Purchase demand remained strong in August for newly constructed homes, increasing 20.6% compared to a year ago, according to the MBA Builder Application Survey, while the average loan size for new homes increased to $398,092.
Read More »Homebuyer Interest Wanes in Former Pandemic Hotspots
Declines in pending home sales were found by Redfin in pandemic homebuying hotspots of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Austin, with each city reporting that pending sales plummeting more than 50%.
Read More »Mortgage Fraud Risk Falls YoY in Q2
One in 131 mortgage applications contained instances of fraud in the second quarter of 2022 according to CoreLogic, despite a rise in the instances of income fraud and property fraud.
Read More »Second Home, Investment Property Prices Surge in Top Markets
As remote work prompted many Americans to relocate during the pandemic, housing costs soared in second-home hotspots even more than the rest of the country, according to a new report from Redfin. Average rental prices rose 17.1% year-over-year nationwide to ...
Read More »Are Things Looking Up for Housing in 2019?
What are the factors that are likely to get potential homeowners back in the market? Watch this video to learn what an expert had to say.
Read More »Can Online Lending Decrease Risk?
Technological innovation is changing the way the mortgage industry works, and the model followed by lenders who have embraced technology such as end-to-end online mortgage application and approval processes have made lending a less risky prospect, according to a report ...
Read More »Mortgage Round-Up: Rates Slip Near 2016 Lows, Applications Drop
Rates fell a bit lower this week, but buyers did not hurry to take out a mortgage loan. On top of that, mortgage credit has tightened this month, which could be the reason that buyers were unable to purchase a home.
Read More »CFPB Finalizes ‘Know Before You Owe’ Mortgage Disclosures
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a rule Wednesday requiring lenders to use its disclosure templates to lay out mortgage terms for borrowers. The new ""Know Before You Owe"" mortgage forms will replace existing federal disclosures, and the CFPB says they'll help consumers better understand their options, comparison shop for the best mortgage deals, and avoid costly surprises at closing.
Read More »FBR Expects $1.6B in Mortgage Volume for 2013
With third-quarter numbers from most of the industry's heavy-hitters in, analysts with FBR Capital Markets say their forecasts--$1.6 billion in mortgage volume for 2013 followed by $1.4 billion in 2014--are still well within reach, even though they argue that declining interest rates and lower overall loan volume translated to disappointing mortgage numbers last quarter.
Read More »Two Lenders Penalized on HMDA Violations
Two mortgage lenders must pay a combined $459,000 in civil penalties for what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says are violations of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). According to the bureau, Mortgage Master, a nonbank lender based in Massachusetts, and Washington Federal, a Seattle-based bank, were found to have ""severely compromised mortgage lending data"" on applications from 2011.
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