In this ongoing article series, we report on mortgage and credit union vendor marketplace events and trends, and we then share our viewpoints. The theme for today’s article is vendor innovations that are driving speed, quality and cost saves – a select few vendors that really don’t look much like their contemporaries.
Category: News and Trends
Andrew Foster, Kelly Hamill: First Aid–Paycheck Protection Program Begins
The $2 trillion CARES Act bill is designed in part to provide liquidity to small businesses—including hard hit hotels—who will turn to the program first to cover costs such as payroll, utilities and interest on debt payments. Commercial real estate borrowers, tenants and their employees are prime candidates to apply for the program and many of MBA’s member banks will be instrumental in getting this $350 billion of relief to small businesses and their employees in communities across the country through their SBA lending programs.
Mortgage Applications Down in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage application activity took a hit last week as the housing market continued to struggle with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 3.
MBA Survey Shows Spikes in Loan Forbearance, Servicer Call Volumes
New survey findings from the Mortgage Bankers Association highlight the unprecedented, widespread mortgage forbearance already requested by borrowers affected by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
MBA Takes Issue with Calabria’s Downplay of Need for Servicer Liquidity Facility
The Mortgage Bankers Association called “troubling” comments by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria in which he dismissed the immediate need for a federally backed liquidity facility to assist mortgage servicers with forbearance efforts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
MBA Takes Issue with Calabria’s Downplay of Need for Servicer Liquidity Facility
The Mortgage Bankers Association called “troubling” comments by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria in which he dismissed the immediate need for a federally backed liquidity facility to assist mortgage servicers with forbearance efforts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Ginnie Mae Approves Private Market Servicer Liquidity Facility
Ginnie Mae, Washington, D.C., yesterday announced it approved inclusion of a servicing advance financing facility under its Acknowledgment Agreement program.
CoreLogic: February Home Prices Up 4.1% Annually
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said its February Home Price Index and HPI Forecast showed home prices rose both year over year and month over month.
Mortgage Applications Down in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage application activity took a hit last week as the housing market continued to struggle with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 3.
Reports Examine Which Housing Markets Could See Coronavirus Impact
Several new reports take a look at how—and where—the coronavirus pandemic could most affect U.S. housing markets. Below is a recap.