National Mortgage News, Aug. 12, 2024-Brad FinkelsteinHomeowners insurance is labeled as one of the hidden costs for property owners, and their escalating prices could have an impact on the secondary …
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HELOC Originations Up Following 3 Quarterly Declines
Home Equity Lending News, Aug. 2, 2024Quarterly originations of home-equity lines of credit turned higher — reversing three consecutive quarterly declines. First-half HELOC production has surpassed a half-million units.Click here for …
Fed Should Re-Propose Entire “Disastrous” Basel III Endgame
Markets Media, Aug. 1, 2024The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), was joined by all Committee Republicans in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. …
Housing Industry Eyes Fed’s Next Rate Cut Move
MPA, Aug. 1, 2024-Candyd MendozaThe Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but signaled a potential shift towards lower borrowing costs in the coming months.Click here for more
Surprise, Housing Cost to Income Ratio Has Barely Changed
HousingWire, July 31, 2024-Aziz SunderjiAlthough Americans have complained about high housing costs for decades, their concerns have taken on a fevered pitch recently. At first glance, these concerns seem reasonable: …
Home Equity Lending Flat in 2023 as Outstanding Debt Increased: MBA
HousingWire, July 29, 2024-Chris ClowHome equity lending in 2023 grew by only 1.5% compared to the prior year, while outstanding debt increased by 8.3% in the same time period, according …
High Rates Have Been Good for One Corner of the Mortgage Industry. Now What?
The Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2024-Telis DemosWhen the mortgage check is in the mail, it pays to know where it is going.Click here for more (subscription)
Surge in Commercial-Property Foreclosures Suggests Bottom Is Near
The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2024-Peter GrantBanks and other lenders are seizing control of distressed commercial properties at the highest rate in nearly a decade, a sign that the …
Servicer Satisfaction Up but so Is the Potential for Distress
National Mortgage News, July 25, 2024-Brad FinkelsteinWhile overall customer satisfaction with mortgage servicers rose this year’s J.D. Power survey, consumers’ financial health is on the downswing and that historically has …
Mr. Cooper to Acquire Flagstar’s Servicing and TPO Businesses for $1.4B in Cash
HousingWire, July 25, 2024-Flávia Furlan Nunes and James KleimannMr. Cooper Group has struck a deal to acquire a third-party origination (TPO) platform and $356 billion in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), …