The mortgage reinsurance firm Euclid Mortgage has created a Mortgage Advisory Panel that will be tasked with providing the Itasca, Illinois-based company and its clients with insights on the housing finance market. The panel is composed of Andrew Bon Salle, the former...
Mortgage rates moved further away from the 7% mark in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.89% as of July 11, down from last week when it averaged 6.95%. A year ago at this time,...
Anaheim, California-based Carrington Mortgage Services LLC (CMS) is now offering Section 184 Loans for Native Americans for its retail lending customers. The Section 184 Loan Guarantee Program provides loans for American Indians or Alaska Natives who are enrolled...
Mortgage credit availability was on the rise last month, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The trade group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose by 1% to 95.0 in June; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The...
Mortgage application activity dipped in the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data tracking the week ending July 5. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, slipped by a scant 0.2% percent on a seasonally adjusted...
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has updated its 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program that provides financing for renovating or rehabilitating single-family homes. FHA offers two variations of the 203(k) program: the Standard 203(k) for substantial...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14
