by | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have provided details for their streamlined refinance programs that were originally announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) last month. The programs, named “RefiNow” by Fannie Mae and “Refi...
by | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Another home price index shows double digit annual price increases, this time for March, and the CoreLogic HPI also has the highest month-over-month gain we have seen in the present environment. The company says there was an 11.3 percent national rate of appreciation...
by | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says the overall mortgage related complaints it has received recently are at their highest level in three years. The report was one of two that the agency says show that more work needs to be done to help mortgage...
by | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Mortgage application volume lost ground again last week, although the decline was small and refinancing volume pulled out a sliver of a gain. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
by | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nationwide spending on construction edged up fractionally in March, but the big story was the annual gain in residential construction spending, especially for new single-family housing. The U.S. Census Bureau said construction, public and private, for all sectors...
by | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
The GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been given orders to develop so-called living wills. Such wills are credible resolution plans that outline how either GSE could be rapidly and orderly resolved should the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) be appointed their...
