Real Estate Investing News
Real Estate Investing News
Judicial States Continue to Skew Foreclosure Statistics
Posted To: MND NewsWire There were substantial improvements in delinquency rates during the first quarter of 2012 according to the National Delinquency Survey for the period … [Link]
MBS RECAP: Another Logical Day Of Record Highs
Posted To: MBS Commentary MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary We characterized yesterday as "logical and well contained" with the benefit of some … [Link]
Mortgage Rates Steady At All-Time Lows Thanks To Europe And The Fed
Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch Mortgage Rates are steady to slightly improved today following as Europe's fiscal woes continue providing downward pressure on US … [Link]
Concerns Grow Over Freddie/Fannie Price Dislocations
Posted To: Secondary Markets One of the themes discussed at the MBA’s recent conference in New York was the idea of “a … [Link]
"Mega-Lenders" Lagging Smaller Ones in Processing Time
Posted To: MND NewsWire Small and medium-sized lenders and community banks appear to be closing loans for refinancing faster than their "mega-lender" counterparts … [Link]
Stats Point to a Decent Housing Market; Nationstar and ResCap; Europe Continues to Move Rates
Posted To: Pipeline Press Obama played golf with Joe Biden last weekend. They were kicked off the course because every time Obama yelled … [Link]
MBS MID-DAY: After Merkel-Speak Soothes, Draghi Speaks Sooth
Posted To: MBS Commentary MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary The main market-mover this morning was a CNBC interview with Angela Merkel. In it, the German … [Link]
Single Family Construction Strengthens, Multi-family Falls Sharply
Posted To: MND NewsWire Permits for construction of multi-family housing plummeted in April, offsetting a small increase in single family permits and dropping the total down 7 … [Link]
Mortgage delinquencies drop to 4-year low
The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers' group said Wednesday. [Link]
Ending Uncertainty is Prescription for Housing Recovery
Posted To: MND NewsWire Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth A. Duke told attendees at a break-out session of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Midyear Legislative … [Link]
Refinancing Applications Jump by Double Digits
Posted To: MND NewsWire Refinancing activity spiked during the week ended May 11, rising 13.0 percent from the previous week's level according to the Weekly Mortgage … [Link]
The Day Ahead: Moderate Morning Econ With Fed Minutes In The PM
Posted To: MBS Commentary Wednesday looks to be a different animal than Tuesday's rather logical and well-contained session. Yesterday boasted one of the … [Link]
George Lucas proposes affordable housing plan
The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area's residents thwarted the plan. [Link]
BofA offering up to $30K for short sales
Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure. [Link]
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady At All Time Lows
Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch Mortgage Rates paused their recent trend of moderate improvement today to hold steady near all-time lows. Despite an abundance of … [Link]
MBS RECAP: Despite Tons of Data, Greece Remains Dominant Market Motivator
Posted To: MBS Commentary MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary Today we got to see just how inconsequential our domestic data can be in the face of global … [Link]
Agencies Absolved of Causing Meltdown; Fifth Third Cuts HARP 2.0; Europe Approves Basel III
Posted To: Pipeline Press "Apparently, I'm supposed to be more outraged by what Mitt Romney does with his money, than by what Barack Obama … [Link]
