For more than 60 months, home prices have continued to rise across the country, but does the slowing of growth month-to-month point to an end to this hot streak?
Read More »The Week Ahead: Mortgage Risk Assessment
On Monday October 30th, American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) Co-director Edward Pinto and Senior Housing Analyst Tobias Peter will lead an update on the most recent National Mortgage Risk Index (NMRI).
Read More »RBS Reaches $35M Settlement for RMBS Fraud Suit
While the agreement resolves the allegations and has a non-prosecution clause, the bank is look at 10 years without a profit.
Read More »Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Mark in Months
New data shows mortgage rates reached new highs. See by how much in the most recent breakdown ...
Read More »The Least Affordable Cities in North America
New data shows that four out of the five least affordable cities in North America reside in the U.S.
Read More »Montgomery Envisions Future of FHA
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met to hear testimony regarding the nomination of Brian Montgomery, as commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration—and declared the next steps to proceed with his confirmation.
Read More »Mortgage Policy Spotlight
Drilling down into enforcements of the False Claims Act, MBS reductions from the Fed, and updates to Freddie Mac’s credit transfer risk program, were detailed in a recent report.
Read More »Which Locales Provide the Best Markup on New Homes?
In a recent report, newly constructed homes tend to sell more compared to older homes, but in certain regions homeowners can get a better deal while still having newer amenities and less maintenance.
Read More »MBA President and CEO David H. Stevens Announces Retirement
After seven years of leading the MBA, the current President and CEO is retiring effective September 30th, 2018…
Read More »Industry Reacts to Senate Vote on CFPB Arbitration Rule
On Tuesday evening, the debate around the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final arbitration rule came to a head when the Senate voted to repeal it. See the reactions here to the razor-thin vote here . . .
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