Fri, Mar 16 2018, 9:56 AM
The two principal measures of residential construction activity had been expected to decline a bit in February after a strong performance to kick off ...
Fri, Mar 16 2018, 9:17 AM
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) passed the Senate Wednesday on a bipartisan basis. Sixteen 16 Democrats a...
Thu, Mar 15 2018, 10:32 AM
Home builder confidence ebbed slightly in March, but according to the National Association of Home Builders, it remains in "strong territory." NAHB's ...
Thu, Mar 15 2018, 10:29 AM
Prior to the housing crisis, homeowners who defaulted on their mortgages faced tax consequences if their lender had to write off or write down any par...
Wed, Mar 14 2018, 11:34 AM
Millennials are picking up the pace of moving into homeownership, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says not all are finding a way. Its ...
Wed, Mar 14 2018, 8:39 AM
Purchase mortgage applications held their ground for the third consecutive week, pushing the Mortgage Banker Association's Market Composite Index a bi...
Tue, Mar 13 2018, 11:04 AM
New home sales are projected to have increased again in February. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that based on its Builder Applications S...
Mon, Mar 12 2018, 10:29 AM
The Senate looks set to pass Senate Bill 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which seeks to undo some of the pr...
Fri, Mar 9 2018, 9:50 AM
CoreLogic has been watching for signs of overvalued markets for some time. The company and its lead analysts Frank Nothaft, Molly Boesel, and Sam Khat...
Thu, Mar 8 2018, 11:29 AM
Lending standards tightened in February, especially for conforming and super-conforming (jumbo) loans. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its...
Wed, Mar 7 2018, 12:11 PM
Americans may be growing a bit pessimistic about housing, that came through loud and clear in the results of Fannie Mae's February edition of the Nati...
Wed, Mar 7 2018, 10:40 AM
Opposition to the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is beginning to emerge from the construction industry. President Donald J. ...
Wed, Mar 7 2018, 8:43 AM
The strong performance of purchase mortgage applications during the week ended February 23 didn't last long, and overall mortgage activity barely stay...
Tue, Mar 6 2018, 9:25 AM
Lenders appear to be easing the way for lending in areas crucial to the home construction industry. The National Association of Homebuilders said its ...
Mon, Mar 5 2018, 11:16 AM
The refinance pool, homeowners who could benefit from exchanging their old first mortgage lien for a new one, is shrinking fast . Black Knight says, i...
Fri, Mar 2 2018, 12:11 PM
Freddie Mac looked at the possible effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in an earlier edition of its Outlook economic forecast. This month it ...
Thu, Mar 1 2018, 11:41 AM
Construction spending stalled in January. Publicly funded spending rose slightly from December but that was offset by reductions in most areas of priv...
Wed, Feb 28 2018, 1:06 PM
Taken together, two recent posts in the CoreLogic Insights blog may indicate that, after several years of being a close trade-off or even more afforda...
Wed, Feb 28 2018, 10:15 AM
Pending home sales took a deep dive in January, falling to their lowest level in over three years . The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said i...
Wed, Feb 28 2018, 9:28 AM
A recent Freddie Mac Insights article looks back at earlier incidences of rising rate environments, and how the higher rates affected several populati...
Wed, Feb 28 2018, 8:51 AM
Purchase mortgage applications gained ground last week for the first time since mid-January. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said the volume of...
Tue, Feb 27 2018, 10:25 AM
Like one of those one-a-decade astrological anomalies, issuance of three home price reports for December along with a quarterly summary coincided toda...
Mon, Feb 26 2018, 10:44 AM
New home sales fell again in January, although not quite as sharply as in December . Stalling sales in recent months has now dragged the annual rate b...
Mon, Feb 26 2018, 9:22 AM
It was nice while it lasted, but the long run of historically low mortgage rates is clearly coming to an end. This month Freddie Mac's Outlook looks b...
