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Radian Sees Leveling Off in New Delinquencies and Cures

Mortgage insurer Radian Guaranty Inc. trimmed its inventory of delinquent loans during the month of October by 136, as new delinquencies and cures came close to breaking even. The company ended the month with 110,614 loans in its primary delinquent portfolio, down from 110,740 at the beginning of October. The company says it wrote $2.07 billion in new primary mortgage insurance coverage during the month of October.

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Zillow: Prospective Home Buyers Overestimate Home Value Appreciation

More than 42 percent of prospective home buyers believe home values increase by about 7 percent each year, according to a recent survey by Zillow. This estimation is out of line for the current economic times and high even for years prior to the housing crisis. In a normal market, home values tend to increase by only 2 percent to 5 percent per year, according to Zillow. While home buyers revealed a lack of understanding of home values, respondents answered about 65 percent of questions correctly.

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PMI Mortgage Insurance Under Conservatorship

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (PMI) and PMI Insurance Co. (PIC) have been taken into conservatorship by the Arizona Department of Insurance. PMI announced on its website that there will not be a moratorium on claim payments. However, under order by the Arizona regulator, PMI will be fulfilling only 50 percent of claims, with the remaining amount deferred as a policy holder claim. The action occurs after an August announcement that the regulator was prohibiting the company from writing new policies.

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Obama Chooses Carol Galante to Lead FHA

President Obama on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Carol J. Galante to lead the federal agency that insures mortgages against default. If confirmed, Galante would take on the role of assistant HUD secretary and commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Galante stepped up as acting FHA commissioner in April, when David Stevens vacated the post to take the head spot at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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FHA May Crack Down on Lenders and Servicers

The Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) reserves have fallen below legal limits, and the agency now holds $4.7 billion against a $1 trillion portfolio. According to reports recently released by FBR Capital Markets & Co. and HUD's Office of Inspector General (OIG), FHA may crack down on lenders and servicers and may not be paying out default claims quite as generously as in the past. FBR says FHA claim denials could cost the industry as much as $13.5 billion.

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GSEs Suspend PMI Mortgage Insurance and Affiliates

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have both suspended PMI Mortgage Insurance and its affiliates PMI Insurance Co. and PMI Mortgage Assurance Co. as approved mortgage insurers. Mortgages insured by any of the three PMI units with note dates before May 19, 2011, or after September 16, 2011, will no longer be purchased or securitized by either of the GSEs. To allow lenders and sellers to clear their pipelines, PMI-insured mortgages with note dates that fall in between that time will continue to still be accepted by the mortgage financiers.

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PMI’s Mortgage Insurers Placed Under Regulatory Supervision

The Arizona Department of Insurance has placed two subsidiaries of PMI Group, Inc. -- PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (MIC) and PMI Insurance Co. (PIC) -- under the department's supervision and ordered them to cease issuing new mortgage insurance. PMI alerted investors of the possibility of such actions earlier this month. PMI says further measures by the regulator could result in up to $735 million of the parent company's outstanding debt coming due, obligations which the PMI Group would be unable to pay.

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NYSE Warns PMI Its Stock May Be Delisted

The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI) issued a statement Friday informing investors and the public that the company has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that it has fallen below the NYSE's listing standard, requiring a minimum average closing price of $1.00 per share over 30 consecutive trading days. PMI has six months to bring its share price back into compliance with the NYSE rule or the company will be delisted from the stock exchange.

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Freddie Mac Warns of Repurchase Demands for Insurance Deficiencies

Freddie Mac says it is seeing a ""material increase"" in mortgage insurer rescissions, cancellations, and denials of coverage. The GSE has issued a notice alerting lenders that they may be forced to buy back loans if Freddie Mac determines they do not have the insurance coverage required at delivery, or if the mortgage insurance coverage is no longer in force. Freddie requires a primary mortgage insurance policy as protection against default for loans with a loan-to-value ratio of more than 80 percent.

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Capital Shortfall Could Impede New Business for PMI Mortgage

PMI Group Inc. says its primary subsidiary PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. could be forced to stop issuing new mortgage insurance policies. The company alerted investors of the possibility that its business could come to a halt last week, at the same time it reported a company-wide net loss of $134.8 million for the second quarter. According to a filing with the SEC, PMI Mortgage Insurance's capital holdings have slipped to $320 million below the minimum required by the Arizona Department of Insurance, its primary regulator.

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