According to Freddie Mac, we’ve hit the high point for 2017 loan originations. New business is now expected to decline over the next two-quarters. Further, although purchase volumes are projected to increase in 2018, overall originations are expected to be less due to the decrease in expected refinances. This is not good news for struggling mortgage lenders. According to the…
Maybe! But, is it the final answer? The challenge, as I see it today, is a shortage of homes available for sale at the entry end of the spectrum. Homes normally purchased by first-time and low to moderate income home buyers. These would be the ‘first rungs’ of the housing ladder. With many existing homeowners having refinanced and now staying…
With a shift in the mortgage market from refinances to purchase loans, what are the main concerns of most mortgage lenders? The main area over the past few years, when rates were low, was the increasing regulations that hampered lending and definitely increased costs. Not so anymore, according to a recent Moody’s Investors Service survey In 2017, Regulatory concerns have…
Are you aware that on July 1st, the three (3) credit repositories, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, are going to stop most of the reporting of information on consumer’s civil judgments and tax liens? Yup, that’s their plan and they’re stickin’ to it. Since this information has a negative impact on the consumer’s credit profile, removal will have the effect of an…
Mortgage lenders are facing challenges in 2017 from rising interest rates, rising home prices and fewer refinances. These add up to result in less business. The big question is should lenders relax credit standards to help qualify more homebuyers for financing? Here we go again. Lenders were blamed for relaxed credit standards that led to the crash of ‘08. As…
For those of you who were hoping, and maybe believing, the CFPB and their Director, Richard Cordray, were going away, it looks as though that may not happen anytime soon. CFPB just announced plans to hold public hearings on the potential for use and the benefits of non-traditional sources to establish a consumer’s credit profile for lending purposes. Today, most…
