The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reacted to the Federal Housing Administration audit report, stating that a petition to Congress for a Treasury draw is not immediately needed. With the housing market still in recovery, the capital reserve ratio of the fund used to support single-family mortgage and reverse mortgage insurance programs dropped to a negative 1.44%, with a negative economic value of $16.3 billion. Given the downturn, this does not mean FHA has insufficient funds to pay for […]

Most loan types increased in default rates during October, with a surge in first mortgage default rates, according to S&P Dow Jones/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. The national composite increased to 1.55% in October, the first time in nine consecutive months, compared to 1.46% from September. The first mortgage default rate increased 1.47% compared to 1.36% from the previous month. Second mortgage default rates also rose to .65% compared to .64% last month. “The second mortgage is marginally up by 1 basis […]

Mortgage application filings for the week ending Nov. 16 declined 2.2%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. The refinance index fell 3% from the previous week while the purchase index on a seasonally-adjusted basis increased 3% from a week earlier. Overall, refinancing activity continued to make up 81% of all loan applications, unchanged from the previous week. Adjustable-rate mortgages grew in popularity, now representing 4% of all loan applications. The average contract rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage with a […]

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Loan origination and default data suggest that a recovery in the housing industry has been in effect since 2010, according to the Small Business Administration. While improvements in housing prices, annual growth rates, loan disbursements and geographical housing trends indicate the industry is well on its way to recovery, there are still concerns. The level of small business defaults is higher than historical averages, but has declined consistently since 2009 as a result of support from federal stimulus spending, an […]

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The housing recovery may not be a boom “but it’s recovering,” said Kenneth T. Rosen, chairman of the University of California, Berkeley, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. Several challenges face the housing market that will prevent a boom from taking shape, particularly from tight lending conditions that have prompted the recovery to be marked by slow growth rather than rapid growth, Rosen noted at a recent conference. “The problem is not [that there is not] enough money, […]

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The average FICO score for first-lien loans reached 750 in October, a rise from 741 in August, according to Ellie Mae, an analysis that encompasses about 20 percent of all loan applications in the U.S. Meanwhile, the average FICO score on applications that were denied by lenders was 706. That is up from 700 compared to year ago levels and 697 in September 2011. Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that tighter lending conditions are contributing to a […]

Home builder confidence for the new, single-family home market posted its seventh consecutive month gain, reaching its highest level since May of 2006, according to the November index by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo. “Builders are reporting increasing demand for new homes as inventories of foreclosed and distressed properties begin to shrink in markets across the country,” says NAHB Chair Barry Rutenberg. “In view of the tightening supply and other improving conditions, many potential buyers who […]