Mortgages

Origination volumes continued to drift upward at JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo in the third quarter as mortgage servicing rights values fell more sharply than some analysts expected.

Canada's Realtors produced another strong month of sales and prices in September, with gains in most major markets in a sign of strength for the nation's housing market.

National Cooperative Bank is starting a conduit to purchase Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages that are at least 60 days' delinquent with the aim of turning them back into performing loans.

RESIMAC Bastille Trust RESIMAC Series 2019-1NC is an Australian-dollar (AUD) $1 billion transaction (approximately US$674.5 million) that will feature a US$250 million Class A-1 tranche of notes, according to Fitch.

Colorado has five counties where more than half of the homes are vacation properties, and the state's vacation homes, those near ski resorts, are among the most expensive in the country, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Home sales registered their first year-over-year increase in September for the first time since 2018, as sales picked up toward the end of the prime buying season.

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Freddie Mac is postponing the date it will make using its Servicing Gateway platform mandatory, and adding new requirements related to chargeoffs and interactions with document custodians.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found deficiencies related to the bank's holding period for "other real estate owned."

Most home sellers are stressed around issues involving time and money — two things they can't control — because those affect the purchase and financing of their next home, a Zillow survey found.

Homebuyers have returned to Westchester County, N.Y., and for the first time in a year, their purchases are putting a dent in the inventory of properties for sale.

Sales of single-family homes in the Albany, N.Y., area fell 17.4% in August from year-earlier levels, and real estate officials are blaming a 9% drop in inventories and steep prices for newly constructed homes for the decline.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 11.

Home values posted the largest month-over-month spike in over five years due to continued buyer demand, according to Quicken Loans.

Millennial homeownership rates declined between 2009 and 2016 before picking up in 2017, even as the number of households under the age of 35 dropped by over 1 million, a ValuePenguin study found.

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Weaker-than-expected economic data led to a decline in mortgage rates this week, although consumer attitudes remain strong, and should continue to drive increased home purchase demand, according to Freddie Mac.

The Department of Veterans Affairs distributed more than $400 million in refunded home loan fees after finding exempt borrowers were mistakenly charged due to clerical errors related to their disability status.

Houston-area home sales increased nearly 10% in September from a year ago as buyers closed on 7,035 single-family homes, the bulk of which sold for between $150,000 and $500,000.