seasonally...
Higher FICO Scores Indicate Lenders are Being More Selective

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by Jann Swanson on October 22 2020, 9:50 AM

The refinancing share of originations increased again in September, rising 2 points to 58 percent of all loans. Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report for September shows the increase came almost inclusively in conventional loans where the refi share...
MBA Economists Forecast Record Purchase Volume Next Year

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by Jann Swanson on October 21 2020, 1:57 PM

Purchase mortgage originations are expected to hit a new record high of $1.54 trillion next year. That forecast, which would be an increase of 8.5 percent over the projected total in 2020, was made at the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) virtual...
Bank, construction, Ops Jobs: 203(k), Credit, Doc Tools; IPOs, Debt Offerings, Lenders and Investors Making Moves

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by Rob Chrisman on October 22 2020, 8:45 AM

40 million people have already cast their vote in the election is unprecedented. I can hardly wait to return to “precedented times,” “unprecedented” favored to win “Word of the Year” in 2020. Even the colors are unprecedented...
Fannie Asks Mortgage Execs How to Improve Condo Lending

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by Jann Swanson on October 21 2020, 10:51 AM

The most recent Fannie Mae's Lender Sentiment Survey focuses on the complexities of lending to the condominium market. The company stresses that this type of housing can play an important role in narrowing the supply gap for affordable housing options...
Mortgage Apps Steady; Forbearances Drop Under 6%

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by Jann Swanson on October 21 2020, 9:11 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says there was little change in mortgage application activity during the week ended October 16. MBA's Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, dipped 0.6 percent from the prior week...

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