Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate introduced OneDown, a mortgage product that features down payment options as low as 1% plus an additional 2% contribution towards that down payment. OneDown also offers borrowers a $1,000 contribution toward lender fees. The...
The number of serious delinquencies – defined as loans 90 days or more past due – dropped to 471,000 in June, the lowest since August 2006, according to new data from Black Knight Inc. (NYSE:BKI). June’s level is 177,000 loans lower (-27%) from one year earlier....
Mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 26.1% year-over-year in June, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey. Compared to May, applications were down by 5%. MBA estimated new single-family home sales were...
Mortgage rates took a slide over the past week, according to Freddie Mac’s (OTCQB: FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.78% as of July 20, down from last week when it averaged 6.96%. A year ago at this time, it...
Mortgage application activity recorded a slight increase thanks primarily to an increase in refinancing requests, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending July 14. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan...
Americans are facing an increasing level of rejection on their loan applications, according to data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In the New York Fed’s latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, the overall rejection rate for credit applicants was...
