| 2008 |
| May 11, 2008 |
House Approves Housing Rescue Plan, Defying Veto Threat |
| May 9, 2008 |
Little Movement In Mortgage Rates Seen This Week |
| May 8, 2008 |
HUD Extends RESPA Reform Comment Period
The public will have an additional 30 days to comment on the Bush administration's proposed changes to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but HUD officials say they remain committed to finalizing a rule before the president leaves office. |
| May 8, 2008 |
Mortgage Applications Increase In Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 2, 2008 found that applications on a weekly ut still down slightly from one year ago. |
| May 7, 2008 |
Regulators Cut Fannie Mae More Slack
Federal regulators have formally lifted many restrictions imposed on government-chartered mortgage financer Fannie Mae in the wake of accounting and management scandals, even as the company reported a $2.2 billion first-quarter loss and predicted losses will grow in 2009. |
| May 7, 2008 |
$300 Billion FHA Refi Plan to Be Part of Package
The House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a package of bills including a $300 billion expansion of Federal Housing Administration loan guarantee programs. |
| May 5, 2008 |
Cash-out Refinance Share Falls In First Quarter
In the first quarter of 2008, 56 percent of Freddie Mac-owned loans that were refinanced resulted in new mortgages with loan amounts that were at least 5 percent higher than the original mortgage balances, according to Freddie Mac's quarterly refinance review. |
| May 1, 2008 |
Credit Tightening On Builder Loans Threatens To Prolong Housing Downturn
The mortgage credit crunch has spilled over into the housing production loan market, threatening to prolong the current housing downturn, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today. |
| April 30, 2008 |
Mortgage Applications Drop to 2008 Low
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was 567.0, a decrease of 11.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from 637.6 one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 10.2 percent compared with the previous week and was down 14.2 percent compared with the same week one year earlier. |
| April 29, 2008 |
California to Cap Title Insurance Inducements At $25 a Year
California regulators plan to collect more detailed information on title insurers' affiliated businesses, and will prohibit title insurance marketers from spending more than $25 per year on gifts or other inducements for real estate professionals who are in a position to refer business to them. |
| April 25, 2008 |
Inflation Jitters Push Mortgage Rates Up This Week, According To Freddie Mac Survey |
| April 24, 2008 |
New-home sales fall 62% from '05 peak
March closings hit lowest level since October '91 |
| April 23, 2008 |
Quarterly Home-price Declines Seen in 36 States
OFHEO index finds national prices up 0.6% in February |
| April 22, 2008 |
Existing-Home Sales Slip in March
Existing-home sales edged down in March, remaining within a narrow range of sales activity that has persisted since last September, according to the NAR. |
| April 21, 2008 |
Executives See Credit And Housing As Big Threats
Turmoil in credit and housing markets will be the most significant threat to growth this year, according to a survey of top financial company executives released Friday.
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| April 21, 2008 |
OFHEO Issues Consent Orders Regarding Former Fannie Mae Executives
The orders require certain actions by the individuals and settles OFHEO’s administrative enforcement actions against them for events related to the accounting and internal control problems at Fannie Mae uncovered by OFHEO and detailed in two Special Examination Reports.
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| April 21, 2008 |
Mortgage Servicing Litigation Grows
Rising delinquencies, bankruptcies and foreclosures left mortgage servicers fighting more legal actions. |
| April 18, 2008 |
1 in 33 Homeowners Projected To Be In Foreclosure Within The Next Two Years
In some states, the outlook is especially grim; for instance, nearly one in 11 homeowners in Nevada is projected to be in foreclosure and one in 18 Arizona homeowners may face the same circumstance over the next two years. |
| April 18, 2008 |
Report: Economic Outlook Less Dismal
After five straight months of declines, The Conference Board's U.S. leading index for March showed a slight uptick in the outlook for the economy. |
| April 18, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Flat In Freddie Mac's Latest Survey |
| April 18, 2008 |
Freddie Mac To Buy Conforming Jumbo Mortgages In High Cost Markets From Foud Lenders
Temporary Stimulus Act Authority May Add $10-$15 Billion in Mortgage Sales This Year |
| April 16, 2008 |
REFIs, FHA Lead Increase In Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Home loan application volume rose 2.5 percent last week as interest rates across all loan types declined, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today. |
