Mortgages

Southwestern housing markets had the largest annual changes in median monthly home loan payments, with one increasing more than 30%, according to Redfin.

Effects of major economic announcements this summer have had little impact on the lending market, with averages remaining under 3% since July.

Single-family home construction also increased across communities of all sizes, but notably in outlying metro areas.

About 400,000 plans are scheduled to drop out in September based on the limits afforded by the CARES Act.

The 30-year average has remained below 3% for two months.

The extension in the number of days investors are locked out of the process comes amid a broader push by the Biden administration to boost access to affordable housing.

The White House and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced steps to help nonprofits and public agencies buy foreclosed properties, among other initiatives, as part of a plan to boost supply over the next three years.

More than 500,000 houses were potentially affected by this type of damage from the more recent storm, which was the second-most intense storm in Louisiana’s history.

Meanwhile, property values across the U.S. have increased for 40 quarters in a row, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Distressed homeowners who first took advantage of deferrals in March of last year will either start repayment or look for new solutions in September.

None of the leading areas ranked by investor share of sales were in the Golden State during 2020, in contrast to the state’s dominance on the list in the wake of the Great Recession.

All but 501 of the loans in the pool were assessed following the new general QM rule. Otherwise, the pool is largely comprised of jumbo, prime loans.

The end of many COVID relief plans in September have the industry holding its breath, with outcomes potentially foreshadowing the months to come.

The underlying loans in the collateral pool is nearly sterling in quality, with full-documentation underwriting, and WA loan seasoning of 30-plus months.

Despite “color blind” underwriting algorithms, loan denial rates on mortgages that were not backed by the Federal Housing Administration and the VA skewed heavily toward minority groups, according to a study by The Markup.

Increasing COVID-19 numbers offset promising economic figures, resulting in minimal changes.

The deal appears to take advantage of a shift in federal rules reducing the level of non-owner-occupied loans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase.

Sales of new U.S. homes rose in July for the first time in four months, helped in part by additional inventory and indicating still-firm underlying demand.

The overall pace of both entries and exits slowed, even as the private-label securities and portfolio loan segment saw a spike in its numbers.

Refinancing, high home prices, the concentration of pandemic-related hardships in the FHA market, and the lingering impact of last year’s market disruption all likely played a role in the intensified discrepancy.