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Mortgage Rates Back up to 3.875 Percent; Bond Market Weakness Simple in Hindsight; FHFA Sets Rules for Bulk Loans; Construction Spending Eases

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Rates Continue to Stoke Refinancing Surge

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by Jann Swanson on January 21 2015, 7:34 AM

Applications for mortgage refinancing scored a second straight week of solid growth during the period ended January 16, with the Mortgage Bankers Associations (MBA) Refinance Index increasing 22 percent week-over-week. That's an impressive level of growth...
Supreme Court to Review Fair Housing Interpretation

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by Jann Swanson on January 20 2015, 2:49 PM

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday that may drastically change the way in which the 1968 Fair Housing Act has been interpreted. In the case, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, the...
Remodelers Attitudes more Bullish than Home Builders

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by Jann Swanson on January 20 2015, 11:16 AM

The National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB') monthly assessment of builder confidence in the new home market showed a slight weakening in January. The Association's Housing Market Index (HMI) which it sponsors in conjunction with Wells Fargo Bank...
New Home Purchase Apps Stagnant in December

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by Jann Swanson on January 15 2015, 10:33 AM

Applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed homes dipped slightly in December, down 0.4 percent from the volume reported in November. This estimate from the Mortgage Bankers Association, based on data from its Builder Application Survey,...
All-Cash Sales Should Normalize by 2017

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by Jann Swanson on January 15 2015, 9:47 AM

Cash sales dropped on a year-over-year basis for the 22 nd consecutive month in October and CoreLogic is projecting they will return to their pre-crisis levels by 2017. All-cash transactions represented a slightly higher share of transactions in October...
CoreLogic: Foreclosure Inventory Heading Below Half Million

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by Jann Swanson on January 14 2015, 10:09 AM

Foreclosures, while now down 64 percent from the peak reached in September 2010, are still nearly double the monthly average before the housing crisis. CoreLogic said today that there were 41,000 completed foreclosures nationally in November, 5,000 less...
Mortgage Application Volume Explodes into New Year

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by Jann Swanson on January 14 2015, 7:30 AM

The first week of the New Year was a good one - no make that a great one - for mortgage activity with virtually unprecedented increases in mortgage applications both for purchase and refinance. While the figures were partially affected by the resumption...
CFPB Chief Encourages Borrowers to Shop Around

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by Jann Swanson on January 13 2015, 11:13 AM

According to a study conducted by the CFPB, nearly half of all consumers do not shop around before purchasing a mortgage. "This means," Richard Cordray told an audience at the Brookings Institute, "they seriously considered only a single lender or broker...
Closer Look at Delinquency Surge and Much More -Mortgage Monitor

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by Jann Swanson on January 12 2015, 1:24 PM

In its "first look" at November mortgage data last week Black Knight Financial Services noted a significant surge in mortgage delinquencies compared to the previous month. The 11.8 percent jump in mortgages that were 30 or more days past due brought the...
Critical Update on FHA's New MIP Cancellation Procedures

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by Jann Swanson on January 12 2015, 10:42 AM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has issued a critical update related to last week's announcement of FHA premium changes. The update contains instructions for lenders wishing to cancel case numbers for loans in process pursuant to Mortgagee Letter...
Negative Equity Nearing Pre-Crisis Levels

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by Jann Swanson on January 08 2015, 3:50 PM

Owners of some 90 percent of mortgage properties in the U.S. now have some degree of equity in their homes. CoreLogic said today that 273,000 properties returned to a positive equity status during the third quarter of 2014 and overall equity increased...
RealtyTrac asks if Wall Street is your Landlord. We ask for how long?

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by Jann Swanson on January 08 2015, 11:28 AM

It was notable in the years after the housing collapse that the composition of investors in single family real estate changed drastically. Long the providence of small investors - individuals who purchased a few properties to either flip or rent out for...
Fannie Survey Says: Housing Attitude Remains Cautious

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by Jann Swanson on January 07 2015, 3:38 PM

Even though consumers are becoming increasingly optimistic about the economy and comfortable that it is heading in the right direction, results of the Fannie Mae's December National Housing Survey indicate that they aren't quite so sure of the housing...
Update on Mortgage Insurance Cut: FHA to Allow Case Number Cancellation

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by Jann Swanson on January 09 2015, 12:21 PM

Details and clarifications are now available for lenders and borrowers regarding President Obama's Thursday announcement of reduced FHA mortgage insurance premiums (MIP). In addition to fine-turning details about eligibility, a Mortgagee Letter released...
2015 Housing Policy Agenda: Inertia and Competition?

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by Jann Swanson on January 07 2015, 11:57 AM

Stuart Quinn, a policy research and strategy analyst for CoreLogic summarizes 2014 as a period of consumption for housing market participants when it came to regulatory and policy guidance. They were "digesting, interpreting, re-interpreting and implementing...

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