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New Credit Accessibility Measure Weighs Lender Risk

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2014, 2:14 PM

The Housing Finance Policy Center, part of the Urban Institute, has released a new measure of credit availability . In an article in the Urban Institute's blog, Metro Blog, Wei Li and Laurie Goodman talk about the initial findings from their measure,...
Early Stage Foreclosure Filings up Nationwide and in Most States

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by Jann Swanson on December 11 2014, 8:08 AM

While overall foreclosure activity overall continued its now years-long decline from housing crisis peaks there was a significant year-over-year increase in foreclosure starts. RealtyTrac says in its November U.S. Foreclosure Market Report that 55,906...
Dwindling REO Sales Blunt Importance of All-Cash Transactions

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2014, 4:59 PM

Cash sales continued to decline in importance in September. These sales, which represented close to half of all home sales when foreclosures and lender owned real estate (REO) were at their peak, have now fallen to just over a one -third share. CoreLogic...
More Holiday-Adjusted Volatility for Mortgage Applications

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by Jann Swanson on December 10 2014, 7:10 AM

The week ended December 5 was another of those post-holiday periods when mortgage application data skews all over the place just as it did during the holiday week itself. At the end most figures ended up essentially where they were before the festivities...
Renters see Selves as Homeowners-in-Waiting

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2014, 11:48 AM

While the dream of homeownership has been sidelined for many, it appears to have not been derailed. Freddie Mac says the responses of renters to a recent survey it conducted shows that many are struggling financially but they still hope to buy a home...
Jumbo/Conventional Mortgage Credit Leads November Improvement

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by Jann Swanson on December 09 2014, 9:11 AM

Credit access increased in November, again primarily because of new jumbo loan products. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Mortgage Credit Availability (MCAI) Index rose 1.2 percent to 114.6. A decline in the MCAI indicates that lending...
Consumers Still Seeing a Buyer's Market -Survey

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by Jann Swanson on December 08 2014, 1:35 PM

After closing to its narrowest margin in survey history in October the gulf between people who think the current market it a good one for buyers and/or good for sellers widened appreciably in November. Fannie Mae said that 68 percent of respondents to...
GSEs Detail new Low Down Payment Offerings

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by Jann Swanson on December 08 2014, 11:57 AM

The two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) announced details today of their respective new low downpayment conventional mortgage loans. Each will permit loans with as high as a 97 percent loan to value ratio with certain compensating factors. Both...
Black Knight Examines Scope of Underwater Loan Rescue

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2014, 11:57 AM

In its current edition of its monthly Mortgage Monitor report Black Knight Financial services takes a new look at data on underwater delinquent borrowers. The company said this was prompted by a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing that looked at the...
Foreclosure Avoidance Programs get Facelift

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by Jann Swanson on December 05 2014, 12:20 PM

Three foreclosure prevention initiatives begun in the early years of the housing crisis will receive updates to better reflect the changing needs of distressed homeowners and motivate their continued on-time mortgage payments. The U.S. Departments of...
Despite Larger Loans and More of Them, Mortgage Profits Dip

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2014, 1:45 PM

Mortgage bankers reported a slight decrease in profits during the third quarter of 2014, with gains per loan decreasing even as volume grew and the size of the loans reached the highest level since the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) started keeping...
5 Predictions for Housing in 2015

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2014, 4:21 PM

Realtor.com® is offering five predictions for the coming New Year. Three bode well for the housing market and none are new. Most in fact could be dubbed the perennial predictions of the recovery. They are never really wrong but end of the year reality...
Foreclosure Inventory a Hurdle for New Home Construction

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by Jann Swanson on December 04 2014, 10:12 AM

Completed foreclosure dropped precipitously in October compared to September, although they were down to a significantly lesser extent from a year earlier. While the foreclosure crisis is no longer front-page news, CoreLogic's October National Foreclosure...
Luxury Home Sales still Ascendant as Buyers Shift

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by Jann Swanson on December 03 2014, 10:37 AM

Redfin, the large national real estate firm based in Seattle, is reporting that, while sales of homes costing over $1 million is still outpacing the rest of the market, the source of these sales is changing . The company says that the luxury housing market...
Mortgage Apps Hit Harder Than Normal by Holidays

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by Jann Swanson on December 03 2014, 7:00 AM

Either eating turkey, Black Friday bargain hunting, or maybe both appear to have diverted many Americans from pursuing a mortgage last week. Applications for mortgages plummeted during the week ended November 28, a week that was shortened by the Thanksgiving...

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