May 30, 2019
A majority of Americans (65%) think it is still a good idea to invest in a home, according to the latest survey of consumer expectations of […]
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
The credit card loans that banks bundle into bonds and sell to investors are outperforming the loans that lenders have held onto, according to a recent […]
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019
Most insurers believe that the U.S. will enter an economic recession sometime within the next two years, according to the latest annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management […]
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
Red flags are flying in the credit-card industry after a key gauge of bad debt jumped to the highest level in almost seven years. The charge-off […]
April 17, 2019
Consumer credit delinquencies were mixed in the fourth quarter, with delinquencies falling in six of the 11 categories tracked by ABA. However, the American Bankers Association’s […]
April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019
Commercial and multifamily lenders had another banner year in 2018, when closed-loan originations rose 8% to a high of $574 billion. “Borrowing and lending backed by […]
April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
Sound underwriting coupled with family-income and home-price growth have helped push mortgage delinquency rates down. According to CoreLogic’s TrueStandings data, at the end of 2018 the […]
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
Despite slowing home price growth, 74% of millennials make financial concessions to afford housing. By comparison, only 40% of older generations make these sacrifices, according to CoreLogic. Overvalue […]
April 11, 2019
In January 2019, 4% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency, down from 4.9% a year earlier and the lowest for the month of […]