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Freddie Mac makes loan data available

Freddie Mac says it will disclose performance data on a swath of single-family loans that it purchased over a 13-year period representing about 53 percent of Freddie Mac’s total mortgage acquisitions, or 15.7 million mortgages, from Jan. 1, 1999 to … Continue reading

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Jumbo Mortgage Divide Starts Shrinking

“The jumbo market has heated up, as tight lending guidelines have drastically reduced consumer late payments, strategic defaults, and foreclosures,” wrote Julian Hebron, a mortgage banker in California and author of the blog The Basis Point. “This gives investors confidence … Continue reading

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Americans Are Using Their Houses as ATMs Again

With home prices up 8 percent year-over-year in December, according to the latest reading from CoreLogic, homeowners are regaining home equity at a fast clip—1.4 million borrowers rose above water on their mortgages through the end of September. That number … Continue reading

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NAREE accepting entries for real estate writing competitions

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Home Prices Rise, but Analysts See Pressure Ahead

While sales of existing homes are still on a bumpy road to recovery, home prices are seeing steady gains.  Nationally, prices rose 2.6 percent in August, according to a repeat sales index from Lender Processing Services. Prices are up an … Continue reading

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Regulator Claims New Rules Will Loosen Mortgage Lending

Ask any real estate agent, home builder or home buyer what is the biggest barrier to entry in today’s housing market, and the likely answer will be: tight credit. The lax lending of the latest housing crash is no more, … Continue reading

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How Investors Are Skewing Home Price Recovery

Home prices finally appear to be catching up with the increase in overall sales pace. That is usually the case, as prices lag sales on the way up and on the way down.  The latest reading from SP/Case-Shiller, which employs … Continue reading

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Why Millions of Americans Still Can’t Refinance Their Mortgage

Mortgage rates hit new lows and applications to refinance fell for the third straight week. It defies logic, unless of course you operate in today’s tight mortgage market. It’s not just about the rate anymore. Negative equity, strict underwriting and … Continue reading

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Refi Boom Benefits Borrowers and Big Banks

Millions of Americans are saving billions of dollars in monthly mortgage payments, thanks to record-low interest rates. The refinance market is booming, now at 78 percent of residential mortgage activity, according to the latest read from the Mortgage Bankers Association. … Continue reading

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New FHA Foreclosures Spike

As lenders continue to try to modify delinquent mortgages or offer foreclosure alternatives, like short sales or deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, the number of loans entering the foreclosure process are falling. So-called “foreclosure starts” were down 2.6 percent in April from … Continue reading

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