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Mortgage Loan Quality

Credit Standards Easing

With all the attention being paid to TRID compliance and changes, it seems that lenders have loosened some their credit standards in some areas to help make more loans. Maybe, this is the result of more independent mortgage bankers doing more FHA lending. Whatever it is, Equifax recently reported that loans made to consumers with an Equifax Risk Score of…

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Score Wars: The Sequel

If you recall, I recently wrote about the intention of Fannie and Freddie to begin requiring a new expanded credit score model. This new model will take into account a consumer’s credit trends (historical use of credit) plus begin the utilization of heretofore non-traditional credit sources (Credit Scores). It seems the good old FICO credit score ain’t so good no…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

More Good News for Housing

According to the November 2015 Freddie Mac Multi-Indicator Market Index, the MiMi (don’t you just love these acronyms?), housing markets across this nation are doing quite well (MiMi). This report indicates that most markets are improving thanks to better employment and current mortgage payment trends. In November, the MiMi index increased to 82.5. This is about 39% higher than the…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

“To Cut or Not to Cut”; That is the Question

The debate rages on among the mortgage lending professionals and their respective trade groups. Should FHA again reduce their required mortgage insurance premiums? If so, should they reduce the upfront premium, the annual renewals, or maybe both? (FHA Cut). Proponents of the additional rate cuts say that the prior actions to reduce the annual premiums helped make FHA loans much…

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