Cash Sales at Nine-Year Low
The full-year cash sales share for 2016 was 32.1 percent, 2.2 percentage points below the full-year 2016 share. This was the lowest full-year cash sales share since 2007. Cash sales [...]
A First Look At February Delinquency Data
The total national loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) fell to 4.31 percent, a 0.98 percent decline, in February. This is a [...]
Moody’s: Be Careful with Reforms for Fannie or Freddie
One of the world’s top rating agencies warned on Monday that sweeping or high-level changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could unleash a host of unintended consequences on America’s [...]
Housing Finance in Today’s Market
The March 2017 issue of Housing Finance at a Glance, compiled by the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute, gives a 44-page in-depth look at housing finance in [...]
A Possible Future Inflation Bubble
We may be heading toward an inflation bubble, Bloomberg reports. Nominal yields on five-year Treasuries are negative when adjusted for the price outlook, and on the Federal Reserve’s gauge to [...]
Examining the Constitutionality of the CFPB
On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Regulations held a hearing on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The hearing was aptly [...]
Essent Guaranty Welcomes New Executive
The new VP and National Account Manager will be responsible for driving business development and delivering private mortgage insurance solutions for clients. The post Essent Guaranty Welcomes New Executive appeared [...]
Auction.com Welcomes Ali Haralson as EVP of Client Management
Ali Haralson is joining Auction.com as EVP of Client Management, according to an announcement from the company Monday. The post Auction.com Welcomes Ali Haralson as EVP of Client Management appeared [...]
Experian and Finicity Streamline Loan Approvals, Increase Credit Access
Experian and Finicity, a cloud-based financial data aggregation provider, announced Monday a collaboration that will digitize the mortgage lending process and bring some of the “credit invisible” into view for [...]