The SFRI index measures rent changes among single-family rental homes, including condominiums, using a repeat-rent analysis to measure the same rental properties over time.
Lending & Refinance News
Apr
20
2016
If the new Fannie Mae guideline is not rescinded, it should result in a surge of refinanced mortgages that transfer the...
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The gist of it is that the banks will be provided an outlet to resolve the nonperforming mortgages, Fannie Mae's profits will soar as will those of the mortgage insurance companies and mortgage originators.
Apr
20
2016
US existing home sales rise 5.7 percent in March as buying soars in Northeast and Midwest.
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March's sales growth is a sign that demand remains ripe this spring, even though fewer properties are coming onto the market. The limited supplies put a cap on the level of sales growth, since prospective sellers are also likely buyers.
Apr
20
2016
Interest rates held relatively steady last week, near one-year lows, but homebuyers were not enticed.
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Total mortgage application volume increased 1.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week, versus the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The rise was fueled entirely by refinances.
Apr
19
2016
In a section on Sanders’ website, posted in conjunction with Sanders’ weekend visit to aNew York public housing project...
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Wants expansion of HUD programs, credit score reform, 'reinvigoration' of HARP
Apr
19
2016
Some Markets Show Impacts of Low Oil Prices in Their Months of Supply
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Nationally, the number of homes for-sale equated to a 6.8-month supply[1] in January 2016, up from a 6.5-month supply in January 2015.
Apr
19
2016
Home construction dropped 8.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million units, the Commerce...
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Construction of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in five months with weakness in all regions of the country except the Northeast
Apr
19
2016
That is part of why more people are finally striking out, or striking out on their own again. Goldman Sachs estimates...
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The conditions for improvement are there. The job market has continued to strengthen—there were 2.8 million more people working last month than in the same month a year ago, according to the Labor Department—bolstering incomes.
Apr
18
2016
“Clearly, customers want automation. Increasingly they want to obtain their mortgages in the same way they make other...
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The next step will take us back to the beginning of the loan origination process: “We see the loan origination system as automation’s next stop..."
Apr
18
2016
The market is growing in part because so many would-be home buyers with damaged credit histories cannot get loans....
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In these deals (Contract For Deed), a seller provides the buyer with a long-term, high-interest loan, with the promise of actually owning the home at the end of it.