Call: (301) 951-1240 | (800) 570-5744
Don't have an account? Sign up now
May 23, 2013
The two biggest components of the residential mortgage market – conventional loans below the conforming loan limits and...
May 23, 2013
Private capital could better find its way back into the mortgage market, with decreasing costs for taxpayers and borrowers, if Fannie Mae...
May 23, 2013
Republicans and even some Democrats in the House are calling for significant changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s...
May 24, 2013
Banks and thrifts continued to generate very strong earnings from their mortgage banking operations during the first quarter of 2013, despite...... from Inside Mortgage Trends
May 3, 2013
Wells Fargo will reportedly appeal a federal judge’s decision that a $25 billion agreement Wells and four other banks made with federal...... from Inside FHA Lending
May 3, 2013
A ranking of the top 25 bank holders of negative amoritization mortgages as of the end of 2012.... from Inside Nonconforming Markets
April 26, 2013
Securitization of income-property mortgages jumped 23.0 percent from already strong levels during the first three months of 2013, according to...... from Inside MBS & ABS
May 24, 2013
Banks and thrifts saw another drop in their MBS holdings in the first quarter of 2013 despite holding their own against the Federal...
May 24, 2013
Security issuers, investors and the rating services largely praised unsolicited rating requirements established by the Securities and...
May 24, 2013
Even as industry chatter increases about an effort to extend the eligibility date of the Home Affordable Refinance Program, analysts...
May 3, 2013
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced plans to consolidate multifamily hubs nationwide and close a number of its...... from Inside FHA Lending
April 26, 2013
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati says a unit of Lehman Brothers Holdings is not entitled to a multimillion dollar payday because the...... from Inside The GSEs
January 29, 2013
The CFPB’s new qualified mortgage rules will frustrate the market and adversely impact traditional supply and demand principles that...... from Inside the CFPB
December 14, 2012
The Mortgage Bankers Association said it largely supports accounting changes that would impact holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Under a...... from Inside Mortgage Trends
May 24, 2013
Sens. Mark Warner, D-VA, and Bob Corker, R-TN, are working on legislation that would create a new federal mortgage guarantor, replacing...
May 24, 2013
Progressives and other “Dump DeMarco” advocates are looking to a “Plan B” to replace the current, long-time acting head...
May 24, 2013
The 12 Federal Home Loan Banks should expect increased “regulatory attention” going forward to ensure their GSE funding advantage...
May 24, 2013
Mortgage underwriting standards have loosened slightly recently, though nowhere near levels seen during the subprime boom. Federal regulators...... from Inside Mortgage Trends
May 24, 2013
When was the last time a financial institution operating under a government conservatorship started a new company, one that potentially stands...... from Inside MBS & ABS
May 17, 2013
Activity in the non-agency jumbo market could play a big role in determining how to reform the government-sponsored enterprises, according to...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets
May 16, 2013
More Fannie Mae mortgage business is ending up in multi-issuer pools as more lenders turn to direct sales to the government-sponsored...... from Inside Mortgage Finance
May 20, 2013
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, indicated last week he plans to push for a Senate confirmation vote sometime this week on...
May 20, 2013
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-ID, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote CFPB Director Richard Cordray...
May 20, 2013
Based on a criminal referral from the CFPB, the Justice Department has filed a complaint in New York against Mission Settlement Agency, a...
May 24, 2013
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, overturning a lower court ruling that the counties and state of...... from Inside The GSEs
May 24, 2013
Ginnie Mae officials are moving ahead to create a blueprint for consolidating its two MBS programs, although some industry experts say the...... from Inside MBS & ABS
May 23, 2013
The lack of a specific computer code for reporting short-sale mortgage transactions is creating numerous false reports of foreclosure on...... from Inside Mortgage Finance
May 17, 2013
Changes to the FHA’s mortgage insurance premium cancellation policy, which take effect on June 3, could ultimately cause some FHA loans...... from Inside FHA Lending
May 24, 2013
Banks and thrifts continued to generate very strong earnings from their mortgage banking operations during the first quarter of 2013,...
May 24, 2013
Although table-funding transactions fell slightly in terms of market share in the first quarter, prospects are looking up for mortgage...
May 24, 2013
Mortgage underwriting standards have loosened slightly recently, though nowhere near levels seen during the subprime boom. Federal...
May 24, 2013
Speculators have been driving up the price of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac junior preferred stock, hoping that given the GSE’s rapidly...... from Inside The GSEs
May 17, 2013
FHA lenders now face more stringent default monitoring and reporting requirements as federal housing regulators try to keep close tabs on loan...... from Inside FHA Lending
May 2, 2013
Genworth Financial reported improved first-quarter earnings, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co. made some progress on the litigation front while...... from Inside Mortgage Finance
April 4, 2013
The Structured Finance Industry Group formed as a non-profit company about a month ago and is working to set up an infrastructure to compete...... from Inside MBS & ABS
May 17, 2013
SunTrust Mortgage is in settlement discussions with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice over...
May 17, 2013
Changes to the FHA’s mortgage insurance premium cancellation policy, which take effect on June 3, could ultimately cause some FHA...
May 17, 2013
FHA lenders now face more stringent default monitoring and reporting requirements as federal housing regulators try to keep close tabs on...
April 19, 2013
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hasn’t marked up a bill in more than a year, but Democrats and Republicans on the...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets
April 19, 2013
Ginnie Mae is seeking comment from Wall Street dealers on whether the agency should continue maintaining two separate MBS programs, or...... from Inside MBS & ABS
April 4, 2013
Applications for purchase mortgages surged last week as FHA borrowers rushed to get their applications in before April 1, when higher FHA...... from Inside Mortgage Finance
May 9, 2011
The Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced they had filed a civil mortgage fraud...... from Inside the CFPB
May 17, 2013
Boosted by acquisitions from Homeward Residential and Residential Capital, Ocwen Financial handled a whopping 33.7 percent share of the...
May 17, 2013
Shellpoint Partners received approval last week for a $2 billion shelf registration from the Securities and Exchange Commission, paving the...
May 17, 2013
Although Redwood Trust’s soup-to-nuts approach to representations and warranties has dominated the fledgling recovery in jumbo...
May 16, 2013
In exploring how to attract more private capital into the housing finance system, policymakers should permit the jumbo mortgage market to...... from Inside Mortgage Finance
May 10, 2013
As more firms contemplate issuing jumbo MBS, there are growing concerns that there could be a few speed bumps along the way, namely rising...... from Inside MBS & ABS
April 26, 2013
For years, Union Bank of San Francisco has made a name for itself as a top-ranked portfolio lender of jumbo mortgages – but all that...... from Inside Mortgage Trends
April 5, 2013
The FHA may allow a borrower’s 401(k) retirement fund to be included in the calculation of debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, according to the...... from Inside FHA Lending
© Copyright 2013 Inside Mortgage Finance Publications
7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 1000, Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: (301) 951-1240; Fax: (301) 656-1709
All rights reserved. Photocopying or electronic distribution of this web page or any of its contents without prior written consent of the publisher violates U.S. copyright law, and is punishable by statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringement, plus attorneys' fees (17 USC 504 et seq.) Without advance permission, illegal copying includes regular photocopying, faxing, excerpting, forwarding electronically, and sharing of online access.
