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Rising Prices Increasingly Deterring Sales in California

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by Jann Swanson on June 17 2014, 5:02 PM

Information from the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) on Tuesday echoing the trend if not the absolute numbers of data released last week from DataQuick. Both surveys show home sales falling while prices continued a more than two-year upward...
SunTrust Settles Servicing Abuse Claims with AGs, Feds

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by Jann Swanson on June 18 2014, 11:16 AM

SunTrust Mortgage, has agreed to pay a total of nearly $1 billion to settle various complaints alleging abuses in mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure procedures including so-called robo-signing of foreclosure documents. SunTrust, the nation...
Uptick in Rates Provokes a Big Drop in Volume

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by Jann Swanson on June 18 2014, 7:04 AM

There was a significant drop in mortgage applications, especially for refinancing, during the week ended June 13 the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported today. Results of MBA's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey showed a decline in the Market...
HUD OIG Touts Investigative, Auditing Successes

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by Jann Swanson on June 17 2014, 2:44 PM

The Department of Housing and Urban Developments Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG) has submitted its semi-annual report of its activities to Congress. The mandated report covers the period October 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. Inspector General David...
New Construction Activity Down Overall; Single Family Permits Improved

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by Jann Swanson on June 17 2014, 11:19 AM

Building permits were issued in May at a rate that was 6.4 percent lower than that of April and housing starts also fell. Housing completions were up, Driven by a huge increase in the Northeast. Today's New Residential Construction report, issued by the...
Whistleblowers Invited to Testify on CFPB "Discrimination and Retaliation"

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by Jann Swanson on June 16 2014, 2:14 PM

The House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee appears to be picking up the pace in its investigation of alleged racial and gender discrimination at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Today the subcommittee...
Builder Confidence Highest Since January

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by Jann Swanson on June 16 2014, 10:31 AM

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index narrowed the gap with positive territory this month with a jump of four points . After lagging in the low to mid-40s for months, the index rose to 49 in June, one point...
Are Bad Assumptions Sidelining Homebuyers?

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by Jann Swanson on June 16 2014, 9:43 AM

Do mortgage lenders and real estate agents need to form a "truth squad" to combat misconceptions about homeownership? Freddie Mac's vice president and Head of Single Family Sales thinks so. Christina Boyle, writing in the company's Executive Perspectives...
When it Comes to Home-Ownership, Millennials could be "Generation R"

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by Jann Swanson on June 13 2014, 2:22 PM

A whole generation of young Americans seem to have adopted a set of priorities quite different from those of their elders. Millennials or Generation Y, those Americans born between the early 1980's and the early 2000s are putting education, at least temporarily...
California Home Sales Dip, Prices Don't

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by Jann Swanson on June 13 2014, 12:07 PM

Sales of new and existing homes in the previously superheated California market slid again in May. Sales totaled 37,734 houses and condos statewide during the month, down 0.7 percent from the 37,988 which sold in April and 14.4 percent below statewide...
New Home Sales Estimates Slip -MBA

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by Jann Swanson on June 13 2014, 9:28 AM

New homes sales posted a loss in May, erasing the 5 percent gain made in April. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) estimated that new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 374,000 units in May compared to 419...
For Originators in Q1, Breaking Even was a Win

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by Jann Swanson on June 12 2014, 11:41 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association is reporting a net per-loan loss was suffered by those independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks which participated in its first quarter performance survey. Banks reported that the $150 profit...
Lenders Invited to Webinar on GFE/TIL Changes

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by Jann Swanson on June 12 2014, 10:37 AM

Lenders, settlement agents, and others who are affected by the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule may wish to note the first in a series of recurring live webinars being conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The initial...
More Individual NMLS Licenses among Fewer Companies in Q1 2014

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by Jann Swanson on June 11 2014, 3:05 PM

The first quarter 2014 report of the National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) released today states there were 15,246 entities that held a total of 34,054 licenses to operate as a mortgage company. This represents a decrease in the number of companies...
Refi and Purchase Apps Bounce Back After Holiday Week

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by Jann Swanson on June 11 2014, 9:35 AM

Mortgage applications surged by 10.3 percent during the week ended June 6. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume increased by that amount on a seasonally adjusted basis and was up 22 percent...

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