Mortgage Industry News
Report: Trump May Try to Fire Fed Governor Following Mortgage Fraud Accusation
Pulte ignored questions posed to him on X on who authorized an investigation into Cook’s mortgage papers. Continue Reading Report: Trump May Try to Fire Fed Governor Following Mortgage Fraud Accusation
FHFA’s Pulte Accuses Federal Reserve Governor of Mortgage Fraud
Pulte said “the DOJ should go wherever the facts may lead them.” Continue Reading FHFA’s Pulte Accuses Federal Reserve Governor of Mortgage Fraud
Nigerian National Extradited for Multi-Million Dollar Florida Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Okechukwu Josiah Odunna, was arrested by Nigerian authorities last September. Continue Reading Nigerian National Extradited for Multi-Million Dollar Florida Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Rocket Mortgage to Exit the Canadian Market
Rocket Mortgage plans to complete its exit from the market by June 27. Continue Reading Rocket Mortgage to Exit the Canadian Market
Mortgage Rates Continue to Drop
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.63% as of March 6. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Continue to Drop
Mortgage demand rises 2.2% as interest rates decline slightly
Source: CNBC --- Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight decline in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications, which are usually most...
The Housing Market is Worse Than You Think
Source: Advisor Perspectives --- Advisor Perspectives welcomes guest contributions. The views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Advisor Perspectives. What I am about to share with you is an excerpt from a fall letter I wrote to IMA clients. It is...
When Will The Housing Market Bottom? Ryan Frazier Weighs In
Source: Bezinga --- The U.S. housing market is now slowing down after a record-breaking run that saw home values soar to new highs and mortgage rates drop to historic lows. Although demand and price growth are slowing, analysts and housing economists predict that any...
The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine
Source: The Atlantic --- How many homes must the United States’ expensive coastal cities build to become affordable for middle-class and working-poor families again? Over the past few weeks, I asked a number of housing experts that question. I expected a...
October Was a Spooky Month for the U.S. Housing Market
Source: Mansion Global --- Would-be buyers are turning their backs on the turbulent U.S. housing market in droves, according to new data released from Redfin on Monday. The number of pending sales, the amount of deals being scrapped and the proportion of homes seeing...
Mortgage demand rises 2.2% as interest rates decline slightly
Source: CNBC --- Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight decline in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications, which are usually most...
Reverse mortgages explained
Source: Observer Reporter --- Q. With reference to a recent column in which the reader said she had lost her home to a reverse mortgage, there are two primary ways this can happen, and I want to explain how to avoid this so that it never happens to any other reader....
mortgages Zero-down loans for homebuyers preparing to go expansion route
Source: Insurance News Net --- Nearly a year into a special lending program aimed at underserved homebuyers, the initiative is soon to expand from a few banks to mainstream, nonbanking lenders. Could these good intentions be the beginning of our next lending debacle?”...
Mortgage rates just took the biggest plunge since 1981 — but analysts say the market is ‘not out of the woods yet’
Source: Yahoo! Finance --- Mortgage rates tumbled by their biggest weekly drop in four decades after new data suggested inflation could be starting to cool. Consumer prices rose by 7.7% in October — a slower pace than economists predicted — and the average rate on a...
One-Third of Recent Homebuyers Still Don’t ‘Shop Around’ for Mortgages
Source: Fannie Mae --- For potential homebuyers, obtaining multiple mortgage quotes may not be as exciting as searching for the physical home itself, but research has shown that "shopping around" with different lenders for the best possible mortgage terms can result...
