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Freddie Mac Signs $77 million Risk Share Agreement

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by Jann Swanson on November 12 2013, 12:38 PM

Freddie Mac has signed a risk sharing agreement with Arch Reinsurance Ltd. Which will cover up to $77.4 million in possible credit losses from a pool of single family loans. The agreement is similar to one announced last month between Fannie Mae and National...
52 Million Mortgages, Fewer Delinquencies, Higher Credit Scores

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by Jann Swanson on November 12 2013, 11:36 AM

The national mortgage delinquency rate was down by nearly a quarter in the June-September period compared to the third quarter of 2012, marking the seventh straight quarter in which mortgage delinquencies declined. TransUnion said today that delinquencies...
Homeowner Savings through HAMP top $22 Billion

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by Jann Swanson on November 12 2013, 9:57 AM

Homeowners have saved an estimated $22.9 Billion in mortgage payments through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) since it began in 2009. The monthly report from the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program, the umbrella under which HAMP and a...
Mortgage Credit Availability Loosened Slightly in October

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by Jann Swanson on November 12 2013, 9:40 AM

Credit availability improved in October following two months in which the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) declined. The MCAI increased 0.7 percent to 111.5 in October after declining by 0.7 percent in both...
NAR Urges Congress to Prioritize Housing Policy

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by Jann Swanson on November 12 2013, 8:17 AM

The new president of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) called on policymakers to making housing a priority and make the decisions necessary for a complete housing market recovery. "Otherwise," Steve Brown said "uncertainty will continue...
CFPB Launches Tool to Locate Housing Counselors

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by Jann Swanson on November 08 2013, 3:35 PM

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency reminded lenders today of the requirement, starting January 10 , to provide consumers with a list of homeownership counseling organizations. Consumers should be given such a list at the time they apply for a mortgage...
California Homes Now Affordable to only 1/3 of Californians

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2013, 3:22 PM

Housing affordability is on a prolonged downhill slide in California, falling for the sixth time in the third quarter of 2013. As measured by The California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) Traditional Housing Affordability Index (HAI), the percentage...
Owners and Renters Shaken by Shutdown

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2013, 1:52 PM

The October National Housing Survey was conducted by Fannie Mae during a period that coincided with the federal government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. Fannie Mae spokesperson Pet Bakel said today that the dual crisis appears to have taken a...
Freddie Continues Shrinking Footprint with Risk-Sharing Bonds

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2013, 7:55 AM

Freddie Mac has priced its second Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR) offering. The debt notes are priced at $630 million and follow its initial $500 million offering that closed in July. STACR is a new series of bond offerings introduced by the company...
Delinquencies, Foreclosures back to Early Recession Levels

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2013, 12:37 PM

All four measures of distress in the housing market dropped to post-crash lows during the third quarter of 2013 the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today. The national delinquency rate, serious delinquencies, loans in foreclosure, and foreclosure...
Freddie Mac Dividend Will Fully Reimburse Taxpayers; Fannie is Close

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by Jann Swanson on November 07 2013, 10:59 AM

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae each reported strong third quarter financial results today. For Freddie it was the eighth consecutive profitable quarter and for Fannie Mae the seventh. With the dividend payments to Treasury, Fannie will have returned more...
Home Prices Rise Most since 2006; Pace to Slow

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by Matthew Graham on November 06 2013, 2:58 PM

Home Prices continued higher for most of the metropolitan areas examined in the most recent quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Median prices for the report were based on closings in the 3rd quarter. The number of Metropolitan...
Purchase and Refi Applications Backtrack Amid Rising Rates

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by Jann Swanson on November 06 2013, 7:42 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Refinancing Index lost most of the gains it had made the previous week as applications for refinancing fell 8 percent during the week ended November 1. Applications had increased 9 percent during the week ended...
Third Quarter Home-ownership Lowest in 18 Years, but Higher Than Q2

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by Jann Swanson on November 05 2013, 4:03 PM

Homeowner and rental vacancy rates were essentially flat during the third quarter of 2013. The Census Bureau reported on Tuesday that the vacancy rate for residential rental property was 8.3 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the second quarter and...
Foreclosure Bid Rigging Investigations Net 37 Convictions

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by Jann Swanson on November 05 2013, 12:57 PM

Some distressed homeowners in northern California may have suffered a double whammy when their homes were foreclosed the Department of Justice said as they announced the guilty plea of a local investor in a foreclosure bid rigging scheme . Kuo Hsuan ...

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