The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is extending its foreclosure moratorium for borrowers with FHA-insured mortgages in Maui County, Hawaii, through Jan. 1, 2025. The extension will provide homeowners impacted by the August 2023 wildfires with more time to obtain...
Mortgage rates continues to soar in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.22% as of May 2, up from last week when it averaged 7.17%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.39%. The...
Mortgage demand weakened last week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier; the...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has slammed the Biden administration’s decision to force the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will insure mortgages for new homes only if they are...
Last year was problematic for independent mortgage banks and the mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks – according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), this sector lost an average of $1,056 on each loan they originated in 2023, down from an...
Mortgage rates continued to soar deeper into the 7% range in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.17% as of April 25, up from last week when it averaged 7.10%. A year ago at this...
