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Mortgage & RE News
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| Mortgage Rates Inch Slightly Lower It was a fairly boring day on what has turned out to be a fairly boring week so far for mortgage rates. After Friday's larger spike, we've seen a microscopic recovery on each of the past 2 days.... | ||
| LO Survey; Dashboard, MERS Audit, POS, Sevicing, Audit Tools; LOs and Real ... “Why is Ireland so expensive? House prices are always Dublin'.” Those days are temporarily over in the United States, and the pendulum is quickly swinging to more inventory and price cuts in many plac... | ||
| Mortgage Rates a Hair Lower to Start The Week As hoped, Friday's big rate spike did not carry additional momentum into the new week. This is occasionally a risk when rates are responding to big surprise in the jobs report, but slightly less... | ||
| Fee Cure, Short-Term Rental Appraisal, Servicing, Move-Up Products; Freddie... For the next several days I am in Florida, in mortgage meetings and the MBAF, and in Saturday’s Commentary I noted the intense flurry of conference activity this week and last (“the MBA’s Chairman’s C... | ||
| Mortgage Rates Jump Back Toward 7% After Jobs Report Mortgage rates have enjoyed a nice run since May 21st, with the MND Index (average top tier 30yr fixed scenarios) falling from a recent peak of 7.08% to this week's low of 6.87%. As recently as yester... | ||
| Application Demand Ebbs For Both Purchases and Refis The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest survey showed a pullback in mortgage applications, with rates dipping slightly after a three-week climb. The week’s numbers were also affected by the Me... | ||
| Correspondent, Warehouse, HELOC, Broker, Coaching Products; Training and Ev... Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. “My granddad was responsible for 25 downed German planes in WW II. To this day, he is still known as the worst mechanic the Luftwaffe ever had.” On the annivers... | ||
| Mortgage Rates Little Changed, But Friday Could See a Bigger Move Mortgage rates began the day perfectly in line with yesterday's latest levels for the average lender. By the afternoon, the underlying bond market had lost enough ground that a handful of lenders were... | ||
| Hedging, Reverse 2nd Lien, HELOC, Borrower Portal, Broker, 2nd Mortgage Pro... The last time I was in Florida I saw a bumper sticker that said, “I thought growing old would take longer.” This weekend I return to the Sunshine State (the MBAF’s Eastern Secondary is coming up), and... | ||
| Biggest Daily Drop For Mortgage Rates in Over a Month Whether or not today's drop in rates is meaningful depends on one's perspective, but in the context of recent rate movement, it's definitely noticeable. The simplest way to think about the impro... | ||
| MBS Pooling, HELOC, Verification Tools; Listings Hit All-Time High; Margina... As the world is watching the chicks learn to fly on the eagle cam, in the human world there are more “For Sale” signs. You know that problem we’ve had with inventory for years? Although all real estat... | ||
| Uneventful Day For Mortgage Rates Sometimes a Tuesday is just a Tuesday for mortgage rates. In the present week, any day is capable of generating some volatility due to one of several economic reports on the calendar. This... | ||
| Borrower Psychology, Marketing, DSCR, AUS for Non-QM; Note on LO Strategy; ... My cat Myrtle never seemed to listen, but heard lots. LOs can hear the difference, when dealing with a borrower, between “What is your rate?” versus “Can you help me?” Hearing is important, listening ... | ||
| Mortgage Rates Edge Higher to Start Busy Week Mortgage rates have been in an exceptionally narrow range since last Tuesday with the 30yr fixed index hovering just under 7%. The average lender is just a hair higher today versus last Friday, ... | ||
| POS, Borrower Interface, Ops, Verification Tools; Conv. Conforming News Any lender or mortgage loan originator hoping for lower rates to spur business is learning that hope is not a strategy. “Rob, you’re always talking about inflation, so here’s an example of wage inflat... | ||