Broker originations delivered to the GSEs increased by 16.0 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter, the biggest gain among the three production channels.
Some 32 percent of first-time homebuyers said that referrals from friends, family or co-workers had a major influence on their choice of lender, compared with only 18 percent of repeat homebuyers.
The CFPB brought an enforcement action against RMK Financial Corp., a California-based mortgage lender, for allegedly using deceptive mortgage advertising practices, including ads that led consumers to believe that the company was affiliated with the U.S. government.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will continue removing barriers to delivering home-loan benefits to veterans and service members in 2015, focusing more on further improvements in appraisal and servicing.
George Mason University real estate professor Anthony Sanders, a former head of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities research at Deutsche Bank, took issue this week with a recent report from the Urban Institute which suggested that residential mortgage credit is still too tight because there are 4 million fewer mortgages originated this year than in 2001, before the housing bubble.
Strong purchase lending to military personnel and first-time homebuyers allowed Navy Federal Credit Union to exceed the $1 billion mark in March, the best month in the credit union’s history.
Carrington Mortgage Services announced on Tuesday that it will offer the FHA 203k Full loan program through its national wholesale lending division, which should be especially attractive for first-time homebuyers purchasing a “fixer-upper.”
Despite the drought, a Fannie spokesman issued a statement saying, “Bank of America continues to be an important seller-servicer for Fannie Mae, including servicing a sizable book of loans that we own.”
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