By Jann Swanson
Posted To: MND NewsWire
February was the second month in a row that refinancing made up more than half of all mortgage originations. Ellie Mae’s latest Origination Insight Report said that the refinancing share of originations jumped 8 percent from the January level to comprise 59 percent of lenders’ loan volume. Refinancing had averaged a 38 percent share throughout 2014, never rising above 50 percent after reaching a high water market of 47 percent in January of that year. Despite the spike in refinancing lenders took an average of 36 days to close those loans, the shortest timeframe since Ellie Mae began tracking that data in August 2011. “The drop in the average 30-year fixed rate in last few months has kept lenders busy with increased refinance business ,” said Jonathan Corr, president and CEO of Ellie Mae. …(read more)
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