CFPB: Seven Factors That Determine Your Mortgage Interest Rate
Your lender knows how your interest rate gets determined, and we think you should, too. Learn more about the factors that affect your interest rate. By Nicole Shea If you’re like most people, you want to get the lowest interest rate that you can find for your mortgage loan. But how is your interest rate determined? That…
Census Bureau: 2016 Annual Survey Of Public Employment And Payroll Released
The 2016 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. The survey provides state and local government data on full- and part-time employment, part-time hours worked, full-time equivalent employment, and payroll statistics by governmental function. Public employment and payroll data are…
SBA: Office Rolls Out New Lender Match Tool To Connect Small Businesses And Lenders
Administrator Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today announced the launch of Lender Match, the SBA’s online referral tool connecting small business borrowers with participating SBA lenders. Lender Match is an upgrade to LINC (Leveraging Information and Networks to access Capital), introduced as a pilot in 2015. “The SBA’s mission to help…
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in August 2017
Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from July to August, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4.05 percent for loans closed in late August, up 6 basis points from 3.99 percent in July….
Federal Reserve: FEDS Notes | The Decline In Lending To Lower-Income Borrowers By The Biggest Banks
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer, and Daniel R. Ringo1 Data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reveal that the largest banks have significantly reduced their share of mortgage lending to low- and moderate-income (LMI) households in recent years. We present evidence suggesting that this reduction is explained in part by a decrease in the…
Federal Reserve: Residential Mortgage Lending In 2016 – Evidence From The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer, and Daniel R. Ringo This article provides an overview of the 2016 data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 and analyzes mortgage market activity over time as well as lending patterns across different demographic groups and lender types. The number of home-purchase originations was about 10 percent higher…
Federal Reserve: FEDS Notes | Are Rising Home Values Restraining Homebuying For Lower-Income Families?
Neil Bhutta, Steven Laufer, and Daniel R. Ringo1 Since bottoming out in 2012, house prices in the U.S. have been recovering rapidly. According to Zillow, the median home value has been growing about 6 percent per year. While incomes have also been recovering, they have not quite kept pace with home prices. The median household…
FDIC: Webinar To Highlight Spanish-Language Financial Education Resources
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) invites organizations that serve the U.S. Spanish-speaking population and members of their communities to participate in an upcoming webinar that will highlight the agency’s Spanish-language consumer resources. The webinar will be conducted in Spanish and is scheduled for October 12, from 3:00 p.m….