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Why some cities resist national housing slowdowns

Uneven cooling in the national housing market is sharpening focus on why some cities continue to defy the slowdown. While macro indicators point to softer demand, select metro areas maintain steady homeowner lending volume. Processing Content Local conditions, rather than national sentiment, shape borrower confidence, application flow, and loan performance. These local conditions are reflected […]

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White House report says CFPB raised borrowing costs

Key insight: A report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers claimed that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rules raised consumer interest rates and reduced the availability of credit since its inception. Supporting data: The report says the agency’s actions raised consumers’ borrowing costs by between $237 to $369 billion over the 13 years

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Refi shift drives latest increase in mortgage defect rates

Plummeting mortgage rates during the third quarter last year started a shift in originators’ business mix towards refinance, and this, more than a lessening emphasis on loan manufacture quality, resulted in a huge jump in defect rates, Aces Quality Management said. Processing Content For the last week of June, the 30-year conforming fixed rate mortgage

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