Short Takes: Low Home Sales, Gradual Price Increases / Wells to Sell Part of Commercial Servicing Business / Forbearance Levels Increase / Better’s Stock Split August 20, 2024 Brandon Ivey Home prices increased by 0.2% on a monthly basis in July, according to Redfin.Read More
Purchase-Mortgage Volume Up Slightly in First Half of 2024 August 16, 2024 Brandon Ivey Lenders pinned the underwhelming growth on elevated interest rates and a limited inventory of homes for sale.Read More
Appeals Court Rules TILA Protections Apply to HELOCs August 16, 2024 Shannon Clark HELOCs can fall under the definition of a "credit card plan" included in the Truth in Lending Act's offset provision, according to the appeals court.Read More
Early-Stage Delinquencies Up; Serious Delinquencies at 40-Year Low August 16, 2024 Brandon Ivey The seriously delinquent rate fell to 1.01% at the end of June.Read More
OCC Rejects Bank’s Request for Capital Treatment of SPV August 16, 2024 Brandon Ivey The assets in the SPV include some type of service contracts, intellectual property, software and hardware.Read More
Short Takes: Housing Starts Drop / Applications for Loans on New Homes Up / Interest Rates on Mortgages Go Up, Momentarily? August 16, 2024 Brandon Ivey Housing starts in the south were impacted by Hurricane Beryl though activity also declined modestly in some other regions in July.Read More
Correspondents, Brokers Gain Agency Share in 2Q August 15, 2024 Brandon Ivey Correspondent and broker loans were more heavily weighted toward purchase mortgages in the second quarter compared with the retail channel.Read More
Annaly’s Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance Pace Slows Slightly August 15, 2024 Brandon Ivey Annaly Capital Management is set to issue its 12th expanded-credit MBS of the year.Read More
Consumer Complaints to CFPB Increase in 2Q, Led by Credit Reporting August 15, 2024 Shannon Clark Total complaints from users of financial services increased 25.9% on a quarterly basis to a record high of 604,174 in the second quarter of 2024.Read More
Lenders Make Plans to Recapture Borrowers With Refis August 15, 2024 Brandon Ivey Servicers have cited investments in technology to better track when a borrower might refinance, and investments in call center operations to complete the refis.Read More