Category: Top National News

HousingWire, May 18, 2016–Swanson, Brena
Housing is as close to solving GSE reform as it is in solving “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

Bankrate.com, May 18, 2016–Lewis, Holden
More mortgage borrowers are reviewing their loan disclosures before they close on their homes, according to a survey conducted by the lobbying group for the title insurance industry.

HousingWire, May 19, 2016–Ramirez, Kelsey
Nearly all mortgage servicers subject to the terms of the National Mortgage Settlement achieved complete compliance with the NMS’s servicing rules in the first half of 2015, according to a report from molnitor Joseph Smith.

Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2016–Adamy, Janet; Overberg, Paul
Big cities across the U.S. are seeing their postrecession population surge slow as Americans uproot for new jobs and suburbs regain some of their appeal, the Census Bureau reported.

National Mortgage Professional, May 18, 2016–Hall, Phil
The Federal Housing Administration is proposing a new rule that it claims will strengthen its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program.

Bloomberg, May 19, 2016–House, Billy; Cirilli, Kevin
Donald Trump says he’ll deliver a plan in the next two weeks to rewrite the Dodd-Frank law. Around the same time, House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling is promising to make his own proposal.

Housing Wire, May 17, 2016–Swanson, Brena 
As the spring home-buying season struggles to lift off, people point to tight credit as one reason, with Freddie Mac Vice President of Affordable Lending and Access to Credit Danny Gardner weighing in on the discussion at the Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary Conference in New York City.

Dow Jones Business News, May 17, 2016–Leubsdorf, Ben
U.S. consumer prices jumped in April at the fastest pace in more than three years, propelled by rising gasoline prices, as underlying inflationary pressures continued to firm.

Associated Press, May 17, 2016–Wiseman, Paul
U.S. industrial production in April posted the biggest increase since November 2014 as utility output surged, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.

Reuters, May 17, 2016
U.S. housing starts rose more than expected in April as builders ramped up the construction of single and multifamily homes, supporting views that the economy was regaining steam early in the second quarter.