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Prepayment Rate Shrinks, Composition Shifts

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by Jann Swanson on January 10 2019, 1:46 PM

The November Mortgage Monitor from Black Knight focused largely on the shifting of the mortgage market toward purchase originations and the unexpected expansion of the refinancing pool due to recent interest rate drops, but it also had an interesting...
Credit Access Takes a Hit as HARP Expires

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by Jann Swanson on January 10 2019, 9:38 AM

Credit availability suffered an unusually large decline in December. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) fell 7.3 percent to 175.0 in December (it was 188.8 in November.) A decline in the MCAI indicates...
Small Price and Rate Changes Make a Big Difference for Homebuyers

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by Jann Swanson on January 09 2019, 11:58 AM

As home sales have slowed, attention has shifted to the subject of affordability. The combination of rising home prices and higher interest rates is blamed by many as the cause of the lagging sales. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has...
Lower Rates and Their Effect on Purchases, Refis

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by Jann Swanson on January 09 2019, 9:47 AM

While the report also looks at how the recent dip in interest rates may impact the demand for refinancing, the main theme of the November 2018 Mortgage Monitor is the shifting origination market. Black Knight's report notes that the first three quarters...
Mortgage Apps Surge as Borrowers Return in Droves, Rates Drop

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by Jann Swanson on January 09 2019, 5:25 AM

Even though the week ended January 4 was shortened by the New Year's holiday mortgage application volume rebounded strongly . The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, was up 23.5 percent...
Government Shutdown has Little Effect on Real Estate

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by Jann Swanson on January 08 2019, 4:08 PM

As the partial government shutdown continues the National Association of Realtors® contacted a sample of its members to see if the real estate market is as yet feeling any impact. At present the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and...
Despite Disaster Impacts, Loans are Performing Historically Well

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by Jann Swanson on January 08 2019, 10:22 AM

Some housing market analysts have found recent trends in construction, home sales, and diminishing affordability disquieting and perhaps early warning signs of another housing-led recession . They may find loan performance metrics reassuring. CoreLogic...
Housing Sentiment Struggling, But Still Respectable

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by Jann Swanson on January 07 2019, 10:51 AM

A few more Americans decided it might be a good time to buy a home in November, but boy did they change their minds in December. Fannie Mae said the net positive responses to that question in its December National Housing Survey (NHL) plunged 12 points...
Another Dim Outlook for Refinancing

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by Jann Swanson on January 04 2019, 10:25 AM

Refinancing activity has probably held up better than expected as interest rates have risen. Refinance applications accounted for more than 40 percent of the total in each of the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application volume summaries in December...
Freddie Mac Sees Market for SFR Securitizations

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by Jann Swanson on January 02 2019, 2:08 PM

Earlier this week we summarized a new White Paper from Freddie Mae detailing the growing importance of single-family properties within the U.S. rental market, especially in rural areas. With the large number of such rentals - an estimated 25 million out...
Even With Lower Rates, Mortgage Applications Drop 9.8%

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by Jann Swanson on January 03 2019, 4:41 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) office was closed during Christmas Week and did not issue its usual summary of mortgage application activity for the week ended December 21. Its report for the week ended December 28 therefore covers changes to its...
November Home Price Gains Slowing , Still up 5.1% YoY

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by Jann Swanson on January 02 2019, 10:06 AM

Home prices grew by an estimated 0.4 percent in November according to CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) and were 5.1 percent higher than at the end of November 2017. These figures indicate a significant slowdown in the rate of appreciation nationally...
Single-Family Homes Now Integral to Rental Stock

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by Jann Swanson on December 31 2018, 12:04 PM

When one thinks about renters it is usually clusters of three-story garden style apartments, or high-rise elevator buildings that come to mind. But Freddie Mac says that the majority of America's 43 million renter households, 25 million of them in fact...
Pending Sales; Foiled Again!

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by Jann Swanson on December 28 2018, 10:11 AM

Analysts had expected to hear that pending home sales had a good run in November, perhaps even breaking its 10-month streak of year-over-year declines; Econoday went so far as to predict "A big bounce back is the forecast for November pending home sales...
Fannie/Freddie Annual Prices Soften; New Home Sales Delayed

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by Jann Swanson on December 27 2018, 9:47 AM

Home prices on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) Housing Price Index (HPI) crept higher in October, although year over year appreciation slowed. FHFA, which remains open during the shutdown, released its data Thursday morning reflecting prices...

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