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Single Fannie/Freddie Security Details Coming Soon - FHFA

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2015, 3:35 PM

In a speech on Thursday the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) emphasized one of the three familiar goals of his agency's 2015 scorecard for the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Melvin L. Watts told an audience at the...
Mortgage Credit Availability Boosted by Jumbos and 97LTV

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2015, 8:35 AM

Even though implementation of the Freddie Mac portion of the new 97 percent conventional loan program is still weeks away the program appears to be having an impact on credit availability. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today that its Mortgage...
Lower Rates did little for Mortgage Application Volume

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2015, 6:35 AM

Mortgage applications were mixed and largely flat during the week ended February 27. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, increased 0.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week...
CoreLogic sees Continued "Strong and Progressive Uptick in Prices"

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by Jann Swanson on March 03 2015, 1:14 PM

Home prices, including sales of distressed properties, continued to appreciate on both an annual and a monthly basis in January. CoreLogic said that its Home Price Index including sales of foreclosed property and short sales, increased 5.7 percent in...
Vacancies up, Rents Moderate, but 2015 still Looks Solid for Multifamily

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by Jann Swanson on March 02 2015, 2:23 PM

The multifamily market outperformed many predictions in 2014; vacancy levels, despite a flood of new properties, declined by 10 basis points from 2013 to a 13-year low of 4.2 percent. Revenue per unit rose, continuing the pattern that has led to a 20...
FHFA Sets Rules for Bulk Loan Sales

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by Jann Swanson on March 02 2015, 3:09 PM

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs), released guidelines for their sales of non-performing mortgage loans . FHFA earlier approved sales as a mechanism to reduce the investment portfolios of the...
Construction Spending Eased in January; Most Segments Higher on Annual Basis

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by Jann Swanson on March 02 2015, 10:48 AM

Both publicly and privately funded construction dipped slightly in January from February levels the Census Bureau said today, although both total construction and the publicly funded segment did remain above January 2014 levels. Construction put in place...
Construction Industry Optimism at 20-year High

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by Jann Swanson on February 26 2015, 9:38 AM

While its ultimate focus is the future of the construction equipment business, Wells Fargo's Equipment Finance division has some predictions for residential construction as well. The company's 2015 Construction Industry Forecast , presents results of...
Homebuyers were Busy in January; Pending Sales Rise

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2015, 10:29 AM

Even though sales of existing homes dropped by 4.9 percent in January buyers were apparently out shopping and seriously so. The National Association of Realtors® said that its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) climbed to 104.2 in January, a 1.7 percent...
By Any Measure FHA's Role is Shrinking

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by Jann Swanson on February 26 2015, 12:43 PM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) saw its share of the mortgage insurance market soar to 72 percent of all insured mortgages issued in 2008 and to 25% of the total origination market in 2009 as other lenders pulled back and FHA moved into one of...
Q4 Home Price Gains Outpace Inflation -FHFA

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by Jann Swanson on February 26 2015, 10:12 AM

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said today that home prices in the fourth quarter of 2014 were up 1.4 percent compared to the previous quarter and 4.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2013. The fourth quarter was the fourteenth consecutive...
Housing Indicator Continues to Stabilize; Energy States at Risk

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by Jann Swanson on February 25 2015, 12:15 PM

Freddie Mac said on Wednesday that its Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) still shows that, at the national level, housing is continuing to stabilize . Thirty-eight of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia are now showing an improving three-month...
Black Knight Notes Home Price Decline

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by Jann Swanson on February 24 2015, 11:17 AM

The Home Price Index (HPI) report issued this week by Black Knight Financial Services shows the December national index at $241,000, a -0.1 percent change from November. The HPI has increased by 4.6 percent since December 2013, and is now 10.2 percent...
90-day Delinquencies Increasingly Ended in Foreclosure Last Month

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by Jann Swanson on February 25 2015, 11:13 AM

Black Knight Financial Services has released a "first look" at its month-end January mortgage performance statistics. The company regularly previews data that is covered in a more comprehensive form in its Mortgage Monitor scheduled for publication on...
Northeast Drags Down New Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on February 25 2015, 10:40 AM

Sales of newly constructed single-family homes dipped only slightly in January from December levels. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Developing said today that January sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 481,000...

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