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Production costs, which typically run higher for such loans, can actually fall during a purchase market, a white paper published by the MBA found.

Loan applications for single-family constructions jumped for the seventh month in a row, with increasing interest coming from first-time buyers, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The 30-year fixed moved 6 basis points this week as investors digested the news from the Consumer Price Index report.

The move comes after the e-commerce giant has provided some $1.7 billion to create or preserve affordable rental units as part of a $2 billion initiative launched two years ago. 

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

High mortgage rates and little inventory explain why over 60% of homeowners did or will perform a repair project in the next year, a LendingTree survey found.

Following New York Community Bancorp's acquisition of Flagstar, the company is ditching the regional bank brands that it long used. CEO Thomas Cangemi calls Flagstar a "neutral" but "patriotic" name that underscores the firm's nationwide expansion strategy.

A continued slowdown in refinances, though, drove overall loan-application volumes lower last week, even as the Government Index posted a small gain, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But a great deal of variation in distress levels were reported between individual markets and property sectors, according to two new reports.

Spreads with the 10-year Treasury are unlikely to narrow from outsized levels even as inflation cools and Fed tightening ends, said Odeta Kushi, an FA economist.