Mortgage application volume slid again this week, but the Mortgage Banker's Association points out a silver lining to the new data reported today.
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the volume of mortgage applications fell slightly last week, but remain similar to levels of previous weeks.
Home purchase finance trends The 2011 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers recently surveyed 5,708 home buyers and sellers and discovered that the percentage of...
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity jumped up to the highest level in three months last week....
The handwriting is on the wall. Fannie and Freddie failed as Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) and are now wards of the State. Talk about your socialism. It...
HR 5017 passed Today, the Kanjorski bill (HR 5017) passed unanimously in the House Financial Services Committee, a bill aimed at supporting the rural housing market...
This week the House of Representatives passed a sweeping financial reform package that would deter, in part, some of the most egregious practices of the financial...
I first caught whiff of this in an Inman News article by Matt Carter. Then I saw an editorial about it in The Washington Post. Then...
Perhaps to the collective short-sightedness that has been one of the contributing factors to the current housing market shift, but not to those who see housing...
The Zillow mortgage is about to launch and the first phase is already underway. Several industry bloggers have covered the main features of the coming Zillow...
A few years ago, in the middle of the housing boom, I came across the equity management philosophy of wealth creation. The basic premise is that...
As part of the $150 billion economic stimulus package Congress and the Bush Administration have agreed to raise the conforming loan limit. Congress has already passed...
If “subprime” was the word of the year for 2007 then I think “declining markets” has a fair shot for 2008. Granted it’s a phrase, but...
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