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Planet Home Lending Buys MSR Portfolio from Village Capital & Investment

Planet Home Lending Buys MSR Portfolio from Village Capital & Investment

by Phil Hall | Jun 22, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Meriden, Connecticut-headquartered Planet Home Lending LLC announced a $10 billion bulk acquisition of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) from Village Capital & Investment LLC of Henderson, Nevada. The Village portfolio consists of 45,000 home loans securitized by...
Mortgage Rates Drop Again

Mortgage Rates Drop Again

by Phil Hall | Jun 22, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) reported another decline in mortgage rates in the newly published Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.67% as of June 22, down from last week when it averaged 6.69%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Mortgage Application Activity Records Scant Uptick

Mortgage Application Activity Records Scant Uptick

by Phil Hall | Jun 21, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage applications recorded a scant uptick in the latest data report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that covers the week ending June 16. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, saw a 0.5% rise on a seasonally adjusted...
Mortgage Rates Down Again

Mortgage Rates Down Again

by Phil Hall | Jun 15, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage rates took a dip for the second consecutive week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.69% as of June 15, down from last week when it averaged 6.71%. A year ago at...
FHA Makes Single-Family Mortgage Documents Available in Five Additional Languages

FHA Makes Single-Family Mortgage Documents Available in Five Additional Languages

by Phil Hall | Jun 15, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is making more than 30 single-family home loan documents and related resources used in the origination of FHA-insured mortgages available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. According to the agency, the...
Redfin: Nearly 92% of Mortgaged Homeowners Have Rates Below 6%

Redfin: Nearly 92% of Mortgaged Homeowners Have Rates Below 6%

by Phil Hall | Jun 14, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

More than nine of every 10 U.S. homeowners with mortgages (91.8%) have an interest rate below 6%, according to a new report from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This is slightly below the record high of 92.9% hit in mid-2022. Redfin also noted that 82.4% of mortgaged homeowners...
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