ICE Mortgage Technology has launched its own publicly available weekly average prime offer rate [APOR] index, the company announced Tuesday. The APOR index is the underlying interest rate source used to determine what qualifies as a higher-priced mortgage loan under federal regulations. For more than a decade, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published the […]
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Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday. READ MORE: GSE overhaul talk revives as key players meet “This is essential to averting the
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The Federal Housing Finance Board is reportedly back in action after a long hiatus, leading to speculation that the Trump administration could be working on taking its next steps forward in contemplating government-sponsored enterprise reform. The heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservator and regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Housing and Urban
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The American Bankers Association voiced its concerns over a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau final rule to eliminate a pandemic-era policy affecting loss-mitigation procedures that brought flexibility to servicers. While stating its support to the easing of some regulations proposed since the beginning of the second Trump term, the ABA urged the bureau to retain
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Not only does the full panel of economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer feel the Federal Open Market Committee will not cut short-term rates at its meeting today and tomorrow, less than 10% expect it to act in July. The Blue Chip Economic Indicators report also soundly discounts Pres. Trump’s call for the Fed Funds Rate
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Confidence among US homebuilders fell to the lowest level since December 2022 in June, with potential buyers deterred by high mortgage rates and anxiety about tariffs and the economy. A gauge of market conditions from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo slipped 2 points to 32 this month. Economists expected 36 in
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Housing permits fell in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders. This marks the fourth month in a row of depressed housing permits, a sign that builders continue to pull back on construction amid an anemic housing market. Nationwide permits to build single-family homes were down 4.7% through April compared to the same
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AGENTS: Did you know you can share a personalized version of this post? Learn more! Infographics Some Highlights There’s a misconception going around that you have to put 20% of the purchase price down when you buy a home. But the truth is, many people don’t put down that much unless they’re trying to make
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The Mortgage Bankers Association has begun to study the feasibility of reducing the government-related mortgage market’s traditional three credit-report pull to a single one, putting a new twist on an old proposal. President and CEO Bob Broeksmit said in a recent blog that the move could fit in with an industry regulator’s interest in promoting
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The story for the housing market over the past three years has been, “Home sales are down, home prices are up.” Because inventory was so restricted after the pandemic, prices pushed higher even as demand weakened. That story may finally be inverting as unsold inventory of homes is now great enough that home prices are
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