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Battle for Listings Between Realtors and Zillow Group Set to Intensify

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by Jann Swanson on February 23 2015, 2:35 PM

There appears to be a battle in the making between Realtor.com, which has provided on-line nationwide residential listing information since the Internet was only a novelty and upstarts Zillow and Trulia. Both companies have made their own radical changes...
2015 Starts Slowly for Existing Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on February 23 2015, 10:51 AM

Existing home sales in January were disappointing to start the New Year, declining to their lowest rate in nine months. The sales, which include completed sales of single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums, and co-ops, were down 4.9 percent from December...
January Refinacing Share was 18 Month High

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by Jann Swanson on February 20 2015, 12:27 PM

Loans for home refinance made up 51 percent o f all loan originations in January, an 8 percent jump compared to December. Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report said this was the highest share refinancing has had in more than 18 months. Refinancing hit...
Not to be Outdone; Fannie Profits Bring Dividend Total to $136.4 Billion

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by Jann Swanson on February 20 2015, 11:30 AM

Like Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae has also reported a profitable fourth quarter of 2014 and a profitable year. The company had both net and comprehensive income for the quarter of $1.3 billion and for the year a net of $14.2 billion and comprehensive income...
Freddie Mac Profits Put Taxpayers $91.8 Billion in the Black

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by Jann Swanson on February 19 2015, 1:12 PM

Freddie Mac said today that full-year net income and comprehensive income, $7.7 billion and 9.4 billion respectively, made 2014 the company's third straight year of profitability. The financial results were driven primarily by: Net interest income of...
Rates, Declining Home Prices Improved Affordability in Q4

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by Jann Swanson on February 19 2015, 11:44 AM

Housing affordability grew slightly in the fourth quarter of 2014 according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released today. NAHB said that the increase was due to interest rates which declined...
Freddie's Economic Revisions Optimistic for Housing

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by Jann Swanson on February 19 2015, 9:54 AM

Freddie Mac's economists have revised many of their earlier estimates for the 2015 U.S. economy. In terms of overall economic growth the revisions are not positive as they see a slowing of "the torrid pace in the third quarter of 2014," but their new...
Fewer Borrowers Relying on High LTV Loans

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by Jann Swanson on February 18 2015, 12:41 PM

Just as the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are launching new 97 percent conventional loans, RealtyTrac is announcing that demand for such low downpayment loans has never been...lower. A recently completed study by the company...
Housing Starts and Building Permits Fall, but Remain Near Recent Highs

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by Jann Swanson on February 18 2015, 9:48 AM

The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's New Residential Construction summary for January 2015 showed mixed and mostly modest results when compared to the December data, however most numbers improved year-over-year. Permits...
Mortgage Apps Dive; Rates Spike; FHA/VA now a Quarter of the Market!

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by Jann Swanson on February 18 2015, 7:37 AM

Mortgage application volume fell across the board for the second straight time during the week ended February 13, 2015. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume declined substantially...
Builder Confidence Still Fairly Solid Despite Catching Cold

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by Jann Swanson on February 17 2015, 10:35 AM

Bad weather appears to be taking a toll on otherwise solid builder confidence. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index (HMI), a measure of builder attitudes toward new home construction, was down 2 points to 55 in...
Current Regulations Failing to Address Biggest Foreclosure Driver

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by Jann Swanson on February 09 2015, 2:25 PM

Current regulatory policy is not addressing the primary cause of foreclosures . CoreLogic's deputy chief economists Sam Khater says, in an article on the company's blog, that, while lack of equity has long been known to play an important role in loan...
CFPB Fines 3 Lenders for Implying Government Affiliation

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by Jann Swanson on February 12 2015, 2:50 PM

Three mortgage lenders are facing civil action for false and misleading advertising. The three were identified in a joint Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sweep of about 800 newspaper and internet ads and...
Cash Sales Decline as REO Sales Dwindle

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by Jann Swanson on February 11 2015, 10:28 AM

While all-cash sales continue to decline as a percentage of all home sales, in several states they still account for more than half of all residential sales transactions. CoreLogic said on Wednesday that 36.1 percent of home sales in November 2014 were...
Foreclosure Spikes Signal "Spring Cleaning" RealtyTrac says

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by Jann Swanson on February 12 2015, 8:24 AM

As the housing industry continues to recover we see occasional troublesome spikes in one statistic or another. RealtyTrac reported a couple of such statistics in its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for January, surges that, at first glance look ominous...

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