CFPB: Interim Final Rule Issued To Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Certain Borrowers At Risk Of Foreclosure
Bureau Also Seeks Comment on Separate Proposed Rule Modifying Timing Requirements for Bankruptcy Periodic Statements The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an interim final rule and a proposed rule to provide mortgage servicers more flexibility and certainty around requirements to communicate with certain borrowers under the Bureau’s 2016 mortgage servicing amendments. The interim…
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…
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…
CFPB: FFIEC Announces Availability Of 2016 HMDA Data On Mortgage Lending
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on mortgage lending transactions at 6,762 U.S. financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data cover 2016 lending activity and include: Applications, originations, purchases, sales of…
FHFA: Input Requested On Draft Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2018-2022
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is requesting input on FHFA’s Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2018-2022. FHFA’s draft strategic plan reflects the Agency’s priorities as regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and as regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). FHFA is requesting input from Members of Congress, the…
FHFA: Second Quarter 2017 Foreclosure Prevention Report Shows Foreclosure Preventions Surpass 3.9 Million
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 48,760 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of troubled homeowners helped to 3,931,224 since the start of the conservatorships in September 2008. Of…
FHFA: House Price Index Up 0.2 Percent in July 2017
U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.2 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.1 percent increase in June remained the same. The FHFA monthly HPI is calculated using home sales price information from mortgages sold to, or…