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Although an expected increase in interest rates is likely to put a dent in annual mortgage originations, issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities is still expected to rise.

Next year, the volume of home-lending activity is expected to decline as a result of an anticipated increase in interest rates on mortgages.

Lower originations will likely lead to weaker credit standards — though at a measured pace as declining refinance volume will give loan officers a greater incentive to spend more time on more difficult transactions.

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Over the past year, the nation’s banks have given up mortgage market share to non-bank home lenders. Credit union share also widened.

During the period that started on April 1, 2017, and finished on June 30, U.S. mortgage production from all originator types amounted to an estimated $447 billion.

Single-family lending activity accelerated compared to the first quarter, when residential loan originations came to an upwardly revised $361 billion.

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Concern about fallout from the recent hurricanes had the nation’s single-family home builders giving back all the confidence they gained last month.

The Housing Market Index, which is a gauge of single-family builders’ perception of the market for new homes, came in at 64 for September.

That was a three-point decline from the downwardly revised level for the preceding month — when the index had ascended three points.

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Driven primarily by refinances, weekly new mortgage business moved up from the holiday week. The share of adjustable-rate mortgage activity reached the highest level in 20 months.

During the week ended Sept. 15, the U.S. Mortgage Market Index from Mortgage Daily — an indication of upcoming loan originations based on per-user rate-lock volume at OpenClose — was 143.

The index climbed 8 percent from the prior week. No adjustments were made to the index for the Labor Day holiday. Compared to the same week last year, the index fell 14 percent.

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Several new appraisal products include an automated valuation model, an appraisal ordering tool and a service that compares multiple appraisals.

Value Report is now being offered by Pittsburgh-based Independent Settlement Services, according to an Aug 8 news release.

The AVM provides instant property valuation, market risk assessment and real estate market data for a single property or entire portfolios.

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Under pressure from a prominent lawmaker, the Government National Mortgage Association is taking action to address the churning of home loans to veterans.

Ginnie Mae last year identified rapid refinance and loan churning on mortgages that are guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In addition to creating downward pressure on Ginnie Mae securities, the action are increasing borrowing costs and outstanding loan balances for veterans.

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Long-term rates on single-family loans remained at a 10-month low this past week, and the outlook is for an increase during the upcoming week and each of the next five quarters.

At 3.78 percent in Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended Sept. 14, thirty-year fixed rates remained at the lowest they’ve been since the week ended Nov. 10, 2016.

Although long-term mortgages rates didn’t change from the preceding seven-day period, they were higher than 3.50 percent during the same seven days last year.

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One of the nation’s top-producing loan originators, who has generated more than $1 billion in production, has been hired by a firm based in the Golden State.

Last year, Ben Anderson reportedly closed $242 million in home loans as a residential loan originator for Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate.

Anderson, who started in the mortgage business 14 years ago and joined Guaranteed in 2014, has reportedly originated $1.4 billion in residential loans since 2010.

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The monthly number of government-sponsored enterprise mortgages refinanced tumbled to a two-year low. Government-supported refinances plunged to an all-time low.

During July, 109,199 loans that are either guaranteed or owned by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. were refinanced.

That was the slowest month since May 2014, when primary home lenders refinanced 107,320 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac single-family loans.

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Two mortgage insurance companies have integrated with two loan origination systems, while a correspondent aggregator implemented an LOS. Meanwhile, data from a reverse mortgage LOS indicates significant growth in that market.

A new SmartAPI developed by MeridianLink has made Fannie Mae’s Day 1 Certainty available to LendingQB users, an Aug. 31 news release indicated. A new verifications dashboard enables users to manage individual orders and know when they are completed.

Ventana Home Mortgage LLC, a recently formed non-QM conduit aggregator, is utilizing OpenClose’s correspondent module, an announcement indicated. Ventana’s more than 100 lender-clients can electronically submit loans for swift review and acceptance.

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