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Investopedia (blog)
April 28, 2018
For the week ending April 20, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 0.2% decline in mortgage applications compared with a week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, mortgage applications increased 1% compared with the week earlier. Meanwhile, the refinance share of mortgage applicationsÃâà...
Marketplace.org
April 28, 2018
Non-banks have filled the void, and Quicken's Rocket Mortgage plays a starring role, competing on convenience. “People have been comparing getting a mortgage to going to the dentist,” says Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association. “This is about a technology change and aÃâà...
Business Insider
April 28, 2018
The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances - $453,000 or less - and a 20% down-payment jumped to 4.73% for the week ending April 20, from 4.66% in the prior week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. This was the highest rate since September 2013. So far inÃâà...
Chicago Daily Herald
April 26, 2018
Meanwhile, mortgage applications were flat last week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The market composite index -- a measure of total loan application volume -- decreased 0.2 percent from a week earlier. The refinance index fell 0.3 percent, while the purchase indexÃâà...
CNBC
April 25, 2018
Mortgage interest rates last week didn't start to climb until the end of the week, but even a few days were enough to dampen demand. Total mortgage application volume fell 0.2 percent for the week and was 0.8 percent lower than a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonallyÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
April 19, 2018
Meanwhile, after a couple of slow weeks, mortgage applications picked up last week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The market composite index – a measure of total loan application volume – increased 4.9 percent from a week earlier. The refinance index grew 4Ãâà...
Payment Week
April 17, 2018
IRVINE, Calif. – April 16, 2018 – Ephesoft, Inc., the leading developer of supervised machine learning-based document capture and analytics solutions, today announces at the Mortgage Bankers Association Technology Solutions Conference & Expo in Detroit the immediate availability of Ephesoft TransactÃâà...
National Mortgage News
April 16, 2018
DETROIT — The Mortgage Bankers Association is calling for Ginnie Mae, states, the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies to overcome remaining digital mortgage challenges. The association is pushing Ginnie Mae to join other agencies in accepting electronic signatures, and for theÃâà...
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
April 11, 2018
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) commemorated the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act, also known as the Fair ... "The Fair Housing Act is a landmark piece of legislation that ensures equal access to housing for everyone," said Mortgage Bankers AssociationÃâà...
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
March 29, 2018
Ray Williams is Vice President of Business Development at MortgageBanc, a branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage in Birmingham, Ala., and current President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Alabama (MBAA). National Mortgage Professional Magazine recently spoke with Williams about hisÃâà...
HousingWire
March 21, 2018
Last week, Freddie Mac reported mortgage rates dipped slightly, but only after nine weeks of consecutive increases, and rates still remain higher than last year's levels. And recent data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows these increasing interest rates caused refinance applications to fall to theirÃâà...
World Property Journal
March 21, 2018
According to Mortgage Bankers Association's latest Commercial & Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Report released this week, the level of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding in the U.S. at the end of 2017 was $3.18 trillion, $200.3 billion higher than at the end of 2016, or anÃâà...
Mortgageorb
March 21, 2018
After increasing slightly the previous week, mortgage application volume dipped 1.1% on an adjusted basis during the week ended March 16, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. Applications for refinances decreased 5% while applications forÃâà...
CNBC
March 21, 2018
For the first time this year, mortgage rates dropped, but not enough to spur refinances — which took a sharp dive. Total mortgage application volume fell 1.1 percent last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Refinances were behind the fall entirely. Volume fell 5Ãâà...
HousingWire
March 21, 2018
KEYWORDS MBA mortgage apps Mortgage Bankers Association. mortgage application. Mortgage applications decreased slightly, falling just 1.1% from last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 16, 2018.
CNBC
March 14, 2018
Interest rates for home loans have risen each week this year, so each week homeowners have had less incentive refinance their mortgages. Another drop in refinances last week kept mortgage application volume basically unchanged from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
CNBC
March 7, 2018
The start of the spring housing market has yet to energize the mortgage market, the latest numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association show. Total mortgage application volume was essentially flat last week, up just 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the MBA. Volume was 5Ãâà...
CNBC
February 28, 2018
After rising sharply for weeks, mortgage interest rates steadied last week, and homebuyers responded, the Mortgage Bankers Association says. Total mortgage application volume increased 2.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from the previous week. The increase was driven by homebuyers, who have beenÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
December 31, 1999
Interest rates for some mortgages have risen as high as 4.5 percent, based on data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Some loans that qualify for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac backing have risen to levels that match recent highs set in January 2014. Realcomp said in its February market recap thatÃâà...
Lowell Sun
December 31, 1999
Meanwhile, mortgage applications were flat again last week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The market composite index -- a measure of total loan application volume -- increased 0.9 percent from a week earlier. The refinance index fell 2 percent, while the purchaseÃâà...
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