In the first quarter of 2019, Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey revealed the net profit margin outlook for mortgage lenders retreated 8% from the previous […]
For community bankers, 2018 was a downward march, culminating in a new low for the Bank Experience Index. The index, which gauges access to capital, loan […]
U.S. homeowners with mortgages increased their equity by an average $9,700 between the fourth quarter of 2017 and one year later. Data from CoreLogic reveals that […]
Loan delinquencies for household debt have remained consistent over the past year, but Moody’s Investors Service predicts this is about the change. A new Federal Reserve […]
In January, declining mortgage rates mixed with higher loan applications led to more risk of fraud and other errors in the home loan applications, according to […]
More than three-quarters of business economists expect the U.S. to enter a recession by the end of 2021, though a majority still estimate the Federal Reserve […]
Americans faced record levels of debt at the end of 2018, with the amount owed by households rising for an eighteenth consecutive quarter. According to the […]
The housing market significantly weakened in the wake of the Great Recession, an economic downturn so dramatic that home values were slashed, origination volumes slowed and […]