Foreclosure Report: Which States Are Seeing Increases?
Now at all-time low, an increase in foreclosure rates may be "inevitable" once state-level moratoria have expired. Here’s the latest. The post Foreclosure Report: Which States Are Seeing Increases? appeared [...]
Most Competitive Housing Markets
The common refrain is that competition unleashes the best in everything. Along those lines, while low rates likely will abet a number of those in the most competitive housing markets, [...]
FHFA Announces Extension for Buying Qualified Loans in Forbearance
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend buying qualified loans in forbearance as well as several loan origination flexibilities. To support [...]
COVID-19’s Impact on Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fitch Ratings is raising concern that the government-sponsored enterprises’ (GSEs) response to the COVID-19 pandemic is having a problematic impact on their mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issuances. Fitch noted that its [...]
The Ups and Downs of Mortgage Forbearance Trends
As of August 10, the total number of loans now in forbearance dipped one basis point from 7.21% of servicers' portfolio volume the week before to 7.20%, according to the [...]
Fannie Mae Announces Sixteenth Sale of Reperforming Loans
For about a decade GSE Fannie Mae has been carrying delinquent mortgages that have started performing again (that is, payments on the mortgages have become current with or without the [...]
Report: The Best Real Estate Markets of 2020
WalletHub recently released a rundown of the most-current state of affairs in 2020’s housing market. The data provide a comprehensive guide to help all those looking to jump into the [...]
Hurricane Laura Threatens Homes Across Texas, Louisiana
The potential for Gulf Coast housing damage from Hurricane Laura could total more than $88 billion, according to a new forecast from CoreLogic. Laura is heading in the path of [...]
Housing Market Managing ‘Impressive V-Shaped Recovery’
Affordable homeownership opportunities continue to be an elusive object in the housing market, according to First American Financial Corp.’s newly-released First American Real House Price Index (RHPI) for June. The report measures [...]