While underwater mortgages continue to improve throughout the U.S., ATTOM's 2023 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report revealed nearly half of all mortgaged properties were considered equity-rich in Q3, despite experiencing the largest quarterly decrease since 2019. Here’s what else the report reveals.
Read More »Mortgage Rates Remain Relatively Steep Compared to Record Lows
Nationwide, the average payment on a new mortgage is now $2,317 a month, according to a report from LendingTree, with monthly mortgage payments the most expensive in Hawaii, California, and Massachusetts.
Read More »Number of GSE Loans in Forbearance Continues to Drop
The MBA reports that pandemic-related loss mitigation options have pushed forbearance levels lower, as mortgage performance remains strong with post-forbearance workouts increasing in March.
Read More »FHFA Publishes Q3 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report
According to the FHFA’s Q3 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, the Enterprises completed 69,362 foreclosure prevention actions within the quarter, helping troubled homeowners nationwide to stay in their homes.
Read More »FHFA Releases Q2 Foreclosure Prevention Report
The FHFA's foreclosure analysis for July 2022 revealed the total number of loans in forbearance is trending downward from its peak in May, with nearly 85,000 loans in forbearance nationwide, while total refinance volume and mortgage rates also decreased in the same month.
Read More »Pace of Forbearance Exits Slows in September
The MBA reports that nationwide forbearance volume continues to drop, however the impact of Hurricane Ian may change that trend as servicers continue to report on the devastation from the storm.
Read More »Pace of Forbearance Exits Reaches New Low in January
Despite the overall national forbearance rate nearing the 1% mark, the rate of forbearance exits reached another low since MBA began tracking exits in June 2020.
Read More »GSE Forecast: Rise in Rates to Temper Housing Demand
In its Quarterly Forecast, Freddie Mac predicts that continued inventory issues will keep the housing market competitive in Q1.
Read More »Forbearance Exits Continue to Rise
The number of homeowners in forbearance plans fell further in December, as the MBA estimates that just 705,000 U.S. homeowners are currently in some stage of forbearance.
Read More »Mortgage Fraud Risk Rises Significantly in Q2
With a 37.2% national year-over-year increase in mortgage fraud risk in the second quarter of 2021, CoreLogic reports an estimated 0.83%—or one in 120—of all mortgage applications contained fraud.
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