Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

FHA loan rates averaged 6.68%. According to industry experts , most borrowers can shave at least 50 basis points off their rate compared to a conventional fixed mortgage by choosing an ARM. As of Wednesday morning, the average 30-year conforming mortgage rate stood at 6.97%, according to HousingWire s Mortgage Rates Center.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Although no person can truly predict mortgage rates for there are several factors involved; Industry forecasts predict interest rates will hover between 5.5% Heres your game plan: Check your credit: A score of 640 opens the door to FHA loans and down payment assistance programs. and 6%, with potential dips below 6% by mid-year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2025

Delinquencies on conventional loans increased slightly, while mortgage delinquencies on ( Federal Housing Administration ) and VA loans declined, said Marina Walsh, MBAs vice president of industry analysis. Foreclosure inventories increased across all three loan types, and particularly for VA loans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

and student loan delinquencies at 20% in 2024 (up from 2.8% Traditional loan modification programs are faltering: 13.7% million modifications since 2020 have failed, with FHA loans failing at 22.1%, signaling persistent borrower distress 2. Non-mortgage debt, with credit card delinquencies at 3.5% decline (5,737 units).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

The home-flipping industry saw investors shy away even more in 2024 amid the extended period of languishing profits. Additionally, the share of flipped homes sold to buyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans remained steady at 10.7%. The top market for FHA buyer activity was Merced, California, where 38.3%

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Since starting his career in the real estate industry more than five decades ago, Dave Liniger , the co-founder of RE/MAX , has seen and experienced quite a bit of change and innovation. If you look at the last 50 years of the real estate industry, the rules around residential transactions have become very complex.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Consequently, mortgage industry executives believe buyers will pay agents out of pocket or ask sellers to pay their agent fees through concessions. Kevin Leibowitz, CEO of broker shop Grayton Mortgage, expects that “commissions will get squeezed,” and some buyers’ agents will exit the industry. LOs on average get about 1%.)

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“As the mortgage industry prepares for volume to increase, we wanted to help lenders handle that volume much more efficiently,” Reggora CEO Brian Zitin said. ” Loan buyback requests from the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been long-enduring and expensive proposition for lenders.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans were next, posting a critical defect rate of 28.23%. ACES recommends that lenders get better at balancing operational demands with compliance requirements to make sure loans remain well managed.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

According to Joel Kan , MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, borrowers made a grab for both conventional and government refi’s. percent last week, but rates for 15-year fixed-rate loans, FHA loans and jumbo loans all fell to new MBA survey lows.”. of total applications.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

This is significant, because as noted in CHLA’s Annual IMB Report , “84% of FHA loans were for first-time homebuyers, and FHA’s share of Black and Hispanic borrowers was twice the percentage of all other mortgage loans.” But now a new threat is emerging on this front. Such opportunities may arise.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Post-closing quality control data is collected through ACES quality management and control software and offers a snapshot of mortgage industry underwriting trends. In terms of loan types: Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan review share grew in Q4, with associated defect rates declining.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

The deadline for the mortgage industry to chime in on the Federal Housing Administration ‘s (FHA) proposed 40-year loan modification rule was at the end of May. Back in early April, the FHA introduced a proposed rule for a 40 year loan modification option.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

FHA loans remained the same, holding steady at 3.01% in October. From September to October, the average time to close all loans increased from 51 to 54 days, with the average time to close a refinance increasing from 54 to 57 days and average time for a purchase climbing one day to 48 days. Overall loan applications are down 9.3%

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

Industry debate around off-market listings or pocket listings has become increasingly heated. But what about the average family using an FHA loan? For some agents , these private transactions are tools of exclusivity and strategy. For others, theyre a disservice to sellers and a potential breach of fiduciary duty.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2020

