The government's Home Affordable Refinance Program and Home Affordable Modification Program will be extended until the end of 2016, according to an announcement from FHFA Director Mel Watt on ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Friday 5/8/2015
The Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey, issued in April 2015, asked banks to give their responses to new GSE guidelines that were issued on November 20, 2014. The ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Thursday 5/7/2015
Lower-priced homes stood a better chance at survival during the 2006 to 2009 housing crisis, according to an Urban Wire blog post by the Urban Institute. Not only did ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Wednesday 5/6/2015
According to the March 2015 CoreLogic Home Price Index, home prices, including distressed sales, have increased by 5.9 percent year-over-year in March 2015. Month-over-month, prices including distressed sales increased ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Tuesday 5/5/2015
Financial conditions are improving in the Southern United States, according to a report released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The report, which details the performance ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Monday 5/3/2015
Six federal financial regulatory agencies have issued minimum requirements for state registration and supervision of entities that provide appraisal management services to lenders, underwriters, and other principals in the secondary ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Friday 5/1/2015
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced new requirements on Thursday aimed at furthering diversity on federal boards. The FHFA now requires that Federal Home Loan Banks and their Office of Finance include demographic data related ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Thursday 4/30/2015
Despite rumblings that the Federal Open Market Committee would increase interest rates at its monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, the committee instead reaffirmed its current rates, stating that the ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Wednesday 4/29/2015
When the Federal Reserve concludes its monetary policy meeting today, the nation could see increased interest rates for the first time in nine years. Though policymakers of the Federal Open ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Tuesday 4/28/2015
Thirty percent of potential homebuyers plan to purchase a home in the next 18 months, according to Insights: From the Mind of the Homebuyer, a survey released by Chase ...
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