Tag Archives: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)

Home buyers continued to snap up the limited supply of available homes, exerting upward pressure on sales prices and overall home-price growth.

With nearly 835,000 homeowners in forbearance plans, a recovering economy has hastened the pace of those entering permanent loan workout solutions.

Assuming the vacant role of Ginnie Mae President, Alanna McCargo brings experience with both HUD and Fannie Mae to her new role.

It is no secret that renters are typically lower-income earners when compared to homeowners and are disproportionately affected by market fluctuations and outliers such as COVID-19. But now that most federal- and state-level protections have expired, it has been found that renters were three times ...

Homeownership continues to serve as the primary source of wealth accumulation for most middle-class households, according to a new report.

In a report to Congress, the FHA reports that its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund hit 8.03% for fiscal year 2021, a 1.93 percentage point-rise year-over-year.

Forbearance exits trickled below 1%, as the share of total loans in some stage of forbearance fell to 2.15% nationwide.

With many 18-month forbearance terms coming to an end, a new report next week will better gauge the rate of true forbearance exits, compared to the volume of re-entries.

A new forecast by the MBA finds that while originations are expected to decline 33% from this year, lenders will turn their attention to their servicing business in order to meet profit margins.

A recent analysis has found that delinquency rates 30 days or more past due are sliding, but nearly one million homeowners remain at least six months behind on payments.