ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., said profit margins for home sellers took an unusual dip in the second quarter but still were far above where were they were a year earlier.
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Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Slightly Decreases
Loans in forbearance fell for the twenty-second consecutive week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Monday.

MBA RIHA: Fewer Households Missed Housing Payments in Second Quarter
Slightly under five million households did not make their rent or mortgage payments in the second quarter, updated research from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America reported.

Industry Briefs Aug. 5, 2021
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said its analysis of homebuyer migration trends in 2020 found coastal metro areas in Florida such as Lakeland and Tampa ranking highest, as many moved away from large coastal areas such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Lodging Demand Could Return to Pre-Pandemic Level By Late 2023
CBRE Hotels, Dallas, said U.S. lodging demand could return to its pre-pandemic level by fourth-quarter 2023.

Homeowner Equity ‘Surges’ During Second Quarter
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., found 34.4 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered “equity-rich” in the second quarter, up from 27.5 percent a year before.

Dealmaker: Bellwether Enterprise Closes $37M for Affordable Housing
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC, Cleveland, closed four loans totaling $37.1 million for affordable multifamily housing in Montana, Louisiana, California and Utah.

Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies Declined in July
Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial and multifamily properties declined in July, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest CREF Loan Performance Survey reported.

MISMO Seeks Participants for Next Generation 4.0 Reference Model Workgroup
MISMO®, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, seeks participants for a new development workgroup for the Next Generation 4.0 Reference Model.

MBA: Multifamily Lending Hits $360 Billion in 2020
Last year 2,140 different multifamily lenders provided a total of $359.7 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.