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For some, including National MI and Essent, the improvement is taking place faster than expected.

The volume of Ginnie securities issued in December marked the first time more than $80 billion has been issued in a month.

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Corp. is coming off its inaugural social bond issuance.

For eight years after the Great Recession, home prices in metro Atlanta climbed steadily but slowly. Since mid-summer, they have been soaring.

The company is following in the footsteps of Michigan-based rivals Rocket Cos. and United Wholesale Mortgage.

Fitch and Trepp reported that overall commercial mortgage-backed security delinquencies were down, while the MBA reported a slight increase.

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The estimates in the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest numbers were only marginally higher than the previous month, which may reflect more deliberate hiring and a preholiday slowdown.

A slowdown in the increase of loans exiting forbearance “implies that those who were able to absorb the shock of the pandemic and get back on their feet, may have already done so,” said Andy Walden, Black Knight economist.

Housing values are outpacing record-low rates and that’s hurting the entry-level homebuyers, but down payment programs and other traditional measures to assist them may only drive prices to greater heights, according to former Freddie Mac CEO Don Layton.