• Weaker Purchase Demand Offset by Stronger Refis,Matthew Graham

    Weaker Purchase Demand Offset by Stronger Refis

    Mortgage application activity edged lower last week, driven by purchases, but the decline was marginal compared to recent swings. According to MBA’s Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending October 17, total volume slipped 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 0.2% unadjusted. The Refinance

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  • ICE’s First Look report shows mortgage performance is strong despite FHA strain,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    ICE’s First Look report shows mortgage performance is strong despite FHA strain

    The mortgage market remains largely resilient — with delinquencies and foreclosures still below long-term averages — even as performance among Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans continues to weaken. That’s according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s First Look report on September mortgage perform

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  • Invasive hornets spreading exponentially in the Lowcountry,Cam McCann

    Invasive hornets spreading exponentially in the Lowcountry

    BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - Beekeepers in Bluffton will have to keep a watchful eye on their hives for yellow legged hornets, an invasive species that started in Savannah, Georgia coming in from the ports, and has now traveled all the way to South Carolina into Bluffton. “What the overall impact is goin

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