“MBA appreciates this opportunity to comment on many of the critical issues that impact the VA Home Loan Program – including the need for potential legislation to implement needed statutory changes.
We also look forward to working with Congress to help provide the VA with the resources necessary to implement these changes.
–MBA 2024 Chairman Mark A. Jones, President of Union Home Mortgage
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., released its January U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, showing there were 33,270 properties with foreclosure filings in the month–up 5% from a year ago and up 10% from December.
Real estate investors bought just over 26% of the low-priced homes that sold in the fourth quarter–the highest share on record, according to Redfin, Seattle.
Expectations that mortgage rates will continue to moderate, the prospect of future rate cuts and a protracted lack of existing inventory boosted home builder sentiment for the third straight month.
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SAN DIEGO–Getting policies to the finish line–and what could hold that up–was the big theme from a discussion between Julia Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD, and MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, here Feb. 13.
SAN DIEGO–Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 25 percent lower in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to a year earlier, and increased 13 percent from the third quarter of 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations, released here at MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.
Optimal Blue, Plano, Texas, said mortgage lock volume rose 36% month-over-month in January as rates eased.
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SAN DIEGO–The environment remains challenging but issues such as workforce housing, renter protections and property conditions and insurance are prime topics for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, officials from each said during a Feb. 13 session at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.
