Mon, Nov 2 2015, 1:14 PM
Residential
construction spending performed slightly better than construction spending as a
whole in September although the entire construction se...
Tue, Oct 27 2015, 10:41 AM
rice
gains since the recent low have increased faster and were less driven by
inflation than prices during the housing boom of the last decade accor...
Tue, Oct 27 2015, 10:34 AM
When
was the last time anyone used the term "elderly"? I think the industry
dropped the term when someone realized baby boomers didn't like thinki...
Wed, Oct 21 2015, 10:49 AM
As
the San Diego MBA conference wraps up, one is reminded that many
lenders are having fine years and some can't believe their good fortune.
Oth...
Tue, Oct 20 2015, 10:35 AM
Richard
Cordray spoke here in San Diego yesterday. You weren't in the audience?
Well, the CFPB publishes every word uttered by CFPB's management, ...
Tue, Oct 20 2015, 10:24 AM
Multi-family home construction drove the numbers for most of
the September report on residential construction issued today by the U.S.
Census Bureau...
Tue, Oct 20 2015, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates were moderately higher today, ending a 4 day streak near the lowest levels in more than 5 months. To be fair, the streak isn't tec...
Mon, Oct 19 2015, 10:39 AM
From my narrow view, the big talk of the San Diego MBA conference so far? Fannie & Freddie's rep & warrant changes, the FHA's position on the CFP...
Thu, Oct 8 2015, 10:43 AM
In case you missed it, last month Fannie Mae began to
transition the multi-graph and narrative report detailing results of its
National Housing Surv...
Tue, Oct 6 2015, 10:47 AM
CoreLogic said on Tuesday that its Home Price Index (HPI)
including distressed sales rose on a year-over-basis for the 42 nd
consecutive month in...
Thu, Oct 1 2015, 11:30 AM
There was a small increase in both publicly and privately
funded construction spending in August.
Privately funded residential spending performed s...
Mon, Sep 28 2015, 9:27 AM
For something relevant to real estate agents, LOs, and travelers, the U.S. Census Bureau has updated its World Population Clock
to include country...
Thu, Sep 17 2015, 10:22 AM
This morning's Residential Construction report from the
Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development for August was
mixed with a mo...
Thu, Sep 17 2015, 10:04 AM
I bet for every person a company has dedicated to stopping cybercrime
there are 10 somewhere else trying to perpetrate it. Just yesterday I
rece...
Wed, Sep 16 2015, 11:46 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo
Housing Market Index (HMI) ratcheted up another point this month continuing a
steady ri...
Mon, Sep 14 2015, 10:11 AM
One
of the problems with servicing loans in Hawaii, or even for
"mainlanders" originating loans there, is name pronunciation. How does
someone f...
Thu, Sep 3 2015, 4:00 PM
Freddie Mac's long-time chief economist Frank Nothaft
departed some months ago to take the same role at CoreLogic and that vacancy at
the mortgage c...
Wed, Sep 2 2015, 10:36 AM
Wells Fargo Funding's clients received a note yesterday that is of use to the entire industry involving a scam impacting the mortgage settlement proc...
Tue, Sep 1 2015, 9:34 AM
Slowly
but surely the residential lending industry is trying to turn the tide
in the public's mind about the home financing process - as noted in ...
Tue, Sep 1 2015, 3:01 PM
Construction spending posted a slight increase in July
rising 0.7 percent from the revised June estimate of $1,075.9 billion to a
seasonally adjus...
Mon, Aug 31 2015, 9:20 AM
Darned
if I know how we're at the end of August already, with kids are heading
back to school and the NFL all over sports programs. One thing that...
Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:15 AM
Two
major indicators of home price trends released today showed continued
appreciation although larger gains were reported by the S&P/Case-Shiller
...
Mon, Aug 24 2015, 3:41 PM
Fannie
Mae's economic team said on Monday that the economic outlook for the second
half of 2015 is less upbeat than anticipated.
Second quarter ...
Fri, Aug 21 2015, 9:37 AM
What does the CFPB think of residential lenders? One indication might be the videos of borrower horror stories
posted on its website. I, for one, ...
Wed, Aug 19 2015, 9:10 AM
Yesterday
the commentary noted how jumbo lending was alive and well, at least for
depository banks. Zillow recently analyzed what areas would be m...
Tue, Aug 18 2015, 10:48 AM
Permits for residential construction fell sharply in July,
down 16.3 percent from June while remaining 7.5 percent above the level of one year
earl...
Tue, Aug 18 2015, 10:34 AM
Under
the "fun with numbers" category, several readers wrote in yesterday
regarding the CFPB's semi-annual numbers: "The report noted that during ...
Mon, Aug 17 2015, 9:58 AM
Thank you to Mark Baker with Cardinal Financial sent over a story about dear people who live in fancy tiny houses . An appraiser's nightmare or a Mil...
Tue, Aug 11 2015, 11:25 AM
Is it really easier to get a mortgage these days? Well... After mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac clarified their credit qualifica...
Wed, Aug 5 2015, 12:43 PM
Redfin, a multi-state real estate firm based in Seattle, says
it is seeing "signs of an enduring slowdown" in the housing market. This isn't neces...
Tue, Aug 4 2015, 10:35 AM
Regina Lowrie from RML Advisors
answers the question, "How should we handle the title insurance
companies, escrow companies and closing attorney...
Mon, Aug 3 2015, 10:17 AM
A
big topic at last week's MBA Hawaii annual conference was change in
the industry. As if residential lending doesn't have enough changes all
th...
Mon, Aug 3 2015, 1:38 PM
Public monies shored up construction spending figures in
June, just barely making up for a drop in expenditures from the private
sector. The U.S. C...
Tue, Jul 28 2015, 10:42 AM
Home price data from S&P Dow Jones Indices was mixed for May. All three of the Case-Shiller measures, the National Index and the 10-City and 20-Cit...
Tue, Jul 28 2015, 10:29 AM
Federal
agencies have issued the final standards in regards to Section 342 of
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 201...
Thu, Jul 23 2015, 9:36 AM
It is different this time.
At least that's the contention of the writers of this month's Economic
and Housing Outlook regarding new low downpayment...
Mon, Jul 20 2015, 5:23 PM
Since the recession officially ended a lack of labor and materials has
blamed in part for the sluggishness of new home construction, at least by th...
Fri, Jul 17 2015, 10:24 AM
The two leading indicators among measures of residential
construction activity, building permits and housing starts, posted healthy gains
in June ...
Fri, Jul 17 2015, 10:13 AM
Boy
how things have changed. Life is so expensive now; maybe that's why the
living arrangement stats have changed so dramatically since 1967. In
...
Mon, Jul 13 2015, 10:29 AM
Here's
some good news. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders
Association/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index which analyzes trends
in home va...
Tue, Jul 7 2015, 12:23 PM
Are you in debt? You're not alone - and check out this United States debt clock - enough to make your stomach turn over.
Back in February the Col...
Thu, Jul 2 2015, 10:15 AM
It
seems that lenders have had a more difficult time obtaining tax
information from the IRS this year. I collected the tax-related updates
ove...
Thu, Jul 2 2015, 4:51 PM
In the S&P/Case-Shiller home price indices report for
April David M. Blitzer, Managing Director and
Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones...
Wed, Jul 1 2015, 11:38 AM
The Fourth of July is nearly here our very own Census Bureau has dished up some tasty numerical facts. The estimated U.S. population for July Fourth t...
Wed, Jul 1 2015, 4:08 PM
Construction spending in the public and private sectors
increased slightly in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,035.8
billion . The f...
Tue, Jun 30 2015, 10:10 AM
House prices continued to increase in
April but the gains lost a bit of momentum compared to the previous month,
reversing the acceleration noted by...
Thu, Jun 25 2015, 3:48 PM
Even as homeownership rates remain at
historic lows the mortgage debt on single family homes is increasing, ending
seven years of decline. Freddie ...
Tue, Jun 16 2015, 11:41 AM
How 'bout California Governor Jerry Brown stealing money (ok, "inappropriately diverting") from of the Homeowner's Fund?
For upcoming events...
...
Tue, Jun 16 2015, 10:28 AM
This morning's Residential Construction report for May, held
much better news than appeared at first glance even though that first glance was
not ba...
Mon, Jun 15 2015, 10:21 AM
A
recent MBA "Chart of the Week" bears repeating since it reminds us just
how much a borrower pays for a home loan when it closes. (Think about ...
