Mortgage Press

Real-time mortgage market updates for May 21, 2012. Updates provided by MBSQuoteline, an MBS subscription provider for loan officers.

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Freddie Mac says the 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate is 3.79% nationwide. Here are 3 reasons why few people actually get that rate.

Click for the complete post : 3 Reasons Why You Might Not Get Freddie Mac’s 3.79% Mortgage Rate.

Mortgage lenders are gearing up for another Refi Wave.

Click for the complete post : At 3.79 Percent, Mortgage Rates Plumb New Lows.

RGA Public Relations has announced a partnership with Leading Causes LLC, a leadership, organizational development and project management consultancy, to produce white papers for the mortgage technology sector of the home finance industry.Click to continue

Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) has reported the following "first look" at April 2012 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database of nearly 40 million mortgage loans. The total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure) stood at 7.12 percent.

►Month-over-month change in delinquency rate: 0.4%

►Year-over-year change in delinquency rate: -10.6%Click to continue

Money Management International (MMI) has conducted a national housing survey to learn how homeowners would act if they were struggling with mortgage payments.Click to continue

Litigation valuation is a fascinating discipline that offers qualified real estate appraisers a wide range of opportunities, according to a new book by the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers. Applications in Litigation Valuation: A Pragmatist’s Guide, published by the Appraisal Institute, is intended to help appraisers who are new to litigation valuation or have experience, but want to expand their practice.Click to continue

A homebuyer poll released by TD Bank has revealed that aspirations of homeownership are still very much alive in the U.S. The majority (84 percent) of today’s younger renting generation (ages 18-34) responded that they intend to buy a home. Overall, more than half of consumers polled say homeownership is a vital component to defining the American Dream and 59 percent associated feelings of excitement or pride as part of their first-time homebuying process. TD Bank surveyed more than 1,300 consumers across the U.S.Click to continue

PHH Corporation has announced that David E. Tucker has been appointed president of PHH Mortgage Corporation, PHH’s mortgage origination and servicing subsidiary. Tucker succeeds Smriti Laxman Popenoe, who has served as interim president of PHH Mortgage since March. After a transition period, Popenoe will resume her responsibilities as executive vice president and chief risk officer of PHH Corporation.Click to continue

Real-time mortgage market updates for May 18, 2012. Updates provided by MBSQuoteline, an MBS subscription provider for loan officers.

Click for the complete post : Mortgage Rates In Motion : Weekly MBS Prices At 5-Minute Intervals.