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New Home Sales Disappoint, Dropping 2.2%

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by Jann Swanson on January 26 2012, 11:26 AM

New home sales declined by 2.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 307,000 units in December according to data jointly released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. November sales were revised down...
Remodelers See Business Improving

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by Jann Swanson on January 26 2012, 11:43 AM

Like their home-building counterparts, remodelers who are members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) are displaying more confidence in their industry than they have in years. The NAHB's Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter...
LPS: Mortgage Originations Among Highest Quality Ever in 2010-2011

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by Jann Swanson on January 27 2012, 10:48 AM

The Lender Processing Services (LPS) Mortgage Monitor Report for December show improvement in a number of the metrics it tracks. Many measures of delinquency rates are down, inventories are clearing in some states, and recent loan originations are "among...
AG Holder Announces Structure of MBS Fraud Unit

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by Jann Swanson on January 27 2012, 12:23 PM

The formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group tasked with investigating mortgage fraud is now official. The new office, which will be part of the Administrations Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) was first announced...
Builder Confidence Index At 54 Month High

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by Jann Swanson on January 18 2012, 10:46 AM

Home builder confidence rose in January for the fourth consecutive month as builders saw more buyer traffic and anticipated higher sales. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose four points to 25 in...
Freddie Mac: Speedy Recovery Seems Unlikely in 2012

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by Jann Swanson on January 18 2012, 11:40 AM

"Perspectives on the housing market depend on where you sit ," according to Freddie Mac's U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for January. The monthly forecast noted that existing home sales increased in November, the inventory of unsold homes decreased...
December Housing Starts and Permits Figures Sag

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by Jann Swanson on January 19 2012, 10:58 AM

Building permits and housing starts in December were both below levels reported in November 'according to data released this morning by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau. Both statistics were, however, well above...
Freddie Mac Survey Finds Hybrids Shoring up ARM Market

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by Jann Swanson on January 19 2012, 11:13 AM

Adjustable rate mortgages have lost much of the popularity they enjoyed in the mid-2000s and Freddie Mac's 28 th Annual Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Survey for 2012 found that hybrid ARMs, especially the 5/1 hybrid are the most popular ARMs offered by lenders...
Study: No Additional Restrictions on QRM Needed

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by Jann Swanson on January 19 2012, 1:30 PM

The proposed down payment standards for new mortgages might push 60 percent of potential borrowers into high-cost loans or out of the housing market altogether according to a paper released today by the Center for Responsible Lending. The paper, Balancing...
Momentum Seen for Home Improvement Spending

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by Jann Swanson on January 19 2012, 2:08 PM

Spending on home improvements and remodeling have shown signs of a rebound and the Remodeling Futures Program at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies is projecting that sector of the economy will end 2012 on a positive note. The Joint Center produces...
Forbearance Terms Eased for Freddie's Borrowers

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by Jann Swanson on January 08 2012, 11:58 AM

Freddie Mac gave unemployed homeowners who are struggling to pay mortgages owned or guaranteed by the company a break on Friday when it eased its temporary forbearance restrictions . Effective February 1 , Freddie Mac servicers will no longer need prior...
Investor Cash Adding Downward Pressure on Home Prices

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by Jann Swanson on January 23 2012, 10:19 AM

Cash buyers, principally investors, may be putting downward pressure on home prices according to the Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance Housing Pulse Tracking Survey released Monday. The survey found that investors with cash in hand are able to offer something...
OIG Faults FHFA's Oversight of Troubled Federal Home Loan Banks

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by Jann Swanson on January 11 2012, 10:40 AM

The Office of Inspector General ( OIG ) for the Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) has released an assessment of the FHFA's oversight of troubled banks within the Federal Home Loan Bank ( FHLBank ) System. While the OIG found positive actions on...
Refinancing Not a Zero Sum Game

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by Jann Swanson on January 11 2012, 1:03 PM

New York Fed President William Dudley recently called for broad-based refinancing of performing home mortgages. It wasn't a statement that elicited a lot of attention, but now, building on these remarks, Dudley's senior advisor and Fed Executive Vice...
Foreclosure Activity Down for Month, Quarter, and Year

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by Jann Swanson on January 12 2012, 8:45 AM

Foreclosure activity hit its lowest level in four years in 2011, decreasing by a third from the previous year according to data released today by RealtyTrac. One in every 69 housing units in the U.S. was subject to a filing during the year, 1.45 percent...

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