Let’s Talk About Forbearances; FHFA Extends Emergency Changes; Purchases Improve
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher this week, but not enough to worry about too terribly much. Most lenders are still in the mid-to-low...
Read MoreMortgage rates moved slightly higher this week, but not enough to worry about too terribly much. Most lenders are still in the mid-to-low...
Read MoreTwo Urban Institute (UI) analysts have raised an alarm about changes to federal regulations that threaten to limit access to important data about...
Read MoreBlack Knight's new Mortgage Monitor restates some of the statistics on COVID-19 related forbearance plans it released late last week - i.e. that...
Read MoreGiven their respective sizes, the economic dislocation created by the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have hit Fannie Mae harder than its competitor GSE...
Read MoreFreddie Mac eked out a positive comprehensive income of $0.62 billion in the first quarter, $1.83 billion less than it posted in the...
Read MoreEveryone knew that the March pending home sales report, the first real measure of the impact of the COVID-19 impact on the residential...
Read MoreMortgage rates moved down nicely last week and have either maintained or improved upon those levels this week. The catch is that the...
Read MoreFreddie Mac has laid out options that borrowers who have been granted forbearance on its loans have when it comes to repayment. The...
Read MoreMarch is typically the strongest month of the year for mortgage performance, probably because, according to Black Knight the receipt of tax refunds...
Read MoreLet's get caveats out of the way upfront. No conversation about mortgage rates would be complete without a reminder that some lenders are...
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