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Record Low Rates Likely to Rise PDF Print E-mail
At 3.91 percent, the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was lower than ever previously recorded.

Fifteen-year and adjustable-rate mortgages also reached new lows.

But Treasury market activity points to higher rates in the next set of reports.
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Senator Calls for Criminal Probe of GSE Execs PDF Print E-mail
After being sued last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former chief executive officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could face a criminal investigation if a U.S. senator has his way.

The SEC lawsuit was filed against six executives including former Fannie CEO Daniel Mudd and former Freddie chairman and CEO Richard Syron.

Now, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has written a letter to SEC Commissioner Mary Schapiro calling for a criminal investigation.
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Chase Hirings Hundreds in Louisiana PDF Print E-mail
JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to hire hundreds of new mortgage employees for two document management facilities in Louisiana.

One facility handles mortgage records for borrowers across the nation.

The new staff at the second facility will take documents inherited from acquisitions and digitize them as images.
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Fannie Revises Requirements, Raises Fees to Sellers PDF Print E-mail
Fannie Mae said it will immediately permit master or blanket insurance policies that combine insurance coverage for multiple condominiums as long as the coverage meets certain specific criteria.

The selling guide was updated to clarify that sellers can't delegate their authority to execute a note endorsement.

The Washington, D.C.-based firm is raising the cost of reviewing a lender's financial statements.
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LPS Hit With Robo Signing Class Action PDF Print E-mail
A Nevada lawsuit filed this week against Lender Processing Services Inc. alleges that the foreclosure process used by the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company was tainted. In addition to voiding notices of default and suspending tainted foreclosures, the lawsuit seeks unspecified actual damages, punitive damages and attorney's fees. Class-action certification is sought for potentially thousands of borrowers who faced foreclosure.

Five borrowers who are or were in the process of foreclosure filed the lawsuit in Clark County District Court.

Other defendants named in the complaint include Bank of America, IndyMac Mortgage Services and Regional Service Corp.
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Huge Settlement Over Countrywide Discrimination PDF Print E-mail
Alleged lending discrimination at Countrywide Financial Corp. will cost Bank of America Corp. more than $300 million.

Countrywide is accused of charging higher rates and fees to black and Latino borrowers than similarly qualified white borrowers.

BofA sought to distance itself from such alleged practices by clarifying that they occurred before it acquired Countrywide.
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Some Signs of Improvement in Shadow Inventory PDF Print E-mail
The inventory of distressed loans that are lurking in the shadows has declined 16 percent over the past year.

The most-recent inventory of shadow inventory would take five months to clear out.

Another report last month indicated that the total supply of distressed properties in the third-quarter would take two months less to sell than the second-quarter supply.
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Overall Delinquency Down Despite Uptick in Securitized 1sts PDF Print E-mail
The rate of 90-day delinquency on all home loans was 10 basis points lower in November than in October.

The decline marked the second consecutive month of improvement.

A separate report indicated that delinquency on just first mortgages included in private-label residential mortgage-backed securities climbed 9 BPS during the same period.
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Seconds Outperform First Mortgages PDF Print E-mail
The rate of 90-day delinquency on first mortgages during November was 9 basis points higher than in October.

Another report on 30-day delinquency suggests that the 90-day rate could climb higher.

But on second mortgages, 90-day delinquency fell 3 BPS.
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