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Purchase Loans Dominate in 2018, Refi Share Up in 4Q18

The one bright spot in the residential mortgage market last year was purchase-mortgage lending, which provided at least a faint glow in an otherwise dreary year for lenders. [Includes four data charts.] Read More

Warehouse Commitments Decline, Usage Rates Plunge

Warehouse lenders ended the year with $64.0 billion of commitments on their books, a modest 1.4% sequential decline and flat compared to the same period a year ago, according to survey figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.] Read More

Mortgage Performance Strong at End of 2018

Mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates shrunk in the fourth quarter of 2018, helped by tight underwriting standards along with a strong economy and home price trends. [Includes one data chart.] Read More

Borrowers Averse to Refis, Even When They’re Free

Do you trust your mortgage lender? This turns out to be a crucial question when it comes to persuading borrowers to refinance their homes, according to a paper by researchers at the Columbia Business School. The answer they got: Not so much. Read More

How Soon Can the Calabria Vote Reach the Senate Floor?

This week, Mark Calabria moved a step closer to heading the Federal Housing Finance Agency. His nomination as the agency’s director was approved by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on a party-line vote of 13-12. Read More

Bipartisan Credit Bureau Overhaul Begins

In a show of bipartisanship, work on reforms in the credit bureau industry kicked off this week, with legislation circulating and the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing testimony from CEOs of three major rating agencies. Read More

Money-Losing Zillow Eyes Mortgage Growth

Zillow Group, which has tentacles in the mortgage industry, in late February announced that Rich Barton, the firm’s co-founder and former CEO, is returning as chief executive. Spencer Rascoff, a co-founder who has served as Zillow’s chief since 2010, will step down but will stay on as a director. Read More

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Inside Mortgage Finance

March 1, 2019

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Purchase Loans Dominate in 2018, Refi Share Up in 4Q18

Warehouse Commitments Decline, Usage Rates Plunge

Mortgage Performance Strong at End of 2018

Borrowers Averse to Refis, Even When They’re Free

How Soon Can the Calabria Vote Reach the Senate Floor?

Bipartisan Credit Bureau Overhaul Begins

Money-Losing Zillow Eyes Mortgage Growth

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March 1, 2019

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As homeowner equity continues to build, more and more lenders are launching home equity lending products. Are you thinking of joining this market?