The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac requesting confirmation that homebuyers can continue to access...
Mortgage application activity was mostly flat last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, dipped by 0.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week...
Attacks on realtors by the Wall Street Journal and President Biden, a pair of unusual HUD endeavors and Chicago voters rejecting the “mansion tax.” From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of March 18-22....
Mortgage applications were in decline last week, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, dropped by 1.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier...
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pre-tax net loss of $2,109 on each loan they originated in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This represented an increase...