The Census Bureau reported on Thursday that the national homeownership rate rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2018 to 64.8 percent ,...
Read MoreMortgage applications increased for the second week as interest rates again ticked lower at well under 5 percent. The Mortgage Bankers Association said...
Read MoreBoth the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller housing indices acknowledged further slowing in home price appreciation in December....
Read MoreIndependent mortgage banks (IMBs) have been around for more than a century. but have taken on increased significance and power in the marketplace...
Read MoreMortgage rates are most directly affected by the day to day movement in the bond market. It's interesting to consider that bonds improved...
Read MoreExisting home sales fell again in January although the decline was a minor one compared to the 6.4 percent drop in December. The...
Read MoreMortgage rates finally broke from their recent "back-and-forth" pattern of the past 7 business days and moved lower for the 2nd day in...
Read MoreThe Housing Market Index (HMI) continues to recover from the plunge it took in November and December when it dropped an aggregate of...
Read MoreMortgage loan delinquencies were down from the third quarter of 2018 in the fourth quarter. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said the improvements...
Read MoreWhile we have not yet seen figures from the Census Bureau for December let alone January, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is reporting...
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