Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 5.83%
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey revealed the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 7 basis points from 5.90% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior week to 5.83% as of October 25, 2020.
Commercial, Multifamily Delinquencies Decline in October
Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial and multifamily properties declined in October, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest monthly CREF Loan Performance Survey reported.
MISMO Seeks Comment on New API Toolkit
MISMO, the mortgage industry's standards organization, released its new MISMO API (application programming interface) Toolkit yesterday for a 60-day member comment period.
Commercial, Multifamily Borrowing Falls 47% in Third Quarter
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 47 percent lower in the third quarter compared to a year ago, and increased 12 percent from the second quarter of 2020, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.
3Q Homeownership Rate Falls by 0.5%
Despite a jump in home purchase activity this summer—but also perhaps because of the coronavirus pandemic—the U.S. homeownership rate slipped by 0.5 percent in the third quarter, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.