MBA Forecasts Originations Through 2019
Posted To: MND NewsWire Like both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA’s) is anticipating that mortgage originations in 2018 will not match up to those this…
MBS RECAP: Another Big Bad Day For Bonds
Posted To: MBS Commentary Yesterday's recap suggested the week had yet to officially begin and that Monday's trading session had been more of an unofficial 3rd day of the weekend….
Application Volume Resumes Downward Trend
Posted To: MND NewsWire The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) Market Composite Index, a measure of overall mortgage application volume, ended a four week slide during the week ended October 13….
MBS Day Ahead: Good News and Bad News (Mostly Bad For Now)
Posted To: MBS Commentary We'll get to the good news in a moment. Bad news is obviously the order of the day as bonds are starting out with a big…
Home Prices Continue Defying Gravity (and Predictions)
Posted To: MND NewsWire Most forecasts at the end of 2016 called for a gradual slowdown in the pace of home price appreciation. Depending upon whom you asked, growth was…
MBA’s Stevens to Retire
Posted To: MND NewsWire David H. Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has announced his retirement. Stevens, who has led MBA since 2011, has allowed plenty…
MBS RECAP: Assigning Blame For Today’s Market Moves
Posted To: MBS Commentary I saw an article from someone who typically does solid work claiming that the massive sell-off in stocks today was due to rising rates. Fortunately, the…
Lender Appraisal Requirement Changes; New Digital Mortgage Services
Posted To: Pipeline Press NAR wrote a white paper detailing the barriers to homeownership and many of the reasons are well-known. Of course, real estate agents wish there were no…
Pending Home Sales Stuck at 2-Year Lows
Posted To: MND NewsWire We called the August pending home sales report “the gloomiest in some time.” The best that can be said about the report released this morning for…
ARMs Prove They Have Cleaned up Their Act
Posted To: MND NewsWire In August, MND published a summary of an analysis of the current state of the adjustable rate mortgage (ARM). CoreLogic’s senior professional economist, Archana Pradhan, wrote…
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