| By Dennis Norman,on May 16th,2011 The national mortgage delinquency rate for homeowners that are 60 or more days past due decreased in the first quarter of 2011 marking the fifth consecutive quarterly decline according to a report released today by TransUnion. The report shows mortgage delinquencies for the first quarter of 2011 were down 3.4 percent from the [...] By Dennis Norman,on May 11th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending March 18,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 6.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is up [...] By News Desk,on May 5th,2011 First quarter 2011 commercial and multifamily mortgage originations were 89 percent higher than during the same period last year and 25 percent lower than during the fourth quarter of 2010,according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The decrease from fourth quarter 2010 reflects the industry’s usual push [...] By Dennis Norman,on May 4th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending April 29,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 0.3 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 20th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending April 15,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 10.0 percent from the week before to its highest level since December 3,2010. The [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 13th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending April 8,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 4.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is up [...] By Dennis Norman,on April 6th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending April 1,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 6.7 percent from the week before bringing it to the highest level this year thus [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 23rd,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending March 18,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 2.7 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is up [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 16th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending March 11,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 4.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is up [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 9th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey released this morning,for the week ending March 4,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 12.5 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is up [...] By Dennis Norman,on March 2nd,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 25,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 6.1 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 2.2 percent. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 17th,2011 The Mortgage Bankers Association released the results of it’s National Delinquency Survey for the 4th quarter of 2010 and it shows very mixed results. On the positive side of things,overall mortgage loan delinquency in the U.S. has dropped to 8.22 percent which is the lowest rate since 4th quarter 2008 when the rate was [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 16th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 1,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 5.9 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 1.9 percent. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 9th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending February 4,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 1.4 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average for the index is down 0.8 percent. [...] By Dennis Norman,on February 2nd,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending January 28,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 9.5 percent from the week before. [...] By Dennis Norman,on January 12th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending January 7,2011,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 3.7 percent from the week before. [...] By Dennis Norman,on January 5th,2011 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 31,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 0.8 percent from the week before. [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 22nd,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 10,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 2.5 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is down 1.2 [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 14th,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 10,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 5.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is up 2.6 [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 8th,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 3,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.8 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is up 2.8 [...] By Dennis Norman,on December 1st,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 26,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.1 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is up 3.8 [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 24th,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 19,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase),after taking a dip last week following increases for the prior three consecutive weeks,increased 14.4 percent from the [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 17th,2010 According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 12,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) after increasing three-c0nsecutive weeks, decreased 5.0 percent from the week before. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 15th,2010 Dennis Norman Last week the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (the group that is supposed to figure out how to rescue our country out of the financial quicksand it’s in) issued a draft proposal of a plan the committee says “will make America better off tomorrow than it is [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 10th,2010 Dennis Norman According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending November 5,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 5.5 percent from the week before marking the third consecutive weekly increase. The four-week moving average [...] By Dennis Norman,on November 3rd,2010 Dennis Norman According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 29,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 1.4 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is down [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 27th,2010 Dennis Norman According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 22,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) increased 3.9 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is down [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 20th,2010 Dennis Norman According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 15,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 6.7 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is down [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 15th,2010 Dennis Norman In a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, John A. Courson,the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that the MBA “opposes the practice of private third parties,such as developers,builders,licensing companies and real estate brokers,imposing private transfer fee covenants on residential real estate for the purpose of [...] By Dennis Norman,on October 13th,2010 Dennis Norma According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending October 8,2010,the MBA Purchase Index (a measure of the volume of loan applications related to a home purchase) decreased 8.5 percent from the week. The four-week moving average of home purchase mortgage applications is down [...] | |