Two new data reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) pointed to positive developments in the home loan market. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 1.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week...
Year-over-year home price gains inched down in July to 4.3%, according to new data from CoreLogic. This was below June’s 4.7% year-over-year reading and came in below 5% for the third consecutive month. No states posted annual home price declines. The states with the...
Maurico Umansky, the Los Angeles-based founder of the luxury brokerage The Agency and co-founder of the American Real Estate Association, has offered a pessimistic forecast on the cost of housing. In an interview with Fox Business News, Umansky predicted efforts by...
Mortgage rates remained flat in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.35% as of Sept. 5, unchanged from last week. A year ago at this time, it averaged 7.12%. The 15-year fixed-rate...
Second quarter data released by ATTOM has determined that California, New Jersey and Illinois continue to have the highest concentrations of at-risk housing markets. The second quarter patterns – derived from gaps in home affordability, underwater mortgages,...
Federal Judge Dismisses UWM 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuit
