As people spend more time at home during the pandemic, buyers are realizing which features work well under the circumstances and which do not, said Zillow, Seattle.
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MBA Chart of the Week: Loans in Forbearance as Share of Servicing Portfolio Volume
This week’s chart shows the course of the share of loans in forbearance by investor type over the past three months – from the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to the most recent reporting.
ARMCO: Year over Year Trends Show ‘Marked Improvement’ in Critical Defect Rates
ACES Risk Management, Denver, released its quarterly ARMCO Mortgage QC Trends Report, showing critical defect rates improved from the fourth quarter to the first and in 2019 overall.
STRATMOR: How Pandemic Reinforced ‘Three Immutable Laws’ of Economics
STRATMOR Group, Greenwood Village, Colo., said while the longer-term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen, the mortgage market has settled down, with most industry players appearing to have weathered the storm.
Lori Brewer: The Road to Recovery Will be Paved with Data
In a time when everything spells uncertainty, data gives lenders something to hold on to — and a path forward. What performance metrics are most critical for lenders to keep an eye on right now to help their businesses survive the recession and what’s likely to be a protracted recovery?
Lori Brewer: The Road to Recovery Will be Paved with Data
In a time when everything spells uncertainty, data gives lenders something to hold on to — and a path forward. What performance metrics are most critical for lenders to keep an eye on right now to help their businesses survive the recession and what’s likely to be a protracted recovery?
MBA: 1Q Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies Remain Low
Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies remained low at the end of the first quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said this morning in its first quarter Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.
Richard Ferguson: Preserving Down Payment Options in a Disruptive Market
There is no downplaying the destruction the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our economy and the financial lives of millions of Americans. But it is also threatening the up-and-coming generation of home buyers, particularly minorities.
Homeownership Month Roundtable: How Lenders are Adapting to Shifting Sands
June is Homeownership Month in a year unlike any other. MBA NewsLink asked executives of four lenders to discuss how the coronavirus has affected their business and what they are doing to adapt and succeed.
NAMMBA Town Hall: The COLOR of COVID Today
NAMMBA hosts a special state of the industry town hall series, The COLOR of COVID, this Friday, June 19, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET.