Mortgage Bankers Association

A decline in refinancing applications offset the gain in purchase activity, leading to an overall drop in application activity of 0.4% from one week earlier.

Ginnie Mae will more closely examine liquidity at all issuers in response to complaints by the HUD inspector general that it would be vulnerable to defaults at nonbanks it does business with.

Mortgage application activity decreased 0.5% from one week earlier as a decline in refinance volume was only partially offset by an increase in purchases.

The Federal Housing Administration responded to lender concerns about timelines that delay property re-inspections after storms by issuing a waiver for properties affected by Hurricane Irma.

Mortgage application activity decreased from one week earlier due to normal seasonal trends, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Many lenders are focusing too much time on user experience and overlooking the frustratingly inefficient mortgage process happening behind their pretty loan applications.

The Mortgage Bankers Association wants the Department of Housing and Urban Development to tweak a policy on re-inspections of homes that are in a pending sale during a natural disaster.

Fannie Mae revised its estimates for 2017 origination volume upward this month, noting that it expects economic strengths to offset weakness in the market from recent hurricanes.

Fed economists are suggesting a new mortgage product that would allow home buyers to build equity faster and give banks incentive to profitably hold the loans in portfolio.

As mortgage rates dropped to new lows for the year, loan application volume increased from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

With interest rates lower than expected and existing-home prices driving demand, applications for new-home purchases grew in August.

Looser underwriting standards for agency-eligible adjustable-rate mortgages helped increase credit availability in August to its highest level since April, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage refinancing applications were more than half of the volume for the first time since January, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers employment dipped slightly in July, ending a four-month run of hiring pickups.

From payment forbearances to financing to start the rebuilding process, here's a look at five ways homeowners affected by Hurricane Harvey can get mortgage help.

Mortgage applications decreased 2.3% from one week ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage companies' average net gain on loans has returned to the four-digit range after dropping into the low three-digits after the federal election last year.

There was very little change in mortgage application activity for the second consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage application volume was practically flat when compared with one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Newly constructed home purchase mortgage applications were down by 12% compared with June, but the data indicates housing starts won't drop as much as expected.