FBR: Mortgage market booms, will push $2 trillion in 2016

FBR: Mortgage market booms, will push $2 trillion in 2016

Count the analysts of FBR & Co. among those thinking that 2016 is going to end up being one of the strongest years for mortgage lending in recent
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FHFA's New Refinancing Plan May Not Help Many

“They are not going to let you consolidate second loans into underwater mortgages. With home prices expected to rise over the next few years and
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Community banking group sues credit union agency on lending rule

The rule will allow tax-exempt credit unions to exceed limits on commercial lending established by Congress while relaxing regulatory oversight, ICBA
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Housing market held back due to lack of construction workers

Homebuilders are finding it difficult to hire construction workers at different levels of experience after a housing bust pushed workers into new fields.
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Advertorial: Trends in specialist lending

Harry Landy: It is surprising as it covers a period when a lot of lenders withdrew from the market and there are, undoubtedly, a lot more sub-prime
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PACE Financing: Keeping Green Building in the Black

Enter Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. … (or prospective) mortgage lender, which will want to evaluate the economic benefits of the
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Toronto is the new Vancouver, but this housing market will also cool

Vancouver has begun to embark on what we expect to be a modest 10-per-cent home price correction, reinforced by the implementation of the new
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West Michigan housing markets rank among 10 'healthiest' in state

Five Grand Rapids suburbs are considered to be among the top 10 “healthiest” housing markets in the state. In SmartAsset's second-annual
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Black Knight: Mortgage orginations posted strongest quarter in years

Jacksonville-based Black Knight Financial Services (NYSE: BKFS) released mortgage strong numbers in the health of the mortgage market, a strong
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Mortgage Rate Smackdown: Bank of America vs. Chase vs. Wells Fargo

Entering the ring are the heavyweights in the mortgage loan industry: Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo. But rather than pounding each other
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