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Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, as reported by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. At least 10 major U.S. markets, including New York, are at their lowest point since the housing boom of 2006-2007. According to The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller city index, home prices fell in 19 out of the 20 major cities. The record … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services’ Weekly Finance Review Data released by RealtyTrac on April 14 showed that the number of foreclosures in the first quarter of 2011 was lower than what it was during the same quarter in 2010. More than 681,000 homes received a foreclosure filing in Q1 2011, a 27% decrease. That same quarter, 215,046 borrowers lost their homes, which is … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services’ Weekly Finance Review CNNMoney recently reported that the number of foreclosures in February fell 14%, compared to January and 27% compared to February 2010. According to RealtyTrac, that is the largest year-to-year drop the company has ever recorded. While some see this as a sign of recovery in the housing market, the company says part of the decline … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services Weekly Finance Review The number of mortgage applications fell 6.5% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA also reported that refinancing activity also fell by 6.5% to 64.9% of total applications last week, down from 65.7% the week before. The four-week moving average for all mortgage applications was down 2.5%. Adjustable-rate mortgages made up 5.5% … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services Finance Review A recent article in Bloomberg reported that the number of foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgages in the third quarter of 2010 hit a record high, with unemployment as the reason for the increase. The inventory of homes in foreclosure that were financed by prime fixed-rate mortgages rose to 2.45% from 2.36% over the previous three months, … Continue reading Foreclosures on Prime-Rate Mortgages Rise in Third Quarter of 2010 Fannie Mae announced on Friday that its Housing and Community Development division will now be called Multifamily Mortgage Business, or Multifamily. According to its press release, the new name parallels the government-sponsored entity’s Single-Family Mortgage Business, more clearly conveys what the business does and emphasizes the multifamily mortgage business platform. The Associated Press reported on Friday … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services Weekly Finance Review MortgageOrb.com reported yesterday that California Congressman Dennis Cardoza is introducing a piece of legislation that he says would encourage refinancing, which, in turn, would reduce the number of defaults and help prevent foreclosures. The Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity (HOME) Act would enable mortgages currently owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that meet certain criteria … Continue reading HOME Act Seeks to Encourage Refinancing, Prevent Foreclosures Today’s issue of REALTORMag posted an article on the decrease in foreclosures but there are more people who are missing their payments. Citing data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey, the article says that, in the second quarter of 2010, foreclosure action was started on 1.11% of loans, down 12 basis points from the … Continue reading Fewer Foreclosures, But More People Falling Behind on Payments The Mortgage Bankers Association reported today that applications to purchase homes were up 1.5% last week compared to the previous week. This slight uptick could be attributed to the increasing volume of government loans and remarkably low mortgage rates. The unadjusted purchase index also rose by the same percentage, according to the MBA. Compared to four … Continue reading Mortgage Applications Rise 1.5% The second quarter of 2010 proved to be the most brutal time period in home ownership in a decade. Bloomberg News recently reported that 18.9 million homes were vacant in that period. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the home ownership rate — that is, households that own their own residence — was 66.9 percent, … Continue reading Foreclosures Push Home Ownership to Record Lows |
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