Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The gap between Black and white renter families that could afford a mortgage narrowed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Zillow report released Friday. of Black renter families earned enough income in 2022 to afford a mortgage with a 3% down payment, compared to 12.5% About 7.8% percentage points. About 7.8%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

Mortgage applications jumped 16.7% drop last week , according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Booming refinance activity in the first full week of 2021 caused mortgage applications to surge to their highest level since March 2020, despite most mortgage rates in the survey rising last week,” Kan said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Ginnie Mae , the government-owned corporation that securitizes loans backed by the Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing Administration , said it won’t accept adjustable-rate mortgages benchmarked to the London Interbank Offer Rate, or LIBOR, starting in January. For regular ARMs, the cut-off date is Jan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Homebuyer affordability declined in March as mortgage rates and home prices remained elevated. The national median monthly payment for purchase mortgage applicants rose to $2,201 in March, up from $2,184 in February. The index is benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The national index increased 0.8% in March, up from 172.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

Lenders One Cooperative announced on Monday that it has struck a deal to lease retail space in Walmart stores to sell mortgage products and services. ” Walmart isn’t the first warehouse-style retailer to offer mortgage products on location. Neither company offered mortgages. The post Welcome to Walmart.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

In a comprehensive study of mortgage market liquidity, Liquidity Crises in the Mortgage Market , several well-known academics provided compelling evidence for “liquidity vulnerabilities associated with nonbanks.” These were 2000-2003, 2004-2008Q2, 2008Q3-2011, and 2012-2015. NonBank Risk Multipliers Compared to Depositories.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While prospective homebuyers are grappling with still-elevated mortgage rates, a growing share of Americans are enjoying being mortgage-free. million single-family homes and condos were mortgage-free, a 31% increase compared to 25.4 percentage points from 2012, according to Bloomberg’s analysis. In total, 33.3

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2021

Much like the changing of the calendar, buying and selling homes follows a seasonality that that those in mortgage and real estate have grown accustomed to. But a recent study from tech startup Haus found that mortgage rates can also be seasonal, and borrowers can benefit from understanding that rhythm. Analyzing over 8.5

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Starter homes are defined as those priced in the fifth to 35th percentiles of their respective markets, and homes are deemed affordable if the mortgage payment consumes no more than 30% of the household income. When comparing income to the cost of monthly mortgage payments, the typical buyer now earns 8.9% more than they need.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

CrossCountry Mortgage , a top-10 U.S. mortgage lender, has hired a team of former Pennymac Financial Services executives to lead its capital markets and investment-related activities. During that time, he helped with credit risk transfer transactions and the first mortgage servicing rights (MSR) securitizations.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Mortgage credit availability dropped in November, despite improvements in the labor market, according to a report released Friday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index overall fell by 0.6% The post Mortgage credit availability declines in November appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tomo Networks , a Connecticut-based digital mortgage startup, just picked up $40 million in a seed round as it mobilizes to build a compelling product in an increasingly crowded market. . The pandemic has dramatically increased the adoption of digital mortgage tools. Find out what those are here. Presented by: Snapdocs.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Employment data for October is set to be released Friday, and it will go a long way in determining the path for mortgage rates, which have surged upward in the past month. At HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, the average rate for 30-year conforming loans was 6.72%. This equated to homes being 9.2% renter population.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 7, 2024

Mortgage credit availability increased in May, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) , a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) based on data from ICE Mortgage Technology. The index was benchmarked at 100 in March 2012. The MCAI increased by 0.1%

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 24, 2024

An examination of CoreLogic data indicates that, in comparison to prior years, jumbo mortgage originations saw a discernible drop in both dollar quantities and market share in 2023 and 2024. Mortgage origination volumes surged in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the historically low mortgage rates and the quick growth in housing prices.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Since the weaker CPI data was released in November, bond yields and mortgage rates have been heading lower. The question then was: What would lower mortgage rates do to this data? However, mortgage rates have fallen more than 1% since the recent highs, so it’s time to look at the data to explain how to interpret it.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

After increasing in December 2024which showed the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose by 0.7% to 96.6the MCAI, a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that examines data from ICE Mortgage Technology , shows that mortgage credit availability also ticked up in January.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Chicago-based mortgage originator Interfirst Mortgage Co. billion in 2012 to $2 billion in 2016. “The mortgage industry is fragmented and ripe for disruption by tech-enabled, customer-centric platforms,” Al Goldstein, CEO of StoicLane and one of the investors in the round, said in a statement. and former U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2021

