Analysis and Data

Coming Up:
IMBs Hoard MSRs As New Production Falters

MSRs are back to trading at a premium of roughly 5x multiples of servicing fees for agency loans.

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Fed Rate Cuts Could Fuel Home Equity Lending

Yet, ICE's report finds many homeowners remain historically reluctant to tap their home equity

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CFPB Scrapes Redlining Settlement From Townstone

If approved, the settlement would leave legal concerns over free speech, race-based affirmative lending, and the use of data in modern-day redlining lawsuits “without adjudication of any issue of fact or law.”

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October Jobs Report Clouds End-Of-Year Forecasts

Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 12,000 as strikes in the airline industry and recent hurricanes distorted the data collected.

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New Home Sales Hit Three-Year Low In September

Homebuilder boom pays off as affordable resale inventory lags demand

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Zombie Foreclosures And Vacancies Remain At Bay

ATTOM registers a slight quarterly increase in zombie foreclosures, but a 20% annual decline

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Fannie Mae Profits Decline In Third Quarter

Purchase acquisition volume increased to $80 billion in the third quarter from $74.5 billion in the second quarter.

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Nearly Half Of Buyers Scoop A Mortgage Rate Below 5%

Secure a lower rate from home builders, sellers, or by borrowing from friends or family members.

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A 'Haunted' House Can't Spook Hungry Buyers

Half of homebuyers would live in a haunted house, according to a new moveBuddha survey, released in time for Halloween

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Mortgage Demand Trapped With First-Time Homebuyers

As lock-in effects persist, an era of concentrated demand among first-time homebuyers overlaps with an era of increasing unaffordability.

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