Mortgage originators will pay more to access consumer credit reports in 2024, reigniting complaints from mortgage lenders and trade associations. In 2024, Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), the company that retains the rights to the market’s adopted […]
HousingWire recently spoke with Mike Darne, vice president of marketing at CreditXpert, about credit optimization and how taking a closer look at consumer credit can benefit borrowers. HousingWire: You have advocated for giving consumer credit another […]
The No. 1 reason a mortgage loan applicant is denied for a loan is a problem with their credit score. In good times when qualified mortgage borrowers are plentiful, most originators don’t give a suboptimal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even President Joe Biden has some regrets about the name of the Inflation Reduction Act: As the giant law turns 1 on Wednesday, it’s increasingly clear that immediately curbing prices wasn’t the […]
According to the Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices, 30-year conforming rates crossed 7% for the first time since November 2022, before falling sharply and then rebounding to 6.88% Overall rate lock volumes were down 7% month over […]
Mortgage applications declined 3.1% from the previous week as the average interest rate for FHA-backed mortgages increased to 7.02%—the highest in almost 21 years—according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. […]
A measure of the availability of mortgage credit dropped to its lowest level in a decade last month as lenders sought to reduce operating costs and homeowners cut back on cash-out refinancing. The Mortgage Bankers […]
Washington, DCCNN — US mortgage rates jumped this week, climbing closer to 7%. The move follows last week’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve, and the downgrade this week by Fitch Ratings agency of US sovereign debt, and of Freddie […]
America’s $1.4tn risky corporate loan market has been hit by the biggest slew of downgrades since the depths of the Covid crisis in 2020, as rising borrowing costs strain businesses piled high with floating-rate debt. […]
THERE’S a silver lining to the pullback in US commercial real estate and tighter construction lending – it should act as a boon in the long term, according to Blackstone’s Jonathan Gray. While vacancy rates of […]
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