Mon, Mar 21 2011, 2:32 PM
The National Association of Realtors today released Existing Home Sales data for February 2011 Existing Home Sales report on the number of comple...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 12:44 PM
Calling
the document "unprecedented in its scope and prescriptiveness," the Securities
Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has
crit...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:34 AM
At a
press conference on Friday morning the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) announced 17 planning grants under HUDs new Choice ...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:16 AM
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 10:13 AM
What does Chase think
about a U.S. proposal to exempt certain mortgages from rules governing
securitized loans? That it may unintentionally help t...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 8:45 AM
An agreement among the G7 group of finance ministers and central
bankers to intervene against the rising yen helped calm global markets
last night...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution rates were unchanged.
It was a quiet session overall. Little movement was seen in ...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 12:01 PM
Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the
Treasury for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), told a House subcommittee yes...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 11:30 AM
Don't forget to wear a little
green today. Everyone here in Chicago knows that St. Patrick is best known for
introducing Christianity to Ireland in ...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 11:16 AM
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 10:57 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index for February 2011.
The CPI is the most widely relied upon measure of infl...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 8:20 AM
Equity futures are rebounding modestly this morning after substantial
losses earlier in the week erased all of 2011's gains. Bonds are
backing up...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 4:16 PM
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates worsened today.
The
level of panic lessened overnight in Japan, and despite several somewhat
alarming headlines, the overall pan...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 3:38 PM
Debate continues over including a 20 percent down payment requirement in new regulations
defining "Qualified Residential Mortgages" (QRMs) under the ...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 11:20 AM
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 10:34 AM
Lenders that act as both mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers need to pay
attention to this recent court ruling, noted by law firm BuckleySandler .
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 9:41 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly
Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 11, 2011.
The MBA's l...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 8:32 AM
U.S. equity futures are relatively
stable this morning as stocks in Japan rebounded 5.7% after crashing 10.6%
Monday. Uncertainty remains key and is...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 6:31 PM
Mortgage rates improved today as the situation in Japan deteriorated and a feeling of panic poured through global markets, spurring on another flight ...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:55 PM
A day
after the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced the resignation of CEO John Courson and the appointment of David Stevens to replace ...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:18 PM
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have released New Residential Construction statistics for February 2011...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:16 PM
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 3:14 PM
While it's impossible to know exactly how markets would be behaving
given alternate realities, it's easy to see that the EXTENT and PACE of
the st...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 12:53 PM
Mortgage News Daily has learned that John Courson, President and CEO
of the Mortgage Bankers Association, will announce his resignation later
toda...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:50 AM
The following commentary was written by Tim Massad, Acting Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability, in defense of HAMP...
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:20 AM
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 10:44 AM
The earthquake in Japan is no
laughing matter. Just ask Aflac - it fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried as the
voice of its duck after a series of Twitt...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 8:30 AM
Another explosion at a nuclear power station in Japan triggered a 10.55%
sell-off in Japanese stocks last night and initiated a massive global
fli...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 6:13 PM
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best
Execution" conventional 30 year
fixed mortgage rate is still 4.875%. For those looking to permanently
buy
down thei...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 5:45 PM
All hell seemed to break loose in global markets today.
Stocks plummeted around the world. Commodities tanked to the tune of
2-5%. And a flight ...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 4:20 PM
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 3:36 PM
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee has released the March FOMC Statement .
On the whole the Fed hinted at an upgrade in economic conditi...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 3:28 PM
Over the past three months the mortgage industry has struggled
greatly to interpret and implement loan originator compensation reform
and new ...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 2:09 PM
For the
first time in four months builders showed increased confidence in their
responses to the monthly National Association of Home Builders (NAHB...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 12:32 PM
Five federal
agencies representing a myriad of policy interests are planning a summer forum to
address a variety of health and safety problems arisi...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:44 AM
In the
old days, Realtors' advertising was simple and straightforward. Maybe
even "old fashioned." Now? RealtorRap
Wouldn't it be somethi...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:20 AM
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:16 AM
The Home
Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) has been extended for another year
according to information released on Friday from the Federal Hou...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 9:17 AM
The progressively more tragic consequences of the Japanese earthquake
remind us that reality can change in an instant. What we initially
received ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:44 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution rates remained the same.
Nervous
tensions surrounding the potential econ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:20 PM
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 2:24 PM
Rate sheet influential MBS coupons hit new one-month highs today.
REPRICES FOR THE BETTER HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Following reprices for the bette...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 11:42 AM
Three Federal
Reserve economists are out to debunk the theory that reducing principal
balances on mortgage loans is a no-cost cure for the housing c...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 11:16 AM
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Fri, Mar 11 2011, 11:10 AM
In a story that first broke on Mortgage
News Daily's MBSonMND live chat yesterday morning, Dave Stevens has
resigned from his position as FHA c...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 8:30 AM
(Reuters)
- The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast
coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away
...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 4:58 PM
Lots of headlines to digest lately.
What region is the market focused on again? North Africa, The Middle East, Spain, Portugal, Greece, China, Jap...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 4:16 PM
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