Mortgage credit availability increased marginally in July following a big downturn in June , according to a report released by the the Mortgage Bankers Association on Thursday. The MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index overall rose by 0.3% The MBA Mortgage Credit Availability Index overall rose by 0.3% in June to 118.8.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Wednesday published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2024-18 , which implements updates to debenture interest rates and reimbursements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) program claims proposed in July. HERMIT was launched by HUD in October 2012 after a protracted development cycle.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Writing about digital mortgage in 2021, I am reminded of a cartoon in the New Yorker, in which two cavemen were starting a fire and one said “Stop saying everything is ‘unprecedented.’” I can set filters for my partner search on Bumble, so why can’t I filter results for a mortgage broker? 1 Personalization. 3 Self-driving banks.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) based on data analysis from ICE Mortgage Technology , indicates a drop in mortgage credit availability in September. Key Findings from the Mortgage Credit Availability Index: In September, the MCAI dropped by 0.5%

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The latest Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) released by the Mortgage Banker’s Association (MBA) indicated that there was an increase in mortgage credit availability in August. In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100. In March 2012, the index was benchmarked at 100.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has accused California-based brokerage and correspondent lender Mortgage Solutions FCS, dba Client Direct Mortgage, of breaching its early payoff (EPO) provision and its owner, Ramon Walker, of trademark infringement. These mortgages allegedly represent a balance of $124,011.37 28, 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

It also allows qualifying veterans to get into the housing market with no down payments, limited closing costs, and no monthly mortgage insurance costs. from 2012 to 2021. Across the country, 180 loan program originations took place between 2012 and 2021. interest rate for the life of the loan. “VA

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory. It all started when mortgage rates jumped from 5.25% to 6.25% this year and I saw how home sellers reacted to that move.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mortgage credit availability increased slightly in August but remained close to the very low levels last seen in January 2013, according a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index picked up by 0.3% in August.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Lenders continued to tighten credit standards in June as higher mortgage rates slowed refinance and purchase activity. The monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) fell by 0.3% in June, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Purchase mortgage rates , measured by the Freddie Mac PMMS Index , were at 5.3%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In 2012, Virginia became the first U.S. until 2020, when COVID-19 forced lenders and title companies to look at new contactless options for closing mortgages and getting families into their homes. Get $75 off your initial membership with coupon code “intro75” The post So you want to eClose a mortgage in Virginia?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

Independent mortgage banks (IMB) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks saw an average net profit of $3,361 on each loan they originated in the first quarter of 2021, down from a reported gain of $3,738 per loan in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

Mortgage credit availability dropped in May, a consequence of a tougher mortgage landscape that has resulted in lender consolidation as well as high rates and limited inventory that has stretched consumer budgets. The monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell by 3.1%

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 31, 2024

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI), homebuyer affordability declined in April due to rising interest rates and other costs increasing from a median $2,201 in March to a median $2,256, a $55 increase. The PAPI was benchmarked to 100 based on data from March 2012.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Mortgage credit availability dropped to its lowest level since 2013 in July as receding origination volumes led to lower profitability for many lenders. The trade group’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell by 0.3% Simultaneously, liquidity concerns persisted for some jumbo lenders. last month.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2022

Mortgage credit availability dipped for three consecutive months, largely due to shrinking refinance loans, according to the monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index , (MCAI) which fell by 0.9% to 120 in May, the lowest level since July 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In an environment where 30-year fixed mortgage rates are racing towards 8%, loan officer pipelines are thinning dramatically. But LOs who cater to first-time homebuyers’ needs – offering FHA loans and down payment assistance loans — are faring better, Michael Ullmann, producing branch leader at Movement Mortgage , explained.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

(FICO), the company that retains the rights to the mortgage market’s adopted methodology to measure consumer credit risk. Julie May, vice president and general manager of B2B Scores at FICO, said that in the mortgage space, the company charges “$3.50 ” Representatives at the DOJ did not reply to requests for comment.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

from 2012 to 2021. The GAO’s report said that from 2012 to 2021, 91 loans were originated in Hawaii using the program. In the entire country, 180 loan originations resulted from the program from 2012 to 2021. How Mortgage as a Service Levels the Playing Field for Minority and First-Time Homeowners.

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