The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased $25.2 billion in Q3, with all four major investor groups increasing their holdings, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported. The quarterly increase (representing about a 1.0 percent gain) was the largest since 2008, MBA reported. As of the end of the third quarter, total commercial and multifamily debt outstanding was $2.47 trillion. Just on the multifamily side, outstanding debt increased $10.8 billion (1.2 percent) to $887 billion.
Read More »MBA Data Shows Drop in New Home Purchase Applications
Applications for new home purchases plummeted from October to November, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) estimates in its latest Builder Application Survey (BAS).
Read More »Mortgage Applications Pick Up Following Thanksgiving
Mortgage applications recovered slightly during the first week of December, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported. MBA's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey showed a 1.0 percent increase in loan application volume (seasonally adjusted) for the week ending December 6. The previous survey's results had included an adjustment for the Thanksgiving holiday. Unadjusted, the index increased 43 percent. As applications rose, so did mortgage rates.
Read More »Is Mortgage Market Deconsolidation Temporary or Here to Stay?
In 1998, the top ten mortgage loan originators held around 40 percent of the market. By 2010, their share increased to nearly 80 percent; since then, it's dropped down to around 60 percent. Why the decrease? Because only five of the top 20 single-family mortgage originators in 2006 remain active today. So what's driving the big guys out--market cycles or market restructuring? And will the current trend of favoring smaller lenders last forever? Fannie Mae's Gerry Flood and Patrick Fischetti explored the topic in a recent commentary.
Read More »Credit Availability Tightens as Lenders Limit Offerings
The Mortgage Bankers Association's" (MBA) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) slipped 1.2 percent to settle at 110.2 in November, wiping out the 0.7 percent gain recorded a month prior.
Read More »Independent Firms See Profits Plunge as Costs Soar
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released Wednesday its Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report, which measures stats at independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks. According to MBA's figures, average production volume per company was $391 million in Q3, down nearly $48 million from the prior quarter. By count, companies averaged 1,788 loans, down from 1,921 in Q2. In terms of profits, independent mortgage banks earned an estimated $743 on each loan originated in Q3, down from $1,528.
Read More »Following October Bump, Mortgage Applications Resume Trend
Using weekly application numbers released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), economic analysis firm Capital Economics calculated a 1.3 percent decrease in total applications for November.
Read More »Mortgage Applications Experience Slight Decline
Last week saw another drop in mortgage application volume, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported in its Weekly Applications Survey. MBA's Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent the week ending November 22, the group reported. It was the fourth straight week of decreases in loan application activity. On an unadjusted basis, the index declined 9 percent week-over-week.
Read More »Mortgage Applications Stumble for Third Straight Week
Mortgage application volume declined once again for the week ending November 15, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.
Read More »Applications for New Home Purchases Jump Up in October
Application volume from mortgage subsidiaries of homebuilders across the country suggests a climb in new home sales throughout the month of October.
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