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MBA: Commercial, Multi-Family Delinquencies Fell in First Quarter

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by Jann Swanson on June 05 2012, 12:51 PM

The Mortgage Bankers Association said today that commercial and multi-family delinquencies for most of the investor groups it tracks declined during the first quarter of 2012 compared to both the previous quarter and the first quarter of 2011. The one...
FHFA's DeMarco Announces Timothy J. Mayopoulos as Fannie Mae CEO

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by Jann Swanson on June 05 2012, 5:18 PM

Fannie Mae has elevated one of its own into the role of president and chief executive officer. The Fannie Mae board of directors announced the appointment of Timothy J. Mayopoulos to replace Michael J. Williams effective June 18. Williams had said last...
Mortgage Application Volume Up, Rates Move to New Record Lows

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by Jann Swanson on June 06 2012, 7:52 AM

Applications for refinancing bounced back slightly during the week ended June 1, buoying overall application volume. The seasonally adjusted Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) rose 1.3 percent from...
May Housing Scorecard and Q1 Servicer Assessments Released

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by Jann Swanson on June 06 2012, 3:07 PM

The May edition of the Obama administration's Housing Scorecard released today by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury showed a promise of growing stability in the housing market although officials cautioned that the...
MBA: Mortgage Applications Fall as Rates Reach New Historic Lows

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by Jann Swanson on May 30 2012, 8:03 AM

Despite another round of new interest rate lows the volume of mortgage applications decreased slightly during the pre-holiday week ended May 25. The Weekly Mortgage applications Survey conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) provided the results...
CoreLogic Reports 66,000 Foreclosures in April, Down 15.4% YoY

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by Jann Swanson on May 30 2012, 10:45 AM

CoreLogic is reporting that foreclosures last month totaled 66,000, down 12,000 or 15.4 percent from April 2011 but unchanged from March 2012. There have been approximately 3.6 million completed foreclosures in the US since the financial crisis began...
Pending Sales Break 3-Month Winning Streak

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by Jann Swanson on May 30 2012, 10:18 AM

Pending home sales fell in April, breaking a three month streak of gains according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The Association's Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) declined 5.5 percent to 95.5 from a revised March number of 101.1...
David Stevens Leaves MBA to Take Position as President of SunTrust Mortgage

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by Jann Swanson on May 30 2012, 11:13 AM

Only slightly more than a year after joining the Mortgage Bankers Association as its President and CEO, David Stevens will leave to become President of SunTrust Mortgage, Inc . Stevens will join SunTrust effective July 16 and will be responsible for day...
Mortgage Fraud Rates Show Some Purchase/Refi Correlation

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by Jann Swanson on May 30 2012, 4:56 PM

Interthinx, a provider of comprehensive risk mitigation solutions, has released its 12 th quarterly report and its Mortgage Fraud Index which measures four types of fraud common to the mortgage industry. The composite index for the first quarter of 2012...
Lenders Approving More Short Sales, Pricing Aggressively

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by Jann Swanson on May 31 2012, 8:47 AM

Sales of distressed properties once again accounted for more than a quarter of all home sales during the first quarter of 2012. Twenty-six percent of residential real estate sales during the quarter were of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure...
Mortgage Insurers Wrote $7 Billion in PMI Last Month

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by Jann Swanson on May 31 2012, 12:05 PM

The Mortgage Insurance Companies of America (MICA), the association representing private mortgage insurers, said today that its members companies had $395.7 billion in primary insurance in place in the month of April. In March the reported coverage was...
HOPE NOW Reports 43K Loan Modifications in April

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by Jann Swanson on May 31 2012, 1:22 PM

HOPE NOW is reporting that servicer-members of its alliance completed 43,000 mortgage loan modifications during the month of April, down 8 percent from the 47,000 modifications done in March. These modifications, done through proprietary programs do not...
Lines Drawn over California Homeowner Legislation

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by Jann Swanson on May 31 2012, 4:22 PM

There is a bit of a dust-up going on over passage of a Homeowner Bills of Rights in California . The Center for Responsible Lending ( CRL ) and the Mortgage Bankers Association ( MBA ) have weighed in on opposite sides of the package consisting of six...
FHFA Veteran Picked to Run Strategic Plan for Fannie and Freddie

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by Jann Swanson on May 31 2012, 4:42 PM

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a new office to implement its Strategic Plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorships and named the person who will head it. Acting FHFA Director Edward J. DeMarco appointed Wanda I. DeLeo as...
SunTrust Settles Loan Discrimination Suit

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by Jann Swanson on June 01 2012, 1:00 PM

Victims of discrimination on the part of SunTrust Mortgage will share in a $21 million settlement agreed to yesterday by the company and the Department of Justice (DOJ). SunTrust, a wholly owned subsidiary of the nation's 11 th largest commercial bank...

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