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Optimism Buoys National Housing Survey Results

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by Jann Swanson on February 09 2015, 11:43 AM

Fannie Mae said today that its monthly National Housing Survey (NHS) portrayed increasing optimism as both employment and overall economic figures improved. More respondents reported their own financial situations were improving and attitudes toward housing...
NAHB Counting on Employment Strength to Eventually Help Housing

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by Jann Swanson on February 05 2015, 12:57 PM

The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) said today that nationwide metropolitan area markets are improving at a constant pace and are nearing normal economic and housing activity. The Association's Leading Market Index (LMI) issued in conjunction...
Zombies Rise as Foreclosure Pipelines Clear

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by Jann Swanson on February 06 2015, 8:57 AM

As might be expected, as the number of foreclosures has dwindled , so has the number of so-called zombies . However RealtyTrac said on Friday their share of all foreclosures has continued to grow. Zombie foreclosures are those in which the delinquent...
97 Percent GSE Loans Boost Credit Availability

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by Jann Swanson on February 05 2015, 10:38 AM

New initiatives aimed at increasing access to credit and making it more affordable began to pay off in January according to Mike Fratantoni, the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) Chief Economist. MBA's Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) increased...
FHFA Considering Limited Principal Reduction

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by Jann Swanson on February 04 2015, 2:11 PM

Even though his predecessor as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was adamant in his refusal to consider it, Melvin L. Watt seems receptive to allowing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae some leeway to reduce the principal balance of their troubled...
FHA Applications Skyrocket as Expected Following MIP Change

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by Jann Swanson on February 04 2015, 7:46 AM

Mortgage activity showed no signs of settling down from its rather wild and wooly behavio r since the first of the year. Data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) was all over the place during the week ended January 30, apparently because of the...
Home Prices Turn Negative in Three States

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by Jann Swanson on February 03 2015, 9:48 AM

The uninterrupted streak of annual nationwide price increases was extended to 34 months in December CoreLogic said today. The company's Home Price Index (HPI) that includes sales of distressed properties (short sales and lender owned real estate (REO...
Higher Home Prices Suggest Foreclosure Over Short-Sales

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by Jann Swanson on February 02 2015, 1:29 PM

Rising home prices have been a boon to many homeowners but may not bode as well for those who are facing foreclosure. Black Knight Financial Services' Mortgage Monitor this month takes a look at how liquidation strategies for properties facing foreclosure...
December saw Small Gains for Residential Construction Spending

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by Jann Swanson on February 02 2015, 11:28 AM

December expenditures for construction posted a small gain in December, rising a scant 0.4 percent over November figures. The Census Bureau said today that spending on both public and private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $982...
Rules Set for Disbursement of Affordable Housing Funds

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by Jann Swanson on January 30 2015, 11:50 AM

When Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin L. Watts testified before the House Financial Services Committee early this week he said that FHFA had notified Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that it was reversing suspension of contributions to affordable...
CFPB Expands Rural & Small Creditor Definitions

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by Jann Swanson on January 29 2015, 4:31 PM

As it said it would, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken steps to assist small lenders , particularly those in rural areas, comply more easily with the new mortgage rules that took effect at the beginning of last year. Changes were...
CoreLogic: Income Inequality and the Housing Market

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by Jann Swanson on January 28 2015, 11:24 AM

The topic of income inequality is, as they say, trending, and this has moved CoreLogic to look at the nature of incomes and homeowners. In a recent article in the company's Housing Trends Blog, principal economist Kathryn Dobbyn talks about a new CoreLogic...
Averages in 2014: LTV, FICO, Loan Types, and More

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by Jann Swanson on January 29 2015, 2:42 PM

Fifty-six percent of loans closed in December were for home purchase, somewhat lower than the average for 2014 as a whole according to the Origination Insights Report from Ellie Mae. Lower interest rates pushed refinancing numbers higher toward the end...
Pending Home Sales Suffer Largest Drop of Year

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by Jann Swanson on January 29 2015, 10:40 AM

The rate at which contracts were signed to purchase homes was down slightly in December the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Even though buyers were looking at the lowest interest rates of the year NAR’s Pending Home Sales...
Freddie Mac Index Shows Deterioration in some Energy Dependent Markets

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by Jann Swanson on January 28 2015, 1:43 PM

Freddie Mac's Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) rose nationally this month for the third consecutive time. This, along with improving three month trends in thirty-four states and the District of Columbia and 37 of 50 metropolitan areas shows, the company...

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