Mortgage rates dropped slightly in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.21% as of Dec. 18, down slightly from last week when it averaged 6.22%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
UWM Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UWMC), the parent of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), is acquiring Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO), a real estate investment trust, in an all-stock transaction for $1.3 billion. Two Harbors is one of the nation’s largest...
Mortgage application activity slowed during the week ending Dec. 12, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down by 3.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from...
Mortgage applications for new home purchases in November increased 3.1% from one year earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Compared to October, applications decreased by 7%. MBA estimated new single-family home sales were running at...
Mortgage rates ticked up slightly in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.22% as of Dec. 11, up from last week when it averaged 6.19%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.60%....
A New York City man pleaded guilty in US District Court in Bangor, Maine, to submitting a false mortgage loan application and illegally maintaining a marijuana-involved premises. According to court records, Ken Yiu, purchased a house in Saint Albans, Maine, using an...
