The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has revised the datasets for the Public Use Databases (PUDBs) of single-family and multifamily mortgage acquisitions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The revisions include newly available 2019 data and final versions of data ...
Read More »Study: How the Pandemic Is Impacting Mortgage Delinquencies
Nearly 11 million households fell behind on their mortgage and rent payments during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA). The ...
Read More »House Flips Down But Profits Rebound
The second quarter experienced the flipping of 53,621 single-family homes and condominiums, or 6.7% of all home sales, according to new statistics from ATTOM Data Solutions. This represented one in 15 transactions. The second quarter’s flipping total was down from ...
Read More »Another Issuance of ‘Green’ Mortgage-Backed Securities
The program’s transactions focus on mortgage loans backed by newly built single-family residential homes with ENERGY STAR certifications that either meet or surpass the program’s requirements.
Read More »Five Star Conference: Mortgage Servicing Challenges & Government Insights
The second day of the 2020 Five Star Virtual Conference began with an emphasis on the mortgage servicing landscape’s current state and what the coming months could offer.
Read More »Five Star Virtual Conference Explores Industry Pandemic Response
Monday's Five Star Conference programming included looks at the state of homeownership in the U.S. and industry preparedness.
Read More »Forbearance Update: How the Trends Are Changing
The total number of loans now in forbearance reached 7.16% of servicers' portfolio volume for the week ending August 30, down slightly from the 7.20% level recorded one week earlier, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Forbearance and ...
Read More »Nationwide Housing Shortage Intensifies
Forty of the nation’s top 50 metro areas have reported a decline in housing supply since February, according to new data released by Redfin. Among the most dramatic examples of metros witnessing an evaporating housing inventory are San Antonio, which ...
Read More »Report Ranks 11 Top Communities for Opportunity Zone Investments
Eleven neighborhoods across seven states and the District of Columbia have been named by ATTOM Data Solutions and the proptech firm CityBldr as possessing the best potential for using Opportunity Zone tax benefits to economically revive low-income communities. The Opportunity ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Updates on Single-Family Delinquency Rate
Fannie Mae Conventional Single-Family Serious Delinquency Rate increased 59 basis points to 3.24% in July. One year earlier, this serious delinquency rate was 0.67%. In weighing serious delinquency rates based on vintage, the highest level of problematic loans was in ...
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