Fri, Feb 23 2018, 10:36 AM
The effects of last summer's hurricanes, while fading from their early impact on loan performance stats, are still being felt. Black Knight reports, i...
Fri, Feb 23 2018, 9:15 AM
Although the company said it was regular January phenomenon, last month's surge in refinancing also feels a little like borrowers "headed for the last...
Wed, Feb 21 2018, 11:16 AM
Sales of existing homes fell again in January, the second consecutive month-over-month decline. Sales of pre-owned single-family homes, townhomes, con...
Wed, Feb 21 2018, 8:24 AM
Mortgage application volumes suffered their worst losses of 2018 last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said both purchase mortgages and ap...
Fri, Feb 16 2018, 12:36 PM
Some people are never happy . For most of the ten years following the start of the Great Recession the experts have focused (can we say harped?) on th...
Fri, Feb 16 2018, 9:59 AM
Residential construction got off to a strong start in January, with sizable increases in both permits and housing starts and only a slight downturn in...
Thu, Feb 15 2018, 2:04 PM
While the prospect of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needing taxpayer money conjures up images of a failing mortgage market requiring a government bailout...
Thu, Feb 15 2018, 10:37 AM
New home builders are looking ahead, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says this optimism was reflected in its Housing Market Index...
Thu, Feb 15 2018, 10:33 AM
Although it has been declared by many in Congress as "dead on arrival" the Trump Administration's proposed 2019 budget appears more predicated on anot...
Wed, Feb 14 2018, 12:19 PM
Is homeownership still the American Dream? Should it be? An article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives argues while the former has long...
Wed, Feb 14 2018, 9:33 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is forecasting a sizable jump in new home sales in January. Based on responses to its Builder Application Surve...
Wed, Feb 14 2018, 9:10 AM
Purchase mortgage applications, after starting out strong at the beginning of the year, stalled for the third straight time last week, bringing overal...
Tue, Feb 13 2018, 11:42 AM
While home price increases softened slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said, an uptick in existi...
Tue, Feb 13 2018, 9:53 AM
Last fall's hurricanes again dominate the CoreLogic November Loan Performance Insights Report, although the nature of the storms' influence has change...
Mon, Feb 12 2018, 4:33 PM
In 2011, when Congress and the Obama Administration wanted to give taxpayers a temporary 2.0 percentage point reduction in payroll (FICA and Medicare)...
Mon, Feb 12 2018, 9:18 AM
Last year Congress failed to pass a sweeping bill repealing much of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act. It appear...
Fri, Feb 9 2018, 11:29 AM
A small group of VA approved issuers have been warned that the speed at which their loans are being prepaid makes it appear they are participating in ...
Thu, Feb 8 2018, 12:27 PM
The National Delinquency Survey (NDS), a quarterly measure of mortgage performance from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), found delinquencies in...
Wed, Feb 7 2018, 12:02 PM
Five of the six components that make up Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose in January, pushing the index to an all-time high . HPS...
Wed, Feb 7 2018, 8:36 AM
Mortgage activity increased slightly during the week ended February 1. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite index, a measu...
Tue, Feb 6 2018, 11:48 AM
Mortgage credit availability increased significantly in January. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) r...
Tue, Feb 6 2018, 10:21 AM
CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) finished up 2017 a little lower than when the year started but showing some additional slowing from later in the ye...
Mon, Feb 5 2018, 12:21 PM
CoreLogic continued its series of blog articles related to appraisals with an analysis of the appreciation rate when an appraisal has come in above th...
Mon, Feb 5 2018, 9:42 AM
As more time elapses since the three hurricanes that impacted parts of the U.S. in late summer to mid fall, additional damage to the mortgage market i...
Fri, Feb 2 2018, 8:07 PM
The aging of America seems to be stoking the enthusiasm of homebuilders about catering to the senior set. The National Association of Home Builders (N...
Thu, Feb 1 2018, 12:37 PM
Construction spending wound up the year with positive numbers for December and an increase in overall spending for the year . The U.S. Census Bureau t...
