Representatives from organizations including FHFA, FHA, GSEs, and HUD all spoke during a virtual event this week by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). See remarks from FHFA's Mark Calabria, here. The facilitator of a virtual event Tuesday said, during a ...
Read More »How the CFPB is Helping Homeowners Struggling with Payments
The pandemic, along with the economic downturn it has caused, leaves homeowners across the country struggling to meet their mortgage payments. This has put more pressure on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to find ways of helping homeowners who ...
Read More »Delinquency Rate Doubles Great Recession Peak
In July 2020, 6.6% of mortgages in the U.S. were delinquent by 30 days or more including those in foreclosure; this represents a 2.8-percentage point increase in the overall delinquency rate compared with July 2019. The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights ...
Read More »Why Credit Scores Are Rising Amid National Crisis
The average FICO credit score hit a record high of 711 this past July. This uptick to the score may come as a shock, especially since it has taken place several months “knee deep” amid a global pandemic, FICO representatives ...
Read More »FHA Announces COVID-19 Forbearance Request Extension
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is extending the date for single family homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages to request an initial forbearance from their mortgage servicer to defer their ...
Read More »Residential Construction Reflects ‘Record-High Builder Optimism’
The U.S. Census Bureau released its construction statistics for September, recording a 1.9% increase in housing starts compared to August. Single-family residential starts rose 8.5% over the month to 1.1 million annualized units, a level not seen since 2007. Realtor.com's Chief ...
Read More »DS5: Housing Forecasts & the State of Foreclosure Auctions
In this week’s DS5: Inside the Industry, Auction.com’s VP of Market Economics, Daren Blomquist, shares his thoughts on where housing is headed and what effects the health crisis is having on foreclosure auctions.
Read More »FHFA’s Calabria on Loan Extensions and New GSE Rule
FHFA Director Mark Calabria spoke Monday at a virtual event, where his session focused on the agency’s current priorities— the talk included two announcements, one about a new GSE-feedback rule, and the other related to extensions to loan flexibilities. Calabria ...
Read More »New-Home Construction in Areas at Risk of Wildfire
According to data related to wildfires, new homes continue to be constructed in high risk areas. Cape Analytics used artificial intelligence to analyze wide swaths of geospatial imagery to help insurers and other companies better understand properties and property risk, ...
Read More »Former Fannie Mae CEO James Johnson Dies at 76
James A. Johnson, who served as CEO of Fannie Mae from 1991 to 1998 and was a Democratic campaign operative, died on Sunday, Oct. 18 at the age of 76. His son, Alfred, told The Washington Post and Wall Street ...
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