Short Takes: Home Price Appreciation Slows / Limited Demand for Large Home-Improvement Projects / Applications Decline / Angel Oak Ramping Up MBS Issuance May 21, 2025 Brandon Ivey Annual home price appreciation in April 2025 increased at the slowest rate since 2012.Read More
Builder Buydowns (Including the Rate Variety) Distorting Home Values? May 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey As one builder noted, “The great thing that the mortgage rate buydowns do is they protect the integrity of your sales backlog."Read More
The Fed’s Coming Rate Cut? Not So Fast… May 19, 2025 Paul Muolo Mortgage bankers are hoping for a strong May and June to tide them over.Read More
Georgia Depository Goes Where Few Banks Wander: Non-QM Wholesale May 19, 2025 Abby Zimmardi American Pride Bank’s new unit is called APB Wholesale and has a keen focus on non-QMs.Read More
FHA, VA Gain MI Market Share in First Quarter May 16, 2025 John Bancroft The FHA/VA share of primary MI volume increased from 60.5% of activity in the fourth quarter of 2024 to 63.8% in the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Short Takes: Freddie Updates LPA / UWM Launches New Tech / Foreclosures Steady in April / Homebuilder Confidence Wavers May 16, 2025 Brandon Ivey Freddie is touting the use of machine learning in LPA and cost savings for lenders.Read More
Refis Drive Agency MBS Issuance Up in April May 15, 2025 John Bancroft April’s gain came mostly from a 32.2% jump in securitization of refinance loans.Read More
Angel Oak REIT Plans $40 Million Debt Offering May 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey Proceeds from the offering could be used for investments in non-qualified mortgages and other assets.Read More
Republicans Look to Boost Production of Manufactured Housing May 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey “In many areas of our nation, starter homes simply do not exist at an affordable price,” said Rep. John Rose, R-TN.Read More
Pulte Provides More Details on Fraud Involving GSEs May 15, 2025 Dennis Hollier “I think we’ve referred five or six different people to the DOJ, just in terms of Chinese and North Koreans working in the companies,” Pulte said.Read More
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