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by Calculated Risk on 9/24/2025 02:16:00 PM From Intercontinental Exchange: ICE First Look at Mortgage Performance: Delinquencies Up on Calendar Effect; Foreclosure Activity Slowly Trending Higher Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) … today released its August 2025 ICE First Look at mortgage delinquency, foreclosure and prepayment trends. The data shows the national delinquency rate rose in…

by Calculated Risk on 9/24/2025 10:59:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: New Home Sales increased to 800,000 Annual Rate in August Brief excerpt: The Census Bureau reported New Home Sales in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 800 thousand. The previous three months were revised up, combined.…The…

by Calculated Risk on 9/23/2025 07:56:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 10:00 AM: New Home Sales for August from the Census Bureau. The consensus is…

by Calculated Risk on 9/22/2025 07:17:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Roughly Unchanged to Start New Week After hitting the lowest levels in nearly a year (and nearly the lowest levels in 3 years) last Tuesday, rates lurched higher following Wednesday’s Fed announcement. While the Fed cut rates as expected,…

by Calculated Risk on 9/22/2025 08:11:00 AM Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 0.3% week-over-week.  Inventory usually starts to decline in the fall and then declines sharply during the holiday season. The first graph shows the seasonal pattern for active single-family inventory since 2015. Click on graph for larger image. The red line…