Meg Burns, SVP, Mortgage Policy for the Housing Policy Center, spoke with MReport on the law surrounding the GSE Patch, its expiration, and what it all means for homeowners.
Read More »Debt-to-Income Ratio Declines in Q3 2019
DTI ratios took a dip in the third quarter, but what led LTV ratios and credit scores to both rise?
Read More »The State of FHA’s Single-Family Mutual Mortgage Insurance Programs
HUD's quarterly report to Congress on FHA’s single-family mutual mortgage insurance fund programs covers everything from credit and DTI to refinances.
Read More »Which Borrowers Are Impacted By the ATR Rule?
These market segments were affected more by the Ability to Repay Rule compared to others according to CFPB’s assessment on this rule.
Read More »Acceptable Risks
An analysis comparing mortgage credit underwriting during the second quarter and last year made some interesting discoveries.
Read More »Mortgage Apps and DTI Ratios
A new analysis reveals that since 2015 debt-to-income ratio has become the number one reason that lenders have turned down purchase-mortgage applications. What are the factors that are impacting the DTI ratios of homebuyers?
Read More »What’s Worrying Mortgage Lenders in 2018?
A new survey asked mortgage industry professionals what were the headwinds that the housing market faced in 2018 and what challenges were they saw during the year. Here’s what it found.
Read More »The Changing Rules of Mortgage Underwriting
How have underwriting standards for conventional loans for homes changed from the pre-crisis housing market? Here’s what a report tracking credit risk for the first quarter of 2018 found.
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