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Fannie Mae Research: Housing, What a Drag?

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by Jann Swanson on August 17 2018, 10:44 AM

Fannie Mae's monthly Economic Development papers always have the best headlines, pithy and to the point. The August one reads. "Growth Picks Up as Expected, No Thanks to Housing." Sort of says it all. The company's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR...
Second Quarter Loan Performance Shows Steady Improvement

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by Jann Swanson on August 16 2018, 2:14 PM

Loan performance continued to improve in the second quarter. The overall delinquency rate on one-to-four-unit residential properties fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.36 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of that period, a 27-basis point...
Purchase Origination Share Remains at Survey High

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by Jann Swanson on August 16 2018, 12:26 PM

Purchase loans held on to the June share of 71 percent of closed loans in July which remains the highest share in the seven-year history of Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report . Refinances also held steady, remaining at 29 percent although the percentage...
Construction Numbers Post Sluggish Recovery

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by Jann Swanson on August 16 2018, 9:37 AM

As analysts had predicted, both housing permits and starts recovered , albeit only slightly, in July after a poor showing the previous month. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development now report that housing permits are...
Economic Environment Depressing Millennal Homeownership

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by Jann Swanson on August 15 2018, 12:22 PM

It shouldn't be news to anyone that the homeownership rate of the Millennial generation continues to be anemic. While it has improved slightly since 2015, the Urban Institute's (UI's) new research shows that, at that point it was 37 percent, 8 percentage...
Builder Confidence Retreats Once Again

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by Jann Swanson on August 15 2018, 10:28 AM

Rising concerns about costs and labor shortages continue to take a toll on home builder sentiment according to the August Housing Market Index (HMI). The Index, a joint product of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo, dipped...
Mortgage Applications: Purchase Volume Declines, Refis Stabilize

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by Jann Swanson on August 15 2018, 8:09 AM

It was another week of decline for mortgage applications as those for home purchase slid for the fifth week in a row. The overall volume of applications, as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index, declined by 2.0...
Florida, Houston Delinquencies Still Reflecting 2017 Storms

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by Jann Swanson on August 14 2018, 10:46 AM

The effects of Hurricane Irma continue to be felt in the Southeast, with Florida the only state to report an increase in its delinquency rate in May. The rate in the state was up 1 percentage point compared to May 2017 and gave Florida the third highest...
Aging Housing Stock; Problem and Opportunity

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by Jann Swanson on August 10 2018, 12:26 PM

An aging housing stock is usually thought of as a problem. Older homes can be more expensive to maintain and easily fall into enough disrepair to be a health or safety hazard or completely uninhabitable. Construction since the housing crisis has not kept...
Affordability at 10-Year Low, Tariffs and Rate Hikes Made It Worse

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by Jann Swanson on August 09 2018, 12:28 PM

We now have an unfortunate sign that the recovery is complete. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) says housing affordability is the lowest level since just before the housing crisis hit. The NAHB says the Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index...
Fannie Mae Announces Wildfire Policies

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by Jann Swanson on August 09 2018, 11:37 AM

Fannie Mae has informed us that they too have activated their disaster response policies for homeowners , this time for those affected by the California wildfires. Homeowners impacted are eligible to stop making mortgage payments for up to 12 months during...
MBA Says New Home Purchase Apps Reflect Housing Start Surge

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by Jann Swanson on August 09 2018, 10:56 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says that responses to its recent Mortgage Builder Applications Survey indicates an increase of 3.6 percent in applications for financing newly constructed homes in July compared to the same month in 2017. That is...
Freddie Mac Announces Wildfire Forbearance Policy

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by Jann Swanson on August 08 2018, 4:04 PM

Some are saying that 2018 may be the worst year in history for wildfires in California and other states are threatened by blazes as well so Freddie Mac is reaffirming its disaster relief policies. The policies apply to borrowers with homes in Federal...
Existing Home Sales "Cooled" in Q2, Prices Did Not

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by Jann Swanson on August 08 2018, 11:50 AM

The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said existing home sales cooled during the second quarter amidst what it called "staggeringly low" inventories and steadily appreciating prices. The median national price of an existing single-family home...
Home Buying/Selling Attitudes, Job Security Take Hit in Survey

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by Jann Swanson on August 08 2018, 9:43 AM

Attitudes about buying and selling a home degraded in July. Fannie Mae said its National Housing Survey (NHS) for the month found a net decrease among respondents of 4 percentage points who thought it was a good time to buy a home and a net decrease of...

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