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Tory Barringer began his journalism career in early 2011, working as a writer for the University of Texas at Arlington's student newspaper before joining the DS News team in 2012. In addition to contributing to DSNews.com, he is also the online editor for DS News' sister publication, MReport, which focuses on mortgage banking news.

Expectation for Rates to Rise Spikes in Fannie Mae Survey

According to Fannie Mae's latest National Housing Survey, 57 percent of consumers expect prices will continue to rise in the next 12 months--a survey high. The average price change expectation was 3.8 percent, a slight drop from May's high of 3.9 percent. More notable was the pickup in mortgage rate expectations. The number of consumers expecting rates will rise over the next 12 months spiked 11 percentage points to 57 percent, another survey high. Only 4 percent said they expect rates will drop.

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Mortgage Rates Recede After Dramatic Jump

Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 4.29 percent (0.7 point) for the week ending July 3, down from last week's two-year high of 4.46 percent. The 15-year FRM averaged 3.39 percent (0.7 percent), down from 3.50 percent the previous week. Bankrate's weekly national survey showed similar trends, with the 30-year fixed falling to 4.48 percent.

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Citi to Pay Fannie Mae $968M in Repurchase Claim Agreement

Citigroup and Fannie Mae announced Monday an agreement to resolve future repurchase claims for breaches of representations of warranties on millions of loans originated between 2000 and 2012. According to release from Citi, the agreement covers 3.7 million residential first mortgage loans sold to Fannie Mae. As part of the agreement, Citi will pay Fannie Mae $968 million, ""substantially all of which was covered"" by the bank's existing mortgage repurchase reserves as of the end of the first quarter.

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Report: Housing Market 61% ‘Back to Normal’

May's percentage is the first time the recovery has passed 60 percent since the crash, according to the latest Housing Barometer from Trulia. April's barometer was 54 percent. A year ago, the barometer was at only 35 percent. The monthly report measures three key housing market indicators--construction starts, existing-home sales, and the delinquency-plus-foreclosure rate--to track how quickly the market is recovering to its normal, pre-bubble state.

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LenderLive Selected by Pingora for Subservicing

LenderLive Network, an end-to-end mortgage services provider headquartered in Colorado, announced a partnership to provide subservicing for Pingora, a specialized asset manager focused on investing in and managing the servicing of newly produced mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolios.

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