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Home Prices Rise Overall, but Some Areas Seeing Sharp Declines

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by Jann Swanson on November 25 2013, 11:51 AM

Home prices rose again nationally in September Lender Processing Services (LPS) said today, but in many areas, notably a lot of the older mill towns in the Northeast, prices are still declining , in some cases sharply . LPS's Home Price Index (HPI) was...
Inventories Pulling Home Sales and Prices in Opposite Directions

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by Jann Swanson on November 25 2013, 10:32 AM

Pending home sales fell in October to the lowest level in nearly a year. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) released this morning by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) slipped 0.6 percent to 102.1 in October from a revised estimate of 102...
Lenders Can Give FICO Scores as Customer Perk

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by Jann Swanson on November 22 2013, 9:01 AM

FICO credit scores will soon be available to some consumers for free but only if their lenders authorize it. The company announced recently it would start providing the scores used by lenders to determine whether and at what price to grant credit, to...
Foreclosure Inventory Falls to 5 year Low

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by Jann Swanson on November 22 2013, 11:38 AM

Lender Processing Services (LPS) said today that the national foreclosure pre-sale inventory is at its lowest level since 2008 . The inventory, the number of loans that are in some stage of foreclosure, now represents 2.54 percent of mortgaged homes....
Role of Property Tax in Health of Housing Market

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by Jann Swanson on November 22 2013, 10:57 AM

Property taxes are collected by virtually all local governments; levied on land, commercial properties, and residential homes. Taxes are generally determined by a combination of the assessed value of the property, the share of that value subject to tax...
Housing Recovery Intact but Moderating Fannie Mae says

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by Jann Swanson on November 21 2013, 2:51 PM

Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group calls the temporary government shutdown and debt ceiling negotiations in October a blow to consumers who "were cautious in their spending amid continued eroding confidence. Housing indicators slowed further...
Potential Impacts of Lower Conforming Loan Limits

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by Jann Swanson on November 21 2013, 11:02 AM

In the November edition of CoreLogic's e-magazine MarketPulse, Kathryn Dobbyn looks at the potential impact of lower conforming loan limits on the mortgage market. These limits, which set maximum amounts for conforming loans purchased or guaranteed by...
FHFA Suggests Changes to Housing Finance Reform Bill

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by Jann Swanson on November 21 2013, 1:46 PM

In prepared remarks to present to the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) explained the regulatory powers available to his agency and told the Senators both how they differ...
Purchase Mortgages Top 60 percent in October

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2013, 2:17 PM

Mortgage loan originations for the purpose of purchasing topped 60 percent in October Ellie Mae said on Wednesday, for the first time since the company began publishing its Origination Insight Report. Quite naturally the refinancing share was below 40...
Stronger Home Sales will Require More Construction and Looser Credit - NAR

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2013, 10:46 AM

Low inventories continue to drive home prices up from year-ago levels, but existing home sales appear to have at least temporarily cooled the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Sales of existing single-family homes, condominiums,...
Final Disclosure Forms Ready; Lenders Have Almost Two Years to Implement

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2013, 9:39 AM

As expected the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released the "easier-to-use" mortgage disclosure forms that were mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The new rule requiring the form was rolled out...
Freddie Mac Forecasts First Purchase-Dominated Market Since 2000

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2013, 9:51 AM

The coming year should bring an emergence of the first purchase-dominated market the U.S. has seen since 2000 Freddie Mac predicted today. The single-family mortgage market will soon begin a transition from a rate-and-term refinance dominated market,...
Mortgage Applications Drift Lower during Holiday Shortened Week

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by Jann Swanson on November 20 2013, 8:36 AM

The volume of mortgage applications fell for the third straight week during the period ended November 15 the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today. The Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, decreased 2.3 percent on a seasonally...
OIG Recommends Tighter Oversight of Fannie Mae Short Sales

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by Jann Swanson on November 19 2013, 11:24 PM

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a performance audit report that recommends FHFA tighten its oversight of government sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae's controls over approval of short sales...
JP Morgan RMBS Settlement Finally Final

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by Jann Swanson on November 19 2013, 6:39 PM

The Department of Justice has confirmed the $13 billion settlement with JP Morgan that has been widely reported in the press as a done deal for over a month. It will resolve federal and state civil claims arising out of the packaging, marketing, sale...

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