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ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 4.6% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index,...
ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index rose by three points from a downwardly revised 56 in July to 59 in August. Last month’s reading had been...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 4.7% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index,...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a slight increase of 0.2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite...
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has yet another new lawsuit based upon the housing implosion and mortgage fraud. The Justice...
ThinkstockBuyers looking for a new house or homeowners looking to refinance a mortgage get hit with a blizzard of fees and charges that are collectively known as closing costs. The costs vary...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 3.7% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index following...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 2.6% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index,...
ThinkstockRising mortgage interest rates have not had an appreciable impact on housing affordability yet. Only in Washington, D.C., and Hawaii are current house prices unaffordable based on median...
ThinkstockIn its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, home lending giant Freddie Mac reported that mortgage rates for fixed-rate loans have continued a nearly two-month streak of increases. The...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 4% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following...
ThinkstockThe latest data from Lender Processing Services Inc. (NYSE: LPS) shows that the total U.S. mortgage loan delinquency rate has fallen from 6.21% in April to 6.08% in May, and that mortgages...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 11.7% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index,...
ThinkstockWill rising mortgage rates be the factor that kills the increase in real estate prices and sales. Both have risen at an astonishing trajectory, to the point of concern about a new real...
ThinkstockWe have written at great length about the resurgence of homebuilding in the United States. Like any other sector, if you go long enough without production, demand catches up with supply....