The Federal Housing Finance Agency recently issued an update to its mortgage-backed security structure initiative, also known as Single Security. The new changes to the Single Security structure ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Friday 5/15/2015
An Agency mortgage servicing rights deal worth approximately $45 billion between Chase and Ocwen Financial Corp. has been finalized after two and a half months, according to an announcement ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Thursday 5/14/2015
Recent results from Trulia’s Rent versus Buy Report reveals that purchasing a home with a traditional 30-year mortgage and 20 percent down payment is cheaper than renting, but ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Wednesday 5/13/2015
According to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors, home prices have increased in the majority of metro areas included for Q1 2015. A high demand for housing ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Tuesday 5/12/2015
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s new working paper, high-productivity markets are not the main contributors to economic growth due to limited housing affordability options. The authors ...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Monday 5/11/2015
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 ...
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