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By Dennis Norman, on May 16th, 2011
The national mortgage delinquency rate for homeowners that are 60 or more days past due decreased in the first quarter of 2011 marking the fifth consecutive quarterly decline according to a report released today by TransUnion. The report shows mortgage delinquencies for the first quarter of 2011 were down 3.4 percent from the
Continue reading… Mortgage Loan Delinquency Rate Decreased for 5th Consecutive Quarter; Mortgage Loan Demand down as well
By Dennis Norman, on May 11th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending March 18, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 6.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home Purchase Mortgage Activity Increases; Interest rates decline to lowest rate since last year
By Dennis Norman, on May 5th, 2011
First quarter 2011 commercial and multifamily mortgage originations were 89 percent higher than during the same period last year and 25 percent lower than during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The decrease from fourth quarter 2010
Continue reading… Commercial/Multifamily First Quarter 2011 Loan Originations Increase 89 Percent Over Year Ago
By Dennis Norman, on May 4th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending April 29, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 0.3 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home Purchase Mortgage Activity Increases Slightly; Interest rates decline to lowest rate since last year
By Dennis Norman, on April 20th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending April 15, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 10.0 percent from the week before to its highest level since December 3, 2010.
Continue reading… Home Purchase Mortgage Activity Increases to Highest Level in Over Four Months; Interest rates decline
By Dennis Norman, on April 13th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending April 8, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 4.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home Purchase and Refinance Mortgage Activity Drops; Interest rates rise for fourth week in a row
By Dennis Norman, on April 6th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending April 1, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 6.7 percent from the week before bringing it to the highest level this year thus far.
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase to highlest level for the year; interest rates hold steady
By Dennis Norman, on March 23rd, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending March 18, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 2.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increased slightly; interest rates hold steady
By Dennis Norman, on March 16th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending March 11, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 4.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications decline; interest rates drop
By Dennis Norman, on March 9th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning, for the week ending March 4, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 12.5 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is
Continue reading… Home purchase and refinance mortgage applications jump; interest rates tick up
By Dennis Norman, on March 2nd, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 25, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 6.1 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 2.2 percent.
By Dennis Norman, on February 17th, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers Association released the results of it’s National Delinquency Survey for the 4th quarter of 2010 and it shows very mixed results. On the positive side of things, overall mortgage loan delinquency in the U.S. has dropped to 8.22 percent which is the lowest rate since 4th quarter 2008 when the rate
Continue reading… Mortgage loan delinquency hits 2 year low; foreclose rate ties highest on record
By Dennis Norman, on February 16th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 1, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 5.9 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 1.9 percent.
By Dennis Norman, on February 9th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 4, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 1.4 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 0.8 percent.
By Dennis Norman, on February 2nd, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending January 28, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 9.5 percent from the week before.
By Dennis Norman, on January 12th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending January 7, 2011, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 3.7 percent from the week before.
By Dennis Norman, on January 5th, 2011
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 31, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 0.8 percent from the week before.
By Dennis Norman, on December 22nd, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 10, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 2.5 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications decrease; refinance activity plummets
By Dennis Norman, on December 14th, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 10, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 5.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications decrease; interest rates on the rise
By Dennis Norman, on December 8th, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 3, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.8 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase hitting 7 month high
By Dennis Norman, on December 1st, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 26, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.1 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase as do interest rates for the week
By Dennis Norman, on November 24th, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 19, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase), after taking a dip last week following increases for the prior three consecutive weeks, increased 14.4 percent
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications jump as home buyers come to life
By Dennis Norman, on November 17th, 2010
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 12, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) after increasing three-c0nsecutive weeks, decreased 5.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications decline as interest rates jump
By Dennis Norman, on November 15th, 2010
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Last week the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (the group that is supposed to figure out how to rescue our country out of the financial quicksand it’s in) issued a draft proposal of a plan the committee says “will make America better off tomorrow than it is today”.
In
Continue reading… Mortgage Bankers Cautions Against Cutting Back Mortgage Interest Deduction
By Dennis Norman, on November 10th, 2010
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 5, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 5.5 percent from the week before marking the third consecutive weekly increase. The
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase for third consecutive week; interest rates hold steady
By Dennis Norman, on November 3rd, 2010
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 29, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.4 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase; refinance activity drops for third-straight week
By Dennis Norman, on October 27th, 2010
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 22, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 3.9 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications increase as interest rates fall slightly
By Dennis Norman, on October 20th, 2010
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 15, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 6.7 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications drop; interest rates creep up slightly
By Dennis Norman, on October 15th, 2010
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In a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, John A. Courson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that the MBA “opposes the practice of private third parties, such as developers, builders, licensing companies and real estate brokers, imposing private transfer fee covenants on residential real estate for the purpose of extracting
Continue reading… Mortgage Bankers urge Feds not to ban all private transfer fees
By Dennis Norman, on October 13th, 2010
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 8, 2010, the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 8.5 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications
Continue reading… Home purchase mortgage applications drop but refinancing surges
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