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Refinancing volume dropped to its lowest level in three months, while purchases also decreased in number.

The combined companies will have over 6,500 clients for its services.

While record price appreciation led to trillions of dollars in equity, forborne borrowers still face the risk of losing their properties, according to Black Knight.

In its initial message to the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Community Home Lenders Association reiterated its call to require depository loan officers to be licensed.

The Federal Housing Administration changes are effective immediately with a mandatory Dec. 31 compliance deadline, according to an information bulletin published Sept. 30.

Both third-party lenders will purchase conforming loans with balances of $625,000 — 14% higher than the current limit — in anticipation of regulators' action.

While PLS loans still represent a sliver of the overall mortgage market and are nowhere near the $1 trillion level seen before the Great Recession, issuance jumped markedly this year.

Eligible low and moderate income borrowers can get up to $25,000 to help construct granny flats as part of the state's efforts to increase affordable housing.

Taper announcement, slowing COVID cases help remove downward pressure, leading to increases across all loan-term types.

As applications dropped, average loan sizes grew, with the purchase amount hitting its highest level since May.

The proposal calls for a 20-year mortgage with Ginnie Mae and Treasury participation, but critics suggest that other measures would be more effective in bridging the gap in home equity.

The filing by Tamara Richards also accused the founder and other execs of encouraging a "frat house" environment that mistreated women.

Sales of new U.S. homes rose in August by more than forecast, reaching a four-month high and suggesting demand is stabilizing as builders make gradual headway on backlogs.

The need to size up the impact of hurricanes and pollution is increasing and current measures aren’t as precise as credit or rate models, according to the Research Institute for Housing America.

However, the pullback in mortgage-backed securities purchases will be one of the factors in rates rising in the medium term.

Foreign investment helped offset a slowing domestic recovery, causing few ripples for the week, but economists expect future taper of bond purchases to lead to upward movement.

Purchases jumped to a high not seen since April, while refinances were also up due to the increased use of government programs.

Contract closings decreased 2% from the prior month to an annualized 5.88 million, in line with economists’ estimates, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Wednesday.

The difference between purchase contract prices and valuations was consistently wider than in white neighborhoods, according to a recent analysis of 12 million appraisals from the Uniform Collateral Data Portal.

Applications were up 9% compared to July’s total, while the average price for newly built houses hit a record.