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Single-family Housing Starts idled last month, dropping just 3,000 units from the month prior, or 0.2%. According to the Commerce Department’s report, February marked the 8th straight month in which Housing Starts straddled the half-million marker, dating back to June 2009. This is a different slant on the Housing Starts story as told by the [...] Good afternoon, MBS is under the 50 day moving average (1st level of support) and down 22 bps. Rates will get bumped up a little bit this afternoon. Currently up 25 bps on the day. Recommend locking all and any transactions with these gains. The Treasury Auction is coming out later today, but I would not suggest risking your purchase/refinance on those results. Good morning all… MBS is currently up 16bp on the morning and hovering around the 1st level of support. As for today, there are no economic reports set to come out, so looks like what will be a quiet Monday. (Kind of like what Tim Tebow’s experiencing today…) 2 important days this week are Thursday [...] By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — House shopping usually slows down in the winter, as people put their home searches on hold to trim the tree, buy presents to put under it and avoid the chilly weather. This winter, however, might be different, thanks to the extended — and expanded — first-time home-buyer tax [...] October 9, 2009 Mortgagee Letter 2009-39 TO: ALL APPROVED MORTGAGEES ATTENTION: Single Family Servicing Managers SUBJECT: Updated Claim Filing and Delinquency/Default Reporting Requirements For FHA’s Making Home Affordable Modification Program (FHA-HAMP) The purpose of this Mortgagee Letter is to provide updated claim filing and delinquency/default reporting [...] When will YOUR housing market recover? By Marcie Geffner Pundits love to make predictions as to when home prices will stabilize in U.S. housing markets. But even well-respected forecasters and analysts may disagree, and even if a forecast proves true nationally, your local market may behave in a wildly different way. This disconnect between [...] A neat Q & A that I came across today… By Steve Bucci Dear Debt Adviser, A recent credit score report from TransUnion states that I “have no real estate accounts that can be used in determining a credit score.” Yet I do have a mortgage in good standing with a credit union that does [...] In a previous post of mine, I outlined a problem that FHA has been currently dealing with, and today, on the front page of Yahoo, I found an article from the New York Times that gives a nice little update. I wanted to repost it so please take a moment to read this, as its [...] If you are vacating a residence that will remain occupied by the co-borrower, he/she is required to obtain a NEW FHA mortgage loan. Acceptable situations are: 1.) Instances of divorce, after which the vacating spouse will buy a new home, or 2.) One of the co-borrowers will vacate the existing property - |
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