So many of you responded to a blog last week on forecast residential lending forecasts by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), with the updated forecasts today from the MBA and Fannie Mae, attached are the latest tables, charts and the… Read more

Frequently I am asked either what historical lending has been, or what total lending will be next year. Unlike the ebb and flows of the ocean tide, residential lending volume changes have been more akin to the wildest roller coaster ride in the world. And… Read more

Foreclosures dropped in July 2012 to 58,000 from 69,000 in July 2011 (and 62,000 in June 2012) according to CoreLogic. Half of all foreclosures were from five states: California, Florida, Michigan, Texas and Georgia. Homes tallied 1.3 million in some form of foreclosure (3.2 percent… Read more

CoreLogic, a premier provider of real estate and consumer related data, just released the latest info on U.S. housing markets from a default perspective. Another report from Freddie Mac adds to this, as well as an excellent summary by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Key… Read more

The Mortgage Bankers Association each quarter assembles a vast array of real estate, lending and economic data and makes these invaluable time series and research available at the click of a mouse. Did you know: • Q1 2012 multi-family vacancy rate was 4.9 percent, down from… Read more

The Mortgage Bankers Association fourth quarter 2011 survey on Mortgage Delinquencies  found that the mortgage market is improving faster than economic conditions.   The delinquency rate for all loans fell to 7.58 percent in Q4 2011—a drop of 41 basis points (bp) sequentially from Q3 2011… Read more

Fannie, Freddie & MBA Forecast Changes Oct 2011 to Nov 2011 The President announced a change to the HARP program (essentially loan modifications to borrowers with loans that are currently held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are performing but underwater).  The real key… Read more

The Mortgage Bankers Association just released their latest forecasts for the remainder of 2011 and 2012 and there is both good news and bad news.  Good news is that the MBA has raised their forecast for refinance activity lending volumes for the remainder of 2011. … Read more

Commercial Lending Bounces Back In 2010- CoStar.com 2010 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans up 36 percent over 2009 $110 Billion of CRE loan originated in 2010 by Mortgage Bankers (both purchase and refi) Life companies now the largest source of lending with 2010 activity up… Read more

The fourth quarter of 2010 saw a significant increase in commercial real estate sales to $112.5 billion up impressively from $54 billion and change in 2009 (but still a small fraction of the almost $558 billion in 2007. While I had been forecasting a $120… Read more