Housing markets

The overall mortgage delinquency rate improved in the third quarter as the economy got healthier while late-stage delinquencies hit a decade high, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Growing equity levels increased the share of equity-rich and pulled borrowers out from underwater in the third quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.

The race enters a complicated phase that could impact financial markets.

With a dearth of inventory, September generated the largest price growth in the housing market since May 2014, according to CoreLogic.

Mortgage application fraud risk dropped drastically from 2019 with the spike in refinances, but the fallout from the coronavirus means next year could come with more risk, according to CoreLogic.

But an expected drop in refinancings as mortgage rates rise should more than cancel that out, resulting in declining overall volume through 2023.

While overall mortgage delinquency rates slowly descend, serious delinquencies — especially loans past 120 days due — jumped in July, according to CoreLogic.

Mortgage rates remained flat this week, a sign that the bottom has possibly been reached, but the housing market looks to remain strong for the near future, according to Freddie Mac.

Low mortgage rates and strained supply drove the housing market price growth to a 26-month high in August, according to CoreLogic.

Three nonprofits look to create or preserve 10,000 units, vowing to fight off firms like Blackstone and Colony Capital, which bought up foreclosed homes after Great Recession.