Mortgage 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...
Read MoreThe initial House draft of the CARES Act included a provision that Fed and Treasury would "extend credit to mortgage servicers that have...
Read MoreThere are now two entities tracking forbearance statistics on a regular basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Black Knight. The information they...
Read MoreWhile the industry has come to terms with recent challenges in terms of day-to-day volatility, mortgage rates remain higher than they otherwise would...
Read MoreFannie Mae's April Economic Developments summary is, like Freddie Mac's, relatively optimistic only because they see the impact of the pandemic as being...
Read MoreWhile the March residential construction report from the U.S Census Bureau is grim, one can find a small glimmer of optimism in the...
Read MoreEven though many were probably doing it on their phone or tablet while sitting at their kitchen tables, Americans were busy submitting applications...
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