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Black Knight: The Rising Toll of Rates on Refinancing, Affordability

Black Knight defines the incentive as a transaction that would provide borrowers with at least a 0.75 percent reduction in their rate. The recent reduction in the refinance pool in only the latest in ... read more

Black Knight: Rising Rates Could Impact Affordability for Lower-Priced Homes

How much will rising mortgage interest rates impact home affordability in 2018? A recent analysis from Black Knight shows that rising rates ... rising interest rates are dis-incentivizing borrowers ... read more

Black Knight Inc.: Black Knight’s September 2018 Mortgage Monitor

This month's report looks at the continued impact of rising interest rates ... and see at least a 0.75 percent rate reduction from a refinance - and home affordability. As Ben Graboske, executive vice ... read more

Comparing Foreclosure Rates

The national inventory of loans in active foreclosure fell to pre-recession levels for the first time since the financial crisis in September, according to Black Knight's ... opportunity to refinance ... read more

Lower Rates and Slower Price Gains to Help Affordability in 2019

Although they covered the topic in last month's Mortgage Monitor, further declines in interest rates have prompted Black Knight to take ... t done so because of the rising cost of doing so may opt to ... read more

Mortgage applications drop to 4-year low as interest rates hit 8-year high

Rising interest rates are now clearly taking their toll on potential homebuyers ... of eligible borrowers who could benefit from a refinance in half this year alone, according to new data from Black ... read more

Why Main Street Should Worry About Wall Street's Bond Selloff

According to Black Knight's August Mortgage Monitor, the monthly payment on the average home has jumped by 16 percent since the start of the year. That's up from a 3 percent increase in 2017, ... read more

Black Knight: Rising Interest Rates Cut ‘Refinanceable’ Population In Half

A few months ago, Black Knight ... when the affordability ratio hit a similar level (21.4%), annual home price appreciation decelerated rapidly, from 9% to below 5%, the firm notes. Although the ... read more

Interest Rate Hikes Negatively Impact Refi Sector

according to new data from Black Knight Inc., which added that approximately 6.5 million homeowners now missed their opportunity to refinance because of rising rates, for an aggregate of $1.5 billion ... read more

Mortgage refinance rates slump as home prices keep rising

The spike in 30-year fixed interest rates, at a time of continuously rising home prices, has pushed home affordability to its lowest level since 2009, and cut potential refinance loan candidates by 40 ... read more

John Little and Other Developers Are Gentrifying Durham’s East End. They’re Not About to Apologize.

The human toll is real. The people who lived in the house at Dowd and ... The city launched an initiative in Southside, helping to fund new housing there, and the investment lured market-rate builders ... read more

More than 2 million homeowners just missed their chance to save money by refinancing

The number of borrowers who could have benefited from a refinance this year alone dropped by 56 percent, according to a new report from real estate data analytics firm Black Knight ... Higher rates ... read more