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Trade groups express concern to FHFA over historic credit data

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Our members continue to believe that it is imperative to have credit reporting data ‘through the cycle’ back to 2003 given the sensitivity of mortgage default and prepayment to origination credit scores.” FHFA’s current lack of a plan to include “through the cycle” data increases the importance of the data itself, the letter explained.

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Housing market stays hot into fall with mortgage applications up 6.8%

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According to Mike Fratantoni, chief economist and vice president of research and technology at MBA, 2003 was the last time refinance activity was as high as the $1.75 The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($510,400 or less) rose to 3.1% of total applications from 62.8%

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Keller Williams faces three lawsuits tied to its profit-sharing program 

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Allegations include breach of contract and unjust enrichment, with damages sought at $250 million. The following day, Bueker, a former KW agent from 2003 to 2011, filed a similar complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.

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Holiday week sees drop in mortgage applications

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Kan added that a sustained period of low mortgage rates continues to “spark borrower demand,” leading to the mortgage industry being poised for its strongest year in originations since 2003. The post Holiday week sees drop in mortgage applications appeared first on HousingWire.

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Veros acquires appraisal management company Valligent

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Valligent, founded in 2003 and led by Jeremy McCarty and Jeff Wickham, provides traditional, desktop and hybrid appraisal services to lenders, credit unions and others. Veros also signed an appraisal management services contract with the VA in 2019.

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It hasn’t been this hard to get a mortgage in six years

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The index plunged from record highs seen in late 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression. trillion, the most since 2003, MBA said. The group’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index fell 4.7% last month, the lowest since March 2014, indicating stricter requirements to get loans.

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What MBA’s forecast means for mortgage originators

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history next to 2003. If rates rise modestly, as MBA suggests, we will be left with rates still near historic lows, a boon for homebuyers but still a contraction in refinances. Despite this contraction, 2021 is forecasted to be a larger overall year than 2019 by approximately $195bb. Here are three key takeaways: 1.

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