| April 16, 2008 |
Housing Starts, Permits Hit Lowest Rate Since 1991
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing units authorized by building permits dropped about 40.9 percent year-over-year in March, to 927,000. This rate is a projection of a monthly total over a 12-month period, adjusted to account for seasonal fluctuations in construction activity of privately owned housing. |
| April 16, 2008 |
Regulator Sees Increased Risk to Fannie, Freddie
Companies backed or bought 3 in 4 home loans in Q4 '07 |
| April 15, 2008 |
Nation Now In Mild Recession, Says NAHB Chief Economist Printer Friendly
The deepening slump in the nation’s housing markets has seriously eroded consumer sentiment and pushed the economy into a mild recession, according to the chief economist for the NAHB. |
| April 15, 2008 |
REiSource Targets Title Industry
web Portal Offers Access to Property Data and Tools
First American CoreLogic today announced the debut of REiSource, a new Web-based real estate information portal designed for the title insurance industry. |
| April 11, 2008 |
PMI Sees Less Risk of Price Declines in Most Major Markets |
| April 11, 2008 |
No Big Changes in Mortgage Rates This Week |
| April 10, 2008 |
Bush Administration Beats Dems to The Punch on FHA Expansion
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| April 7, 2008 |
Suspected Mortgage Fraud Up 42% in 2007
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| April 7, 2008 |
VA Extends Rescission Date |
| April 5, 2008 |
Over 14,000 1st Quarter Mortgage Layoffs |
| April 4, 2008 |
Freddie Mac Requires Remediation Plan From Triad Guaranty Following Ratings Downgrade |
| April 4, 2008 |
Long-Term Mortgage Rates Drift Slightly Upward This Week |
| April 3, 2008 |
FHA to Require Second Appraisal Requirements/Limits on Cash-Out Refinances |
| April 2, 2008 |
Mortgage Applications Decrease In Latest MBA Weekly Survey |
| April 1, 2008 |
Lack Of Flood Insurance Puts Illinois Residents At Risk |
| April 1, 2008 |
Home Construction Spending Falls in February |
| April 1, 2008 |
Rising Flood Waters Threaten Many Homes and Businesses
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| March 31, 2008 |
Fannie Mae Expands Forbearance Term |
| March 31, 2008 |
Jackson To Step Down As HUD Secretary |
| March 28, 2008 |
Second-Home Sales Accounted For One-Third of Transactions in 2007 |
| March 27, 2008 |
No Drastic Changes Experienced This Week with Mortgage Rates |
| March 27, 2008 |
E-LOAN to Offer FHA Loans |
| March 26, 2008 |
New-home Sales Hit 13-year Low
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| March 26, 2008 |
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Provides Information for Midwest Flood Insurance Customers |
| March 26, 2008 |
MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Jumped 48% Last Week |
| March 26, 2008 |
PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Forms Homeownership Preservation Team |
| March 25, 2008 |
Home Loan Banks Get Green Light for Agency MBS Purchases |
| March 25, 2008 |
Feds Indict 20 in Foreclosure Rescue Schemes |
| March 25, 2008 |
Existing Home Sales Rise In February |
| March 21, 2008 |
Long-term Mortgage Rates Plummet - Short-Term Rates Barely Changed
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| March 20, 2008 |
PMI Needs Capital to Keep Ratings Required By Fannie, Freddie |
| March 20, 2008 |
Thornburg Mortgage Creditors Agree to One-year Breather |
| March 19, 2008 |
Mortgage Application Volume Declines |
| March 18, 2008 |
Democrats Back Massive Expansion of FHA Guarantees |
| March 18, 2008 |
Builder Confidence Remains Unchanged In March |
| March 15, 2008 |
Long- And Short-term Mortgage Rates Rise This Week |
| March 13, 2008 |
Freddie Mac Provides Update on Purchases of Conforming Jumbo Mortgages |
| March 12, 2008 |
Builder Confidence In Condo Market Declines Again Printer Friendly |
| March 12, 2008 |
MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell Slightly Last Week |
| March 7, 2008 |
Weak Economic Reports Drive Mortgage Rates Downward |
| March 6, 2008 |
Flat Existing-Home Sales Likely Before Gradual Recovery |
| March 5, 2008 |
Mortgage Applications Up Slightly in Latest MBA Weekly Survey |
| March 4, 2008 |
HUD Releases 2006 GSE Mortgage Data |
| March 3, 2008 |
Senate Won't Hear Bankruptcy Cramdown Bill |
| February 29, 2008 |
Lackluster Housing Market Sees A Jump In Mortgage Interest Rates This Week |
| February 28, 2008 |
NAHB: Economy May Be Headed for 'red Zone' |
| February 27, 2008 |
Refi Drop Drives Decline in Mortgage Apps, Purchase Applications Unchanged in Latest MBA Weekly Survey |
| February 27, 2008 |
New-Home Sales Move Lower In January |
| February 26, 2008 |
Widespread House Price Declines In Fourth Quarter |
| February 25, 2008 |
Existing-Homes Sales Slip in January as Some Potential Buyers Wait on Sidelines |
| February 25, 2008 |
