Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported record lows in the volume of mortgages that sellers repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2016 because of manufacturing defects, an exclusive new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis reveals. Mortgage seller repurchases or other indemnification to the two government-sponsored enterprises totaled $207.31 million in the final three months of 2016. That was down 37.0 percent from the previous quarter and ... [Includes two data charts]
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As interest rates continue to inch upward and refinance activity drops, it stands to reason that more residential lenders will move to cut staff, if they haven’t already. But so far, there have be no major layoffs – at least none that have been registered. But that doesn’t mean industry executives aren’t thinking about it. According to interviews conducted by Inside Mortgage Trends over the past month, it’s a mixed bag when it comes to hiring. Non-agency/nonprime lenders such as ...
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The homeownership rate fell for the 12th consecutive year in 2016, hitting levels last seen 50 years ago. While industry analysts expect that the homeownership rate will stop declining in the coming years, growth will likely be constrained. The annual homeownership rate in 2016 was 63.4 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That was down from a rate of 63.7 percent the previous year and from a peak of 69.0 percent in 2004. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic ...
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Distress in the housing market has an impact on the location and types of jobs individuals are willing to take, according to research by the National Bureau of Economic Research. During the most recent recession, distressed borrowers tended to apply for fewer jobs that required relocation and looked for lower-level positions, according to an NBER working paper by Jennifer Brown of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and David Matsa of ...
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Commercial banks and savings institutions reported a combined $5.479 billion in net income from mortgage-banking activity during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call-report data. The industry’s mortgage-banking income was up 5.8 percent from the third quarter, lifting the total for the year to $17.544 billion. That was down 4.6 percent from 2015. Bank of America ranked as the top earner in ... [Includes one data chart]
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Mortgage balances, the largest component of household debt, rose during the fourth quarter of 2016 as more households took on new mortgage debt during the period, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The NY Fed’s latest quarterly report on household debt and credit said balances on basic household debt rose in the fourth quarter due partly to stronger, new extensions of mortgage credit. Specifically, mortgage balances shown on consumer credit ...
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