New home applications decreased 16% from October, said Joel Kan, MBA associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Conventional loans composed 71.8% of loan applications, FHA loans composed 16.8%, RHS/USDA loans composed 0.9 % and VA loans composed 10.4%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“Mortgage rates declined for the first time in a month, prompting a pickup in refinancing, with government refinances increasing more than 20% over the week,” Joel Kan, the MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, said in a statement. VA loans comprised 10.7%, increasing seven basis points. in the period.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Surveyed loan types include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loans and conventional loans. FHA loans had the largest delinquency rate decrease in the third quarter, falling by 14 basis bps to 10.46%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Demand for FHA loans have risen over the past year to comprise 23.8% We are really happy about this change because it’s going to provide more opportunity for loan officers and is going to provide more opportunity for buyers to get a second chance,” Michael Borodinsky, VP and branch manager at Caliber Home Loans , said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The locations of households that have received FHA-backed mortgages have been studied far less, HUD explained. If federal homeownership assistance programs follow national trends, we would expect FHA loans to be associated with whiter and lower-poverty census tracts.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The more the industry can do to educate, and update, borrowers as to their equity positions, the better,” Walden said. for FHA loans and 44.5% for VA loans. Lenders have responded by tightening credit requirements and the average credit score among conventional, FHA and VA loans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA), backed by 41 IMBs, sent a letter urging the FHA to streamline its servicing guidelines, increase permissible lender fees for executing an assumption of an FHA loan, and make changes to FHA’s condo rules.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

According to data from Ingenius , tens of thousands of loan officers exited the industry in 2023. In October, 67% of current LOs produced less than one unit of closed loans in October. About half of Ullmann’s production in 2023 came from VA and FHA loans as well as mortgages that require down payment assistance.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the MBA also estimates new home sales fell at an annualized pace of 4% in May, said Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. According to the BAS, the average loan size rose from $377,434 in April to $384,000 in May ?the and VA loans provided 10.4%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The share of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan activity inched up to 15.2% The share of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loan activity was 10.5%, down from 10.7% the week prior while the share of Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan activity decreased to 0.4% from 14.8% for the week ending Oct.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

After reaching their highest level since July 2022 , mortgage applications have declined for two straight weeks, counteracting some recent positive signs for a still-sputtering housing industry. 4, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans decreased by 40 bps and represented 16.2% For the week ending Oct. of applications.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Borrowers looking to refinance their VA and FHA loans contributed to another uptick in mortgage applications for the week ending Dec. The 30-year rate is up to 2.86% in the most recent MBA survey, according to Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting. Mortgage applications jumped 0.8%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

Buoyed by a resilient job market, homeowners are continuing to make their mortgage payments,” Marina Walsh, the MBA’s vice president of industry analysis, said in a statement. As the economy slows and [the] labor market cools, homeowners with FHA loans are likely to feel the distress first,” said Walsh.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Joel Kan, associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting at the MBA, noted in a statement that purchase activity in October was dominated by higher mortgage loan balance transactions, pushing the average new home loan size over $412,000—a record in the survey. of loan applications. FHA loans composed 13.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

This is significant, because as noted in CHLA’s annual IMB Report , “84% of FHA loans were for first-time homebuyers, and FHA’s share of Black and Hispanic borrowers was twice the percentage of all other mortgage loans.” But now a new threat is emerging on this front. Such opportunities may arise.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

That’s the entire mortgage industry shouting, “hip, hip hooray!” ” The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Wednesday announced that it would rescind a controversial loan-level pricing adjustment (LLPA) for conventional borrowers with debt-to-income (DTI) levels at or above 40%. Did you hear that sound?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon. The fate of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgages in the ongoing downcycle housing market is being compared with a canary in the coal mine by several industry experts who track the sector and are seeing early warning signs of distress. A strong backstop for FHA loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The survey-high average loan size of $408,522 is evidence of higher sales prices from these higher costs, as well as the shift in new construction to larger, more expensive homes,” Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, said in a statement. and RHS/USDA loans made up the final 0.5%.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2021

In April, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned the industry of its plans to keep a much closer eye on servicers as they transition borrowers out of forbearance. The CFPB pointed out FHA loans in particular as having complications when borrowers attempted making a partial claim or modifying their loan to address forborne payments.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

DKMC), has tapped industry veteran Mosi Gatling as senior vice president of strategic growth and expansion, a newly created role on NAF’s leadership team. of the total) and purchase loans (93.5%), according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. This position presents me with an opportunity to affect positive change across the industry.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

With a focus on purchase mortgages through referral sources, Reich aims to close $1 billion in loan origination volume in 2023 through his division alone. “Refis are the easier product of the industry,” Reich said. “We We specialize in marketing for purchases.”.

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