Bankruptcy Cram Downs Rolled Into Foreclosure Relief Bill
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| February 22, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Near January Levels In Freddie Mac's Weekly Survey |
| February 20, 2008 |
Housing Starts Remain Virtually Flat in January |
| February 20, 2008 |
Mortgage Application Volume Plumments |
| February 20, 2008 |
Fixed-Rate Mortgages Dominate Refinance Market |
| February 18, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Flat On Continued News Of A Weak Economy |
| February 14, 2008 |
Economic Stimulus Bill Signed Into Law: Fannie, Freddie and FHA to Back Jumbo Loans |
| February 14, 2008 |
Metro Areas Show Greatly Mixed Home Price Performance; Half Show Gains |
| February 13, 2008 |
MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Declined 2.1% Last Week |
| February 13, 2008 |
MGIC Swings to $1.5B Loss in 4Q |
| February 12, 2008 |
Raising Conforming Loan Limit Not a Simple Task |
| February 11, 2008 |
FHA Reaching Out To 850,000 At-Risk Homeowners |
| February 11, 2008 |
Cash-Out Refinance Share Falls In Fourth Quarter |
| February 8, 2008 |
Congress OKs Stimulus Bill, Loan Limit Increase |
| February 8, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Flat On Continued News Of A Weak Economy |
| February 5, 2008 |
Freddie Mac Sets New Multifamily Record For Business Transacted In 2007: Up 55 Percent Over 2006 |
| February 5, 2008 |
MBA Reports Commercial/Multifamily Originations Down in Q4 |
| February 4, 2008 |
Merrill Lynch To Reimburse Springfield, MA |
| February 1, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Bounce Back From Four-week Downward Trend |
| February 1, 2008 |
Moody's Reviewing Mortgage Insurers |
| February 1, 2008 |
Company Offers Online Title Insurance |
| January 31, 2008 |
Senate Committee Oks Stimulus Package |
| January 30, 2008 |
Refinancings Push Mortgage Application Volume Higher |
| January 30, 2008 |
House Ok's Temporary Increase in Loan Limits |
| January 29, 2008 |
Nevada Had Top Foreclosure Rate in 2007 |
| January 28, 2008 |
Weak-New Home Sales Show Need For Housing Stimulus |
| January 25, 2008 |
Fixed-rate Mortgage Rates Plummet To Lowest Levels Since Spring 2004 |
| January 24, 2008 |
First American CoreLogic Releases November 2007 LoanPerformance House Price Index |
| January 24, 2008 |
Existing-home Sales Down in December But 2007 Was Fifth Highest on Record |
| January 24, 2008 |
Old Republic 4Q Profit Falls 81 Percent |
| January 24, 2008 |
Homeowners Protection Act Qualifies for June 2008 Ballot and Offers Strong Eminent Domain Protections |
| January 23, 2008 |
Refinancing Drives Increase In Mortgage Applications In Latest MBA Weekly Survey |
| January 22, 2008 |
Governor Denies Request to Put Title Insurance Reform on Legislature's Agenda This Session |
| January 22, 2008 |
Title Insurance Not on Legislature’s Agenda |
| January 18, 2008 |
Builders Continue to Reduce New Housing Production in December |
| January 17, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Down For the Third Consecutive Week - Lowest Level Since July 2005 |
| January 16, 2008 |
CEO Confidence Declines Again, The Conference Board Reports |
| January 16, 2008 |
Chase, Wells Fargo say they can weather subprime storm - S&P's warns of bigger losses on 2006 loans |
| January 16, 2008 |
Refinancing Leads Jump In Mortgage Applications
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| January 15, 2008 |
MBA Forecast: Slow Economic Growth in 2008 and Fewer Mortgage Originations in 2008 and 2009 |
| January 14, 2008 |
Industry Reacts to Countrywide, BofA Deal - Merger Seen as Better than Alternatives |
| January 14, 2008 |
New Mexico AG Asking for Lower Title Insurance Rates |
| January 10, 2008 |
Weak Economic Reports Lead To Plummeting Mortgage Rates - 30-Year Fixed-Rates Lowest Since Sept 2005 |
| January 9, 2008 |
Mortgage Loan Volume Rebounded Last Week |
| January 9, 2008 |
Stable Existing-Home Sales Expected in Early 2008, then Gradual Rise |
| January 9, 2008 |
Baltimore Sues Wells Fargo for Subprimes |
| January 8, 2008 |
Countrywide denies bankruptcy rumors
Trading in company's stock resumes after run |
| January 8, 2008 |
Mortgage Industry Lays Off 86,000 in 2007
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| January 8, 2008 |
Subprime' is Linguists' Word of Year
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| January 4, 2008 |
Mortgage Rates Fall To Lowest Level In Four Weeks |
| January 3, 2008 |
Outreach Housing LLC Addresses National Foreclosure Crisis, Defending Victims of Lending Industry and Offering $1.2 Billion in Defensive Relief |
| January 3, 2008 |
Bankruptcy Rates Fall for Second Year |
| January 3, 2008 |
Two title insurance companies ordered to pay over $240,000 in penalties |
| January 3, 2008 |
Loan Applications Lowest Since July 2006 |
| January 2, 2008 |
Existing-Home Sales Rise in November, Market Likely Stabilizing |
| January 2, 2008 |
U.S. Home Prices Likely to Fall 10 Percent |
