Mortgage Bankers Association

From pockets of growth in a shrinking refi market to the possibility of REITs buying agency risk-sharing securities, here's a look at recent market shifts that major industry players are focused on right now.

For the first time in a decade, new-owner households created in the first quarter were higher than the creation of renter households.

A new tariff on Canadian lumber threatens to further disrupt homebuilding at a time when lenders are increasingly concerned about a purchase mortgage resurgence that has failed to materialize.

Application volume decreased 3.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Application volume increased 4.4% from one week earlier as rates hit their lowest level in seven months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications decreased 4.1% from one week earlier as the refinance share hit an eight-plus-year low, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Lower defaults among government-guaranteed mortgage borrowers drove the overall delinquency rate down, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

There were fewer new home purchase loan applications in April, as year-over-year activity declined for the first time in 2017.

Mortgage applications increased 2.4% from one week earlier as there was little movement in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage credit availability declined in April as lenders cut back on the number of conforming products they offered.