Housing

Purchase mortgage originations are soaring because of high-credit score applicants, while refinance applications are declining among the same group of borrowers, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

The administration apparently intends to leave office without addressing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's capital bases and therefore the tight credit conditions.

A handful of housing markets in the West showed signs of resilience in October, Pro Teck Valuation Services' monthly Home Value Forecast indicates.

Genworth Financial's third-quarter profit missed analysts' estimates as results deteriorated at its Canadian and Australian mortgage insurance units.

The report from independent auditors will likely show that FHA remains below its 2% statutory minimum capital ratio, but HUD officials and outside observers still expect it to show major improvement over last year.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday that it expects commercial and multifamily mortgage originations will increase year-over-year in 2016 by 6% to $485 billion.

Arch MI U.S. did $3.2 billion in new insurance written, approximately 60% more than the nearly $2 billion done in the same quarter in 2014.

California’s Richmond Community Foundation will pursue a new social impact bond vehicle with a $3 million revenue bond private placement it hopes to close next month with the local Mechanics Bank.

Contract signings to purchase previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in September by the most since the end of 2013, indicating the residential real estate market is cooling from its recent brisk pace.

Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell three basis points during the week ending Oct. 29, as the market increasingly expects the Federal Reserve to hold off on raising rates, according to Freddie Mac.