Investment Mortgage Guy

For this month — and for the rest of 2011– employment data will figure big in mortgage markets and for home affordability. Today’s release is the first big splash.

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Starting April 1, 2011, loan-level pricing adjustments are increasing. Most conforming mortgage applicants will face higher loan costs.

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The Federal Reserve released its December 14 meeting minutes Tuesday afternoon. There wasn’t much there to disturb mortgage markets, thankfully.

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The housing market continues to expand, and surprise.

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Mortgage markets improved last week during a snow- and holiday-thinned series of sessions on Wall Street. This week, it’s back to normal.

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The Case-Shiller Index posted awful numbers in its most recent reading. Each of the index’s 20 tracked markets showed home price deterioration between September’s and October’s respective report. Some markets fell as much as 2.9 percent.

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With 2010 coming to a close, the “experts” are out in full force, making predictions for next year’s housing and mortgage markets on business television and in the papers.

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Like most housing data from November, the most recent New Home Sales report showed sales volume increasing last month, and home supplies falling.

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Mortgage markets worsened again last week as the holiday-shortened sessions did little to buck recent momentum.

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Existing Home Sales jumped another 6 percent in November, the report’s third month of improvement since bottoming in July.

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