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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...
National Foreclosure Rates Drop but 21 States Buck Trend

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by Jann Swanson on June 09 2014, 9:34 PM

Foreclosure activity dipped significantly in May RealtyTrac reported on Tuesday with a decrease of 5 percent in foreclosure filings compared to those in April. RealtyTrac's U.S. Foreclosure Market Report also noted a 26 percent decrease in filings compared...
"Mortgage Choice Act" passes House

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by Jann Swanson on June 10 2014, 10:13 AM

A bill modifying the definition of points and fees under the Truth in Lending Act passed the House of Representatives yesterday on a voice vote. HR 3211, the Mortgage Choice Act of 2013, exempts from the Qualified Mortgage (QA) cap on points and fees...
Survey Respondents see Home Prices, Interest Rates, and Rents Leveling

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by Jann Swanson on June 09 2014, 11:03 AM

No matter how the results of Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey for May are interpreted, it is hard to see them as good short terms news for the housing market. The company says that Americans' concerns about the direction of the economy and their household...
City Sues Major Bank for Redlining (What's Redlining?)

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by Jann Swanson on June 09 2014, 10:01 AM

In November 2012 then Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told an audience attending a HOPE Now event in Atlanta that there were two types of discrimination that continue to have particular significance to mortgage markets. "One is redlining ...
FHFA is Ready For Your Comments on Postponed G-Fee Increases

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by Jann Swanson on June 06 2014, 9:42 AM

Among Mel Watts first acts as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in January 2014 was to suspend implementation of increases in the fees (g-fees) charged lenders for originating loans guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs...

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