FHFA: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Refinance Volume Down in Second Quarter 2018
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 299,466 refinances in the second quarter of 2018, compared with 356,002 in the first quarter. FHFA’s second quarter Refinance Report also shows that 2,973 loans were refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), bringing the total number of HARP…
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in June 2018
Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from May to June, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4.59 percent for loans closed in late June, up 2 basis points from 4.57 percent in May. The…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for June 2018
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for June 2018: New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in June 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 631,000. This is 5.3 percent (±17.1 percent)* below the revised May…
CFPB: Statement on the Implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Amendments to HMDA
Read statements from other agencies: Federal Deposit Insurance Agency Federal Reserve Board Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Today the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued the following statement: On May 24, 2018, the President signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), a section of which amends the…
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in May 2018
Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from April to May, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4.57 percent for loans closed in late May, up 6 basis points from 4.51 percent in April. The…
FHFA: Foreclosure Preventions Top 4.1 Million In 2018 First Quarter
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its first quarter 2018 Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 68,378 foreclosure prevention actions in the first quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of foreclosure prevention actions to 4,108,636. The Enterprises’ serious delinquency rate dropped to 1.1 percent…
OCC: Mortgage Performance Unchanged in First Quarter 2018
Performance of first-lien mortgages remained unchanged during the first quarter of 2018 compared with a year earlier, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) quarterly report on mortgages. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, First Quarter 2018, showed 95.6 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the…
FHFA: Fifth Report on Non-Performing Loan Sales Released
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fifth report providing information about the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes information about NPLs sold through December 31, 2017, and reflects borrower outcomes as of December 31, 2017 on NPLs sold…
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in April 2018
Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from March to April, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4.51 percent for loans closed in late April, up 2 basis points from 4.49 percent in March….
FHFA: U.S. House Prices Rise 1.7 Percent in First Quarter 2018
Monthly Index Shows 0.1 Percent Increase in March U.S. house prices rose 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2018 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.9 percent from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for…