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June Pending Sales Increase the First in Four Months

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by Jann Swanson on July 31 2017, 11:35 AM

Pending home sales recovered from a three-month swoon in June, increasing 1.5 percent in June. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose to 110.2. NAR also revised the May PHSI up slightly, from 108...
Another Price Index Goes a Little Wobbly

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by Jann Swanson on July 31 2017, 7:33 AM

The last of the May's four home price indices (HPI) that MND tracks, the version supplied by Black Knight Financial Services, was released on Monday. Like the others, it shows accelerating price increases on a year-over-year basis, but indicated a small...
Millennial Homeownership Ticked Up in Q2

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by Jann Swanson on July 28 2017, 11:31 AM

The U.S. homeownership rate ticked up by 0.1 percentage point in the second quarter of 2017, to 63.7 percent. The rate, which trended down for several years prior to the Great Recession and then steadily thereafter, hit what is hoped will be its cyclical...
Freddie Mac: Why We are Building So Few Houses?

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by Jann Swanson on July 28 2017, 9:12 AM

Freddie Mac's Outlook this month looks at what it calls "the spoiler," the lean inventory of newly constructed homes for sale. While the situation isn't quite as dire as with existing homes, where there is a 4.3-month supply, the new home inventory is...
1% Down Payment Impossible After Freddie's Guideline Change

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by Jann Swanson on July 27 2017, 1:34 PM

Freddie Mac has announced a change in requirements for its Home Possible Mortgages, including Home Possible Advantage Mortgages. The changes involve lender gifts and grants , and will be effective for loans with settlement dates on and after November...
J.D. Power Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Rankings

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by Jann Swanson on July 27 2017, 12:45 PM

The mortgage servicing industry, which took a beating in the public mind during the housing crisis, has somewhat rehabilitated its image in recent years. However, a recent survey by J.D. Power indicates the improvements have stalled, and in fact the perception...
Multifamily Sector Slowing But Still Strong in 2017

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by Jann Swanson on July 27 2017, 10:39 AM

Freddie Mac is projecting that 2017 will be another good year for multi-family housing. The company, a major presence in financing multifamily housing, released its Multifamily Mid-Year Outlook on Wednesday. The Outlook, authored by Steve Guggenmos, Freddie...
New Homes Sales Fall Short of Expectations

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by Jann Swanson on July 26 2017, 10:09 AM

New home sales pulled out a slight month-over-month gain in June only because estimates of sales in May were revised down. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said today that sales of newly constructed homes were...
Refi Applications Strengthened on Last Week's Lower Rates

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by Jann Swanson on July 26 2017, 7:46 AM

A decline in purchase mortgage applications cancelled out most of a moderate increase in refinancing during the week ended July 21. Nonetheless, the Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index eked out a slight gain. The Index was up...
Unsealed Court Docs Paint Fannie/Freddie as Congressional Cash Cow

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by Jann Swanson on July 25 2017, 1:48 PM

Unless one follows the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac conservatorship drama on a regular basis, it is easy to get lost in the legal weeds. MND has dipped in and out periodically, and it is time for another update. To briefly reprise. When the two government sponsored...
6th Straight Record High For Home Prices -Case-Shiller

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by Jann Swanson on July 25 2017, 10:23 AM

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index hit another new record in May, the sixth consecutive month it did so while the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported another increase in its annual Housing Price Index (HPI) Case-Shiller's...
Fannie/Freddie Joint Venture Flying Too Far Under Radar -UI

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by Jann Swanson on July 21 2017, 2:46 PM

Most of the major proposals for reforming the housing finance system rely on two steps to minimize the risk that any one or two institutions, and in today's environment that would mean the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, can pose to the mortgage market...
Existing Home Sales Weakness Blamed on Same Old Problem

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by Jann Swanson on July 24 2017, 11:23 AM

Existing home sales slipped in June, with the blame again placed on low levels of inventory . The decline in sales, announced on Monday by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), was anticipated, as pending home sales have decreased in each of...
With Expiration Looming, NAR, NAHB Applaud Flood Insurance Renewal Progress

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by Jann Swanson on July 21 2017, 11:19 AM

It remains to be seen if it passes into law, or how it will hold up during the process, but housing industry groups say an agreement has been hammered out for renewing the federal flood insurance program . Both the National Association of Home Builders...
Single Security Praised by Urban Institute

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by Jann Swanson on July 20 2017, 3:15 PM

The single agency security toward which the GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), have been working for several years, is not yet operative, but it just got a round of applause. Linda Goodman...

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