After increasing for three consecutive months, the first-time homebuyer share of home purchases declined in April, according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. Industry analysts suggest that the decline of first-time buyers is due to an increase in pricing for FHA mortgages and other changes aimed at reducing the FHA’s market share and losses. First-time homebuyers accounted for 35.8 percent of home purchases in the April HousingPulse survey, based on the three-month moving average, down from a 36.1 percent share the previous month. At the beginning of April, the annual premium for all FHA forward mortgages with a downpayment of less than 5 percent increased by 10 basis points. The upfront mortgage insurance premium also increased 75 basis points to 1.75 percent. Thomas Popik, research director for Campbell Surveys, said...