Mortgages

Policymakers are all too quick to categorize IMBs as financially risky institutions; making them easy targets for stricter - and unnecessary - federal oversight and regulatory efforts, Stevens and Olson argue.

Black, Hispanic and Asian homeowners had a 44%, 32% and 30% denial rate for HELOC products, while white homeowners had a 23% denial rate, an analysis of HMDA data by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found.

More than half of millennials and Gen Z ranked house hacking — the opportunity to rent out a portion or the entire property to earn extra income — as an important factor in their search, according to Zillow research.

Residential starts increased 1.9% last month to a 1.37 million annualized rate, the highest in three months, government data showed Friday.

With mortgage rates retreating and inflation abating, short sellers who'd been capitalizing on the three-month slump in homebuilder stocks may need to prepare for a rebound toward year-to-date highs.

The market's reaction to the Consumer Price Index report on Tuesday helped to push the 10-year Treasury and 30-year fixed-rate loan lower, Freddie Mac said.

Applications to purchase newly constructed properties increased for the ninth consecutive month on an annual basis, as the inventory shortage for existing homes continues.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge decreased six points to 34 this month, according to data out Thursday.

For the second time in the past three J.D. Power polls, Rocket Mortgage has been dislodged from the top spot.

With a scarcity of listings driving high home prices, both repeat and new purchasers are putting the most money down in decades, the report found.

Relationships with brokers will be terminated on Dec. 6, but company officials stressed there would be no impact to its loan servicing or other mortgage channels.

Because the measure of the insurance fund's soundness remained well above its target, trade groups asked whether the cost of coverage could be further reduced.

Loan activity overall came in higher for the second week in a row, with interest rates flattened following an extended volatile period, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The agency is decreasing the dollar amount for the second consecutive year, maintaining the percentage quota for mission-related loans and adding a new exemption.

At least two legal actions have been filed in a Texas federal court.

The lender has shed over $1 billion in annualized expenses and said it retains enough capital to sustain operations for the next several years.

The program helped more than 23,000 consumers establish credit scores in its first year through partnerships with three fintechs, all of which were chosen to renew their participation.

Higher expenses pushed per-loan losses further into the red for the first time in three quarters and with lower production expected through the first three months of next year, the picture remains bleak.