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Mixed Residential Construction Results, Another Lackluster Month

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2018, 10:26 AM

October was another mixed but largely mediocre month for residential construction . Permits were lower both on a monthly and an annual basis, while housing starts improved marginally, but only for the month. Completions also lagged earlier numbers. The...
Sweat Equity as a Downpayment? Yes, Actually

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by Jann Swanson on November 19 2018, 12:32 PM

Freddie Mac has announced a new collaboration with a handful of rural non-profits to expand sweat equity opportunities to homeowners in several rural and underserved regions. Potential homebuyers in selected areas will be able "to leverage their construction...
After a Steady Run, Builder Confidence Finally Folds

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by Jann Swanson on November 19 2018, 10:25 AM

Builder confidence took a steep dive this month, reflecting increasing news of slowing home sales and rising concerns over affordability. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index (HMI), a joint project of NAHB and...
New Home Sales, Prices Faded in October

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by Jann Swanson on November 16 2018, 12:06 PM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) notes that applications for the purchase of new homes declined by 2.1 percent in October compared to the same month in 2017. Those applications were also 11 percent lower than in September. The information, taken...
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund Outperforms for Fourth Year in a Row

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by Jann Swanson on November 16 2018, 10:03 AM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) said on Thursday that its Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) exceeded its congressionally mandated minimum reserves in FY2018 for the fourth year in a row. In its 2018 Annual Report to Congress the agency...
Fannie Mae Offering Relief Programs in Wildfire Areas

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by Jann Swanson on November 15 2018, 12:48 PM

Fannie Mae has expanded the menu of post-disaster services it is offering to its borrowers. The new services are in addition to the up to 12 months of forbearance, waived fees, and temporary foreclosure moratorium that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the...
Buyers Not Holding Their Breath for Short Term Market Relief

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by Jann Swanson on November 15 2018, 11:30 AM

It ain't going to get any easier... The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) tells us these cheery words encapsulate the attitude of respondents to its survey regarding home purchasing. The company's Housing Trends Report for the third quarter...
Millennials Could be Foregoing Equity Wealth

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by Jann Swanson on November 14 2018, 9:12 AM

While reams of research have been done on why members of the Millennial generation are less likely to own a home compared to their baby boomer and Gen X elders at the same age, the Urban Institute (UI) notes that knowing the reasons doesn't necessarily...
Mortgage Applications: Refis at Lowest Levels Since 2000

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by Jann Swanson on November 14 2018, 5:36 AM

Mortgage application activity continued to shrink during the week ended November 9. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume dropped by 3.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis when compared...
Homes Sales and Prices in California May Have Hit an Affordability Tipping Point

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by Jann Swanson on November 13 2018, 10:46 AM

It may be that California, where home prices have exploded over the last few years, has jumped the shark when it comes to affordability. CoreLogic's Andrew LePage writes in the company's Insights blog that September home sales in the state were the lowest...
Delinquency Recovery Interrupted by Natural Disasters

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by Jann Swanson on November 09 2018, 10:06 AM

The ongoing improvement in mortgage performance hit a slight snag in the third quarter of 2018, one that appears to be disaster related. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said the National Delinquency Survey found the national delinquency rate grew...
Share of "Affordable" Homes Falls to 10-Year Low

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by Jann Swanson on November 08 2018, 12:40 PM

Housing affordability crept down again in the third quarter of 2018 reaching, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a ten-year low. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) indicates that 56.4 percent of new and existing...
CoreLogic: Easing Standards for DTI, LTV Underwriting

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by Jann Swanson on November 08 2018, 11:20 AM

A deep dig into recent home purchase loans shows that some of the underwriting standards employed by FHA and the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) eased over the year that ended with Q2 2018. Archana Pradhan, an analyst with CoreLogic's Mortgage Finance...
Housing Sentiment Continues to Sour as Economy Booms

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2018, 11:55 AM

Despite the success of the U.S. economy as of late, housing sentiment seems to have hit a rough patch . Fannie Mae said its Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) continued to decline in October, moving lower for the third time in four months. The index...
Mortgage Apps: Down to Four-Year Low, Highest Rates Since 2010

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2018, 6:17 AM

The week ended November 2 was another week of retreat for mortgage applications as the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Market Composite Index dropped by 4.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. This brought the index to its lowest level since...

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