Category: Mortgage

Home Prices Decline Year Over Year

By Kevin Chiu Home prices declined an average of 4.4% on a year-over-year basis in the U.S. through August, despite a slight increase in home values over summer months as a result of higher home sales, and record low mortgage rates, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic. The decline in home values echoes Housing… Continue reading Home Prices Decline Year Over Year

Jumbo Mortgage Cut Makes Little Impact

By Kevin Chiu Reduced loan limits on jumbo mortgages cut Saturday had little immediate affect on home purchases or mortgage financing, and little real impact is expected by many lenders. Jumbo mortgages are being offered by lenders, despite the loss in government purchases. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) cut mortgage limits on loans it purchases… Continue reading Jumbo Mortgage Cut Makes Little Impact

Foreclosures Forecast to Hit 15 Million Homeowners

By Kevin Chiu The foreclosure crisis has produced an overpowering series of affects across the U.S., destroying businesses, taking away livelihoods, tossing millions of homeowners out of their homes and pressuring home prices in the over-whelming majority of neighborhoods lower. The crisis, first forecast by Housing Predictor almost five years ago as the first real… Continue reading Foreclosures Forecast to Hit 15 Million Homeowners

Home Sales Slide to 50 Year Low

By Kevin Chiu Hammered by lagging consumer confidence and a tough mortgage lending environment, home sales slid to a 50 year low this summer as the U.S. economy faces the harshest unemployment picture since the Great Depression. Buyers bought fewer new homes from March through August, typically the hottest part of the year for home… Continue reading Home Sales Slide to 50 Year Low

Home Buyers Making Multiple Offers

By Kevin Chiu Home buyers are making multiple offers to purchase homes that are short sales in rising numbers as they grow impatient with the drawn out short sale process with banks, and mortgage servicing companies. The long waits and other obstacles have taken the excitement out of the home buying experience for first time… Continue reading Home Buyers Making Multiple Offers

Mortgage Defaults Edge Up in August

Mortgage defaults were filed for the first time against the largest number of homeowners in more than four years in August as foreclosures surged higher for the month, according to RealtyTrac. Foreclosure auctions and formal lender repossessions were filed against 228,098 homes during the month. The figure represented a 7% surge in lender takeovers for… Continue reading Mortgage Defaults Edge Up in August

Mortgage Rates Massive Record Drop

By Mike Colpitts Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest rate in U.S. recorded history this week on the heels of the Federal Reserve announcement that the Fed will buy additional mortgage-backed securities. The massive drop in rates rocketed the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage to 4.01%, and the shorter term fixed rate loan to another… Continue reading Mortgage Rates Massive Record Drop

Mortgage Originations Surge on Record Low Rates

By Mike Colpitts Driven by the lowest interest rates in U.S. history, mortgage originations soared for the third straight week as loan buyers moved to take advantage of lower mortgage rates. Loan applications jumped 9.3% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Refinances saw the largest surge in mortgage applications, rising 11.2% for the… Continue reading Mortgage Originations Surge on Record Low Rates