Mortgages

Households with no income or a debt-to-income ratio greater than 55% qualify for reinstatement of their loans plus up to three months of future outlays.

The slight increase was the first seen since May 2020, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's July report on the performance of loans backed by the government sponsored enterprises it oversees.

The introduction of utility, cable and telco payment information follows noticeable growth in the past year toward the inclusion of rental history in underwriting.

The company, which is undertaking a substantial cost-cutting reorganization and laying off thousands, also announced pay raises last month for at least two executives.

The high interest rate environment is causing repeat buyers to pull back from the market, creating ample space for entry borrowers to purchase a home.

Origination activity dropped quarter-to-quarter by more than prior industry estimates, however.

Consumer and business confidence is already under immense pressure from the rising cost of living, at the same time that equity, bond and real estate prices are falling.

The West Coast and across the Rocky Mountain region are the most vulnerable to price declines in the coming months as both sellers and buyers readjust their expectations.

Loan officers say that the platform discourages them from originating loans.

The letter, sent under the banner of the Black Homeownership Coalition, is the second in two months sent by the trade group in its ongoing campaign.

Compliance is crucial in light of regulatory attention to mortgage companies' ability to provide continuity of care to distressed borrowers in particular.

Altogether, the lender has reduced funding capacity by over $900 million in the past month.

The agreement, the lender and servicer's only such facility, is set to expire at the end of next September.

But conspicuously missing from the mortgage industry's discussions about affordability, housing equity and the future health of our industry is the growing, disruptive influence of single-family home investors, particularly institutional investors, writes the president of Down Payment Resource.

Rent of shelter and owners' equivalent rent each accelerated 0.8% in September from the prior month, the most since 1990, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.

Following the Consumer Price Index release, the 10-year Treasury yield broke through 4%, making continued increases likely.

One man had paid bribes and kickbacks for improper sales of foreclosure properties, and another had engaged in ownership and wire fraud in a loan relief scheme, the courts determined.

California recorded the largest total of new starts, while Illinois, Delaware and New Jersey led all states in the rate of filings during the third quarter, according to Attom.

And a trio of large publicly traded nonbank lenders looking to defend market share may consider buying those mid-sized brethren, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said.

Their summer gains come as home price growth begins to slip and reverse mortgage volumes hit a two-and-a-half year low in September.