Tag Archives: Federal Reserve

After A Pause, Mortgage Guidelines Resume Tightening

2011/09/08 Mortgage Guidelines No comments
Mortgage guidelines appear to be tightening with the nation’s largest banks. In its quarterly survey to senior loan officers nationwide, the Federal Reserve uncovered that a small, but g......

The Fed Minutes Keep Mortgage Rates On Hold (For Now)

2011/01/05 FOMC Minutes No comments
The Federal Reserve released its December 14 meeting minutes Tuesday afternoon. There wasn’t much there to disturb mortgage markets, thankfully. The “Fed Minutes” is an offic......

Bank Mortgage Lending Policies Appear To be Easing

2010/08/24 Mortgage Guidelines No comments
The tightening in mortgage-lending policies that characterized the last 3 years appears to be slowing. According to the Federal Reserve’s quarterly survey of senior bank loan officers, r......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 16, 2010

2010/08/16 Weekly Review No comments
Mortgage markets worsened last week, putting a pause on the mortgage rate rally that dates to mid-April. Mortgage rates rose across IL last week and home affordability suffered. The Refi Boom ......

Switch to our mobile site