MND NewsWire : Housing and Economic News

Place your ad here

Email Alerts

Receive an Email Alert each time a story is posted to MND NewsWire.

- Subscribe to Email Alerts

RSS

- Posts | Comments

- View All RSS Feeds

Newsletters

- Subscribe to Newsletter

- Subscribe to Mortgage Rates Update

Latest Headlines

From MND NewsWire

Loan Characteristics Mostly Account for Conforming/Jumbo Spread

October's Increases Suggest a Reversal in Home Price Slump

Access to Government Backed Mortgages Finally Improves

FHA 2020 Loan Limits Set

Housing Construction too Slow for Growing Population of Millennials

View All

Other Top Headlines

MBS Day Ahead: NFP Doesn't Matter (Even If It Looks Like...

MBS RECAP: NFP's Stolen Thunder

Mortgage Rates Snap Back to 3-Week Highs

Workflow, Webinar, Just-Missed Products; Vendor News; Rates Steady

MBS Day Ahead: Bonds Have Forgotten All About Tuesday's Trade...

Latest Video

Rates Snap Back to 3-Week Highs; Home Price Slump Reversing?

Published: 12/5/2019

VIEW | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE

Comments

Latest Questions

Channel Options ↓ More

MND NewsWire Headlines

RSS

EMAIL ALERTS

News » MND NewsWire

Home » News Headlines » MND NewsWire Home

About this Channel

MND NewsWire features plain and simple interpretations of industry related data and events written in a manner that maintains the interest of random readers while still catering to the perspective of a housing market professional.

Sort by: Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

Refinance Demand Remains At Multi-Year Highs, FHA Apps Surge

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 20 2012, 8:42 AM

Mortgage application volume during the week ended June 15 fell back only slightly from the 18 percent gain it scored a week earlier. The Mortgage Bankers Association said this morning that its Market Composite Index decreased 0.8 percent on a seasonally...
Builders Voice Current Optimism; Cautious on Future Gains

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 18 2012, 10:45 AM

The National Association of Home Builder's ( NAHB )/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) ticked up one point this month to reach its highest point since May 2007. The HMI is a measure of builder confidence in the health of the new home market. The HMI...
Builder Sentiment Recovers after April Drop

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on May 15 2012, 11:14 AM

After a bad showing in April the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) has rebounded, hitting its highest reading since May 2007. The index, which measures home builder confidence, rose five points from its...
NAR: Housing Affordability Index Breaks into Record Levels

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on May 15 2012, 11:46 AM

Housing affordability may be at an all time high according to the quarterly Housing Affordability Index for the first quarter of 2012. The index, issued this morning by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), hit 205.9, the first time it has...
Tight Supply Drives Existing Home Prices Higher

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 21 2012, 11:52 AM

Sales of existing homes fell in May, but that decline may have been due to a lack of available homes rather than a lack of demand. According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), total existing home sales including single family homes, townhomes...
FHFA: House Prices Up 3 Percent Year-over-Year

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 21 2012, 11:55 AM

House prices tacked on another increase in April, bringing the annual increase to 3.0 percent according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) Home Price Index (HPI) issued on Thursday. April's HPI was up 0.8 percent from March although the...
Mortgage Apps Pull Back From Multi-Year Highs

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 27 2012, 8:30 AM

Mortgage application volume as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Market Composite Index fell 7.1 percent during the week ended June 22. The change was the same for both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted data. Responses to MBA's Weekly...
Pending Home Sales Rise; NAR Sees Tight Inventory Leading to Price Increases

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 27 2012, 10:44 AM

Pending home sales in May bounced back to match March numbers which were the highest seen in two years. The improvement was broad-based, affecting every region in the country according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). NAR's Pending...
OCC: Mortgage Performance Best Since 2008

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 27 2012, 11:52 AM

Mortgage performance during the first quarter of 2012 was the best in three years according to the Office of Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC's) Mortgage Metrics Report . Percentages of mortgages that were 30 to 59 and 60 to 89 days delinquent were...
OIG Finds FHLBanks Corrected Foreign Credit Exposure, more Supervision Needed

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 28 2012, 9:39 AM

The Office of the Inspector General ( OIG ) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) issued a report this morning that was mildly critical of the FHFA's oversight of Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) granting of unsecured credit to European banks...
Congress Hears Different Views on Appraisal Regulation

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 28 2012, 12:04 PM

Among those testifying at a hearing of the House Committee on Financial Oversight's subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity were William B. Shear , director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office...
OCC Notes Fewer Banks Tightening Underwriting Standards

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 28 2012, 1:44 PM

The Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently completed its 18 th annual " Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices ." The survey seeks to identify trends in lending standards and credit risks for the most common types of commercial and retail...
CoreLogic: 2,400+ Foreclosures per Day over Last 12 Months

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 29 2012, 10:46 AM

There were 63,000 completed foreclosures in May, about 1,000 more than were completed in April according to the National Foreclosure Report issued today by CoreLogic. In May, 2011 77,000 foreclosures were completed nationwide. Mark Fleming, chief economist...
Proposal to Seize Underwater Mortgages via Eminent Domain not Well Received

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on June 29 2012, 11:57 AM

The Board of Supervisors in the California county of San Bernardino has, perhaps unintentionally, picked a fight with some of the giants of the real estate industry. The Board unanimously approved a plan two weeks ago that would use eminent domain to...
CoreLogic: Home Prices Show Third Consecutive Monthly Increase

Comments (0)

Read More

by Jann Swanson on July 02 2012, 9:53 AM

Home prices were up for the third consecutive month in May as measured by CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI.) The three months of increases were noted for both annual and month-over-month numbers. The HPI increased by 1.8 percent compared to April figures...

« First ... < Previous 503 504 505 506 507 Next > ... Last »

More From MND