The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) moved one point higher this month. However, at 66, NAHB's measure of builder confidence in the new home market stayed within the 64 to 66 range where it has been no...
New home purchases are expected to be significantly higher in July according to data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Its monthly Builder Application Survey (BAS), indicates that applications for new home purchase mortgages inc...
The long-waited Federal Housing Administration (FHA) rule regulating condominium lending was finalized Wednesday afternoon. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the parent agency of FHA, published the final regulation and the po...
Both the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and CoreLogic issued data on recent loan performance on Tuesday. For CoreLogic the Monthly Loan Performance Report covered May, MBA's National Delinquency Survey is for the second quarter of this year. MBA no...
After years of planning, the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac launched their uniform mortgage-backed security (UMBS) in early June. So far, the Urban Institute (UI) likes what it sees. UI analysts Karan Kaul ...
Ever since mortgage rates began to move lower, Black Knight has devoted a big portion of its Mortgage Monitor, a monthly report on loan performance and other mortgage issues, to tracking the ebb and flow of the refinanceable loan population. The ...
CoreLogic said on Tuesday that its Home Price Index (HPI) for June increased by 3.4 percent on an annual basis. Rather than the steady decline in appreciation that has been evident for about a year, percentage gains are beginning to bounce around...
A sharp drop in mortgage rates helped the Market Composite Index break a 5-time losing streak during the week ended August 2. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, rose 5.3 percent on a s...
Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae's chief economist, says homebuyers need to do more shopping around before they settle on a mortgage lender. Results from a recent National Housing Survey shows that one-third of consumers who bought a home last